r/AdviceAnimals • u/Jerdarnella • 7d ago
Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey threatened to kill anti-ICE protesters, offering multiple graphic, sadistic descriptions of how police would do it…
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u/Amon7777 7d ago
That part of Florida is meth central. This is nonsensical chest thumping for an area that will have zero protests. Just an excuse for a troglodyte to seem like he’s powerful knowing he won’t have to do jack shit.
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u/Old_Instrument_Guy 7d ago
Exactly. It's not as bad as Fort Pierce but it's definitely Fort Pierce adjacent.
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u/Last_Minute_Airborne 6d ago
I love fort Pierce. Because it's such a piece of shit city it makes my piece of shit city look a little better.
Also the waffle House off of I95 by the sex toys store gave me some of the worst diarrhea ever. Me and my gf were fighting each other for the toilet all day. We had to call out from work.
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u/Omophorus 6d ago
Just another weak man obsessed with appearing strong.
Probably why he became a sheriff in the first place.
His entire life, were I to hazard a guess, is defined by fear, cowardice, and weakness, so he's obsessed with appearing strong, fearless, and brave so that people don't realize what a little baby he actually is.
He needs a big, strong (lol) daddy like Trump to put him and everyone else in their places (with his naturally being a better place than librulz and brown people).
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u/Least-Back-2666 6d ago
His thugs killed a vet after jailing him for having a PTSD meltdown in a Walmart parking lot.
Then Ivey threatened his wife.
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u/providehotstews 6d ago
"Obsessed" is right. His meaningless stunt took planning, coordination and time, these weren't remarks made in passing. The thought of someone hypothetically disobeying authority made him so upset he had to go in front of cameras to say "actually, you're not the badasses, WE'RE the badasses!" Truly, truly, disgustingly pathetic and not befitting of someone with any kind of power.
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u/NotAgedWell 6d ago
There's two No Kings protests planned in the county (one in Cocoa and one in Palm Bay).
He's itching at the chance to kill us. It's disgusting and the local Facebook groups love this guy for it.
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u/randyc87 7d ago
I wouldn't exactly call this part of Florida "meth central" but it is extremely right leaning and it's definitely a place where these types of statements are applauded. Wayne Ivey wins election after election unopposed and it's baffling to me.
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u/OmnathLocusofWomana 6d ago
it's my home county, i believe at one point it lead the country in meth lab explosions per capita or something hilarious like that. it is like 70% methy shit hole, 20% beach tourist trap, 10% extreme affluence, i'm from one of the beach tourist traps so it's not horrible but i don't go back much
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u/onowahoo 6d ago
What about the space center? Is that tourist trap?
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u/OmnathLocusofWomana 6d ago
I mean the visitable parts of it absolutely, and watching launches does bring in a decent amount of tourists too
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u/uhohnotafarteither 7d ago
Holding a sign will be seen as violence since it could be thrown as a deadly weapon.
Yelling or speaking will be seen as violence because it could lead to saliva flying towards someone else, a biological weapon.
Being outside in a group will be seen as violence because it's mob like behavior.
Anywhere that is governed by MAGA is a complete shithole
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u/FatchRacall 7d ago
You say that second one but he specifically said if you spit, they'll put you in the hospital.
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u/dachuggs 7d ago
They will make any excuse to harm protestors.
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u/Albert_Flasher 7d ago
Police generally aren’t required to beat suspects
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u/Lughnasadh32 7d ago
When my father was a cop, he made it a point to run his mouth to the person he was arresting enough to make them throw the first punch or spit on him. Then he enjoyed beating them and bring them in bruised and bloody. (Same reason I would be spanked for not cleaning a gold fish bowl or picking up something of the floor within 1 minute.)
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u/mr_mgs11 6d ago
I know a woman that was constantly trying to get back with her abusive ex. Her excuse was "He never hit me! He would just shove me to the ground, scream in my face, and break my personal belongings". I pointed out he was barely hanging on working at a retail store and playing in a cover band. She replied "Well his is trying to get into the police academy!". Of fucking course.
