Florida sheriff scolds Lizzo after she said law enforcement threatened to 'kill' peaceful protestors

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey went viral for informing protesters to debar convulsive tactics, and helium blasted popular prima Lizzo for seemingly misconstruing his words successful her ain viral video.

Ahead of the "No Kings" protests that occurred crossed the country, Ivey warned astatine a quality league alongside Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, "If you spit connected us, you’re going to the infirmary and past jail. If you deed 1 of us, you’re going to the infirmary and past jailhouse and astir apt get bitten by 1 of our large beauteous dogs that we person here."

He went connected to further warn, "Throw a brick, firebomb oregon constituent a weapon astatine 1 of our deputies, we volition beryllium notifying your household wherever to cod your remains at. Because we volition termination you graveyard dead. We’re not going to play."

Lizzo appeared to telephone retired the video successful a societal media post.

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Sheriff Ivey responded to Lizzo's online remarks, arguing she misconstrued his statement, though Lizzo didn't telephone him retired by name. ( Lizzo photograph from Marleen Moise/Getty Images)

"I conscionable watched a video of instrumentality enforcement saying they would termination — termination anyone who exercises their First Amendment rights to protest. And I’ve ne'er seen thing much unconstitutional successful my life. It was really appalling," she said successful a video posted connected Instagram.

She went connected to declare, "We don’t service a king. We don’t service a dictator. We fought, and lived, and died for the close to ballot for radical who volition support and service us, the radical — we the people. And erstwhile that gets threatened, erstwhile that gets challenged, we conscionable person to get louder. We conscionable person to get prouder. It’s the American happening to do."

She concluded her video by saying, "I privation to promote everybody to retrieve their law rights. I privation to promote everybody to besides support each other. Because the radical that we enactment successful presumption to support america are not doing that. Know your rights, and basal connected ’em."

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Thousands of radical crossed the US rallied successful hundreds of cities crossed America connected Saturday to protestation the Trump medication and antagonistic the president’s subject parade successful Washington DC to people the Army’s 250th birthday. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images.)

Fox News Digital reached retired to the sheriff, who balked astatine however Lizzo appeared to mischaracterize his words. He assumed Lizzo was referring to his ain comments, which were wide covered successful the media.

"Lizzo who?" helium asked. "Until earlier tonight, I had ne'er heard of her. So what she thinks matters precisely zero to me! She intelligibly didn’t perceive to what was really said during the property conference, arsenic is evidenced by however inaccurate her punctuation is."

He added, "At nary clip were radical peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights [ever] threatened, arsenic what was really said was that peaceful protests are portion of our democracy, and we volition supply a harmless situation for peaceful protestation to instrumentality place! My warnings were directed astatine convulsive protesters whose actions would enactment citizens and instrumentality enforcement officers' lives astatine risk!"

Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey speaks during a quality league with authorities instrumentality enforcement leaders astatine the BCSO Deputy Barbara Pill Law Enforcement Facility successful Titusville, Florida connected June 12, 2025.  (Tim Shortt/Florida Today via USA Today)

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Fox News Digital besides reached retired to Lizzo’s absorption for comment, but did not instantly perceive back.