Dunedin man accused of threatening to kill protesters during ‘No Kings Day’ demonstrations

The Brief

  • A Dunedin man has been accused of threatening to kill protesters during the “No Kings Day” demonstrations on Saturday.
  • The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says they were tipped off to a concerning post on Eloy Garcia’s public Facebook profile.
  • He has been charged with threatening communications or threats of mass shooting.

DUNEDIN, Fla. A 64-year-old man has been arrested for threatening to kill protesters after the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says they found a concerning post on the man’s public Facebook profile.

Eloy Garcia of Dunedin posted this message: I’m spending so much money on gas driving around just looking and hoping to rn across blockading protesters or people crossing the street with signs saying don’t deport our illegals so I can just run them over I carry a couple of bricks and molotov cocktails so I can put in their hands like a throw down weapon lol.

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