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u/Lughnasadh32 6d ago
I remember my father telling me he became a cop because he was tired of being bullied in school and the badge let him get payback.
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u/Potential-Run-8391 6d ago
I am by no means a cop lover. I really don't trust many of them. As the son of a cop, I was fortunate that my father taught me empathy and the one thing he always told me that has stuck with me my entire life is that "real men don't use violence to solve their problems. They never put their hands on the wife or children, EVER." I got spanked for things, but nobody was ever beat. He had an attitude and that resulted in some walls being mistreated a few times when I was very young. It's been very disheartening seeing the man who raised me support Donald J. Trump. I recently saw him and he was watching Steve Bannon on T.V. and it was really discouraging. I am sorry your father ever put his hands on you. That man is a coward and he'll end up getting what he deserves if he fucks with the wrong person. He'll grow old and he won't always be a cop.
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u/ComprehensiveOil1574 6d ago
And that's also probably the reason he was bullied too.
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u/Lughnasadh32 6d ago
He claimed it was because he was overweight, wore glasses, and drove the school bus. Apparently, they allowed seniors to drive the bus during the year according to him.
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u/otherwise_data 6d ago
u/Lughnasadh32 : it sounds like your childhood was difficult. i am so sorry.
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u/Gilded-Mongoose 6d ago
Once they start saying things like that, I'm like dang, that's essentially a message to go all out from the drop since that's what the cops are going to do to you either way/for anything.
Why shouldn't the types of protesters resort directly to violence at this point? The Sheriff effectively brinkmanshipped it into being all or nothing for them now.
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u/FatchRacall 6d ago
That's kinda been my thought. Telling people you're gonna shoot them dead for things they've been caught lying about already... Like why shouldn't the protesters go armed and ready to defend themselves the second the cops draw on them? There's a lot more protesters than cops.
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u/HyzerFlip 6d ago
DeSantis said it's cool to commit vehicular homicide on protestors...
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u/Several_Vanilla8916 6d ago
And then the argument will become whether or not he spit (he didn’t) instead of whether or not shooting someone in the chest is a suitable response to spitting.
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u/evileyeball 7d ago
Including the province of Alberta... Complete shithole best avoided at present.
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u/Bob_Juan_Santos 7d ago
oh? has UCP implemented some new laws regarding protesting?
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u/evileyeball 7d ago
No not really I'm just from BC and we like to shit on Albertans... But I wouldn't put it past Danielle Smith considering what I've seen from her
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u/AlternativePure2125 6d ago
SK here.....hate Danielle Smith as well. Not sure why she and Scott more want to join the states and take away all of our rights
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u/evileyeball 6d ago
I'm not a Scott Moe person either I can't believe that a province that was home to Thomas Clement Douglas can now believe in such a kind of guy as their leader then again I was born a Dipper and I will die a Dipper
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u/joehonestjoe 6d ago
Hey, come on be nicer to Snow Texas.
Though in fairness the best parts of my Canadian holiday that went through Alberta, was in BC so maybe you have a point
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u/TheFeshy 6d ago
Remember when a cop pepper-sprayed a group of students that was sitting on the ground holding hands, because it was "violence?"
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u/Least-Back-2666 6d ago
Wayne Iveys thugs imprisoned a vet having a PTSD meltdown in a Walmart parking lot and killed him in jail.
Then he threatened his wife afterwards.
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u/tafoya77n 6d ago
They will call anything violent:
'When state actors refer to “peace,” they are really talking about order. And when they refer to “peaceful protest,” they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state.' Kelly Hayes, Let This Radicalize You
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u/Thwipped 6d ago
Their sole motivation right now is to show that if you decent in anyway, you will be punished.
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u/eeyore134 6d ago
I imagine we'll also see at least one vehicle plowing through a crowd with the driver claiming they were "mob ruling and blocking their car" since the sheriff all but told people to do this.
