The remarks came as immigration protests have rocked Los Angeles and as nationwide “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration are planned for Saturday, a number of them in

"We will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at because we will kill you graveyard dead," said Sheriff Wayne Ivey.

“Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey’s violent and provocative threat to ‘kill’ protesters exercising their First Amendment rights is extremely un-American, and unbecoming for an elected leader sworn to protect the public,” the ACLU of Florida wrote on X.