A Florida sheriff has issued a stern warning to protesters planning violence towards law enforcement officials as the United States braces for a wave of anti-Trump administration demonstrations. 

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey cautioned against violent behavior during the upcoming “No Kings” protests expected across the country this weekend during a news conference alongside Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. 

“Throw a brick, firebomb or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at,” Ivey said. “Because we will kill you graveyard dead. We’re not going to play.” 

A press conference with Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey, and others was held at the BCSO Deputy Barbara Pill Law Enforcement Facility in Titusville on June 12, 2025. (Tim Shortt/Florida Today via USA Today)

“President Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday,” the organization’s website states. “A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.” 

Officials are expecting two protests within Brevard County, according to Florida Today. 

“Florida will never be California,” Uthmeier said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Rioting is illegal in our state and our law enforcement are on full alert this weekend. If anyone participates in violent rioting, threatens or injures law enforcement, damages businesses or property or obstructs traffic, we will ensure you will see the back of a jail cell and prosecute you to the fullest. Florida stands by President Trump, ICE and the rule of law.”

A police officer uses stun grenades as they approach the protesters gathered around the Los Angeles Federal Building following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 6, 2025. (REUTERS/Daniel Cole)

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

Ivey closed the department’s warning by acknowledging that peaceful protests “are part of our democracy.” 

“Stand on the mountaintops and yell your opinion,” Ivey said. “We invite that. But don’t go breaking the law, because it won’t go well for you.”