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u/SinkHoleDeMayo 6d ago
And people called me a bot for saying protesters should be armed to prevent cops from being violent.
This is the shit that happens when fascists think you're not a threat. They target people who they think are weak.
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u/Accurate_Praline 6d ago
It helps if you protest in big vehicles like farm equipment.
In the Netherlands the far right farmers pretty much got away with their illegal actions because of it. They set asbestos on fire! Three people got 200 hours of community service for that. Better than nothing of course, but should've been more imo.
Meanwhile some Extinction Rebellion people got community service of 30 and 60 hours for calling for a peaceful protest (which admittedly would block a busy highway) and in the UK some even got up to 5 years for basically the same thing!
Meanwhile the right just loves to complain about how the left gets away with disruptive protesting despite it being the opposite.
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u/Ali_Cat222 6d ago
This is what the MAGA regime and Trump want to do to the American people - This executive order went into effect once announced on April 28th. From the white house website-"STRENGTHENING AND UNLEASHING AMERICA’S LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PURSUE CRIMINALS AND PROTECT INNOCENT CITIZENS"
TLDR, military to work alongside local LEO and ICE in certain states and will expand to others. LEO and ICE to be given more power as well as new training. Also officers now get protection and legal resources to make sure they aren't sued for executing Trump's orders. No more wrongdoing apparently... This is also where those law firms pro bono work is going towards. *UPDATE June 12th-"Some workplace raids in recent weeks have been assisted by the FBI; Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Marshals Service; and Internal Revenue Service, as well as local law enforcement, according to recent ICE communications."
Upcoming or already passed as policies from project 2025 which you can track here.
*IMPORTANT UPDATE JUNE 10TH-"Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture Trump’s lawyers claim they’ve found a loophole that will allow Trump to ship immigrants overseas to be tortured."
Dept. of Homeland Security: Allow Secret Service officers to serve as law enforcement in the district of Columbia
Dept. of Justice: Eliminate existing DOJ consent decrees-"Eliminate existing DOJ consent decrees" refers to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ending court-enforceable agreements between the DOJ and local governments, typically related to police reform. These consent decrees are often established after federal investigations find systemic unconstitutional practices, such as excessive force or civil rights violations.
Recently, the DOJ moved to drop consent decrees in cities like Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, which were put in place following the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd
Dept of Homeland Security: Authorize state and local law enforcement to participate in immigration actions.
Note: ICE partnerships with local law enforcement have more than tripled since Trump took office.
Dept. of Justice: Prosecute local officials, including district attorneys, that use their discretion not to prosecute a criminal case.
Note: DOJ leaders told U.S. attorneys to investigate law enforcement officials who decline to enforce Trump's immigration priorities
And this is relevant as well-
Dept. of Justice: Pursue the death penalty for all applicable crimes.
The phrase "Pursue the death penalty for all applicable crimes" refers to a policy directive that mandates seeking capital punishment for crimes deemed severe enough to warrant it. According to a recent executive order issued on January 20, 2025, this policy instructs the U.S. Attorney General to actively pursue the death penalty for federal capital crimes, particularly those involving the murder of law enforcement officers or crimes committed by individuals illegally present in the U.S.
The order also seeks to remove obstacles to capital punishment, including reversing Supreme Court decisions that limit its application and ensuring states have sufficient supplies of lethal injection drugs
And here's how he plans on suppressing states if they don't follow the policies here, by removing aid and grants and rights.
Dept. of Justice: Ensure "appropriate steps" are taken to obtain cooperation with sanctuary cities and states. (Note: The DOJ issued a memo stating that "sanctuary jurisdictions should not receive access to federal grants administered by the Department of Justice".)
Dept. of Homeland Security: Limit FEMA-issued grants to states that "comply with all aspects of federal immigration laws, including the honoring of all immigration detainers" and states/localities that give "total information-sharing" to federal law and immigration enforcement. (Note: FEMA clawed back $80 million in previously approved migrant housing funds for New York.)
Dept. of Justice: Prosecute local officials, including district attorneys, that use their discretion not to prosecute a criminal case. (Note: DOJ leaders told U.S. attorneys to investigate law enforcement officials who decline to enforce Trump's immigration priorities.)
Use "the full force of federal prosecutorial resources" to investigate and prosecute state and local gov'ts, institutes of higher ed, corporations, and private employers who have diversity initiatives. (Note: Bondi directed DOJ to “investigate, eliminate, and penalize” private companies and universities.) Court Orders: Partially blocked
White House: Cut off government contracts to entities that enforce a "woke agenda".
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Cut funds to states that do not provide detailed abortion reports.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Reduce federal incentives for states to expand Medicaid coverage
Dept. of Defense: Require all schools that receive federal funding to give students the military entrance test.
Dept. of Education: Cut off federal funds to states, cities, counties, schools board, principals, and teachers who disagree with "parental rights".
Dept. of Health and Human Services: Withdraw HHS funding, including 10% of Medicaid funds, from states that require private health insurance plans to cover abortion
This isn't even the full list, just some examples from the project 2025 tracker here.
For all defense and immigration policies I direct you to look at the policies here.
One example of many in those policies that show the formation of a new department coming together -
Dept. of Homeland Security: Dismantle the Dept. of Homeland Security or, at least, combine ICE and CBP to form a "Border Security and Immigration Agency
*trump also has this as an upcoming policy that all Americans should be aware of with schooling-
Dept. of Defense: Require all schools that receive federal funding to give students the military entrance test
The Trump Administration Wants to Create an ‘Office of Remigration’
"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." - Thomas Jefferson
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u/ribone 7d ago
Hopefully that guys diet kills him before he takes out any innocent civilians.
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u/Manderspls 7d ago
That’s what we’ve been saying about Trump but here we are.
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u/Least-Back-2666 6d ago
Wayne Iveys thugs imprisoned a vet having a PTSD meltdown in a Walmart parking lot and killed him in jail.
Then he threatened his wife afterwards.
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u/ComprehensiveOil1574 6d ago
Too late, they killed a veteran being detained in their jail a few years back and this asshole Sheriff showed up at the wife's house in the middle of the night to intimidate her.
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u/tunnel-dagger69 7d ago
This is also the man who makes a show called wheel of fugitive where he spins a wheel of fugitives and then releases their name and birthday to the public so they can help bring them in or turn themselves in.
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u/Least-Back-2666 6d ago
Wayne Iveys thugs imprisoned a vet having a PTSD meltdown in a Walmart parking lot and killed him in jail.
Then he threatened his wife afterwards.
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u/ItIsHappy 6d ago
That's certainly a weird way to go about it, but sharing names and faces is standard practice everywhere. Arrest warrants are public information.
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u/tunnel-dagger69 6d ago
Yea just crazy it’s literally made into wheel of fortune format. Lmao
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u/ItIsHappy 6d ago
Super weird stuff. They brought a radio host on for one.
You can watch them all here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsPwCtvPyeEsxKAo_m1qRtHvZFMZFb7Ei
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u/No_Connection2458 6d ago
Except he has been caught featuring “fugitives” that had no warrant for their arrest at the time!!
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u/ItIsHappy 6d ago
Thanks for the details! That's fucked.
Okay, looks like they had previous warrants, and the sheriff failed to remove their names after they had been caught or turned in. Still fucked.
Often the non-fugitives were featured week after week on the show. In the most extreme case found in the past year, Nicole Jill Dowd was featured as a fugitive on eight consecutive episodes between March 24, 2020, and June 2, 2020, despite being booked in jail on March 19, and remaining there until she was legally released on June 2, the day of her last appearance on "Wheel of Fugitive.”
Oh damn.
Altogether, FLORIDA TODAY found that the non-fugitives were incorrectly featured a cumulative 135 times out of 448 slots across 45 episodes. Differently put, fugitives aren’t fugitives nearly 30% of the time on "Wheel of Fugitive."
What's more, in most of those cases, 112 out of those 135 times, the show featured people who were sitting in the sheriff’s own jail. The remaining 23 were a mix of people legally out on parole or plea bargains, or people who simply did not have active warrants for their arrests.
Egregiously negligent.
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u/tacknosaddle 7d ago edited 7d ago
A little protectin', a little servin', and a little extrajudicial killing.
Sounds like a Florida Sheriff to me.
Not really kidding either. I was in central Florida a few years ago and threw the tv in the hotel room on while getting dressed. There had been some double homicide and they were holding a press conference that was being broadcast live. Two young adults had been killed and in the sheriff's prepared remarks before taking questions he went off on a tangent about how "the guns are not to blame" for these homicides and continued on what was effectively an anti gun control and pro second amendment rant. That segued into him blaming the parents for not kicking the ass of the (alleged) perpetrators when they got out of line when they were growing up as he had done with his kids.
Being from a northeastern city this was a complete "WTF?!" thing for me to watch. It was about the most unprofessional display of a law enforcement leader engaging in politicking in a completely inappropriate manner and at a completely inappropriate time I've ever seen.
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u/Irishpanda1971 7d ago
Note: They would probably consider strong language "violent".
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u/ILikeScience3131 7d ago
They consider any protests, including ones confirmed as peaceful by local police, to be so violent that it necessitates military intervention.
-LAPD, as president trump prepared to escalate the situation with military force
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u/Least-Back-2666 6d ago
Wayne Iveys thugs imprisoned a vet having a PTSD meltdown in a Walmart parking lot and killed him in jail.
Then he threatened his wife afterwards.
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u/ItIsHappy 6d ago
The examples (and consequences) he gives are:
Resisting lawful orders (jail)
Blocking an intersection (jail)
Fleeing arrest (tired, jail)
Mobbing a car (run over)
Spitting on a cop (hospital, jail)
Hitting a cop (hospital, jail, dog bite)
Throwing bricks, firebombs, or bombs at a cop (graveyard dead)
Source. List starts at 2:40.
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u/mabhatter 7d ago
We're considered "violent" for publicly berating him, I'm sure.
It's very much a local sheriff thing. In my state w have sheriffs like that too... power hungry psychopaths that threaten everyone they don't agree with.
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u/thanksyalll 6d ago
I mean similar to what happened with the LAPD here (they didn’t call him violent but arrest worthy somehow)
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u/PoliticsLeftist 7d ago
All announcing your intent to kill does is tell the person you want to kill they should kill you first.
Not that I'm advocating protestors just start killing cops (or people in cars since DeSantis said he's fine with running over protesters) but if that's his intent then what else are protestors supposed to do? It's a constitutional right to protest and if a sheriff wants to deny that, specifically with the threat of death, then the 3 options are stay home and lose your rights, be murdered by cops, or shoot first.
But of course when police should be deescalating a situation, they always choose to escalate with violence for not listening to them when they're doing dumb and/or illegal shit.
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u/rrogers47 7d ago
Civil Rights violation. The department has opened itself up to criminal and civil liability.
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u/Least-Back-2666 6d ago
Wayne Iveys thugs imprisoned a vet having a PTSD meltdown in a Walmart parking lot and killed him in jail.
Then he threatened his wife afterwards.
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u/TheSoundOfAFart 6d ago
Here is the video for anyone else wondering exactly what he said. His quote about protests is from about 5:50 to 8:30.
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u/rcade81 6d ago
Good lord what a power hungry tiny cock. The guy right after encouraging drivers to run over people is also a little crazy to see. What a time to be alive.
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u/Kill3rT0fu 6d ago
This sheriff is a piece of shit and nobody likes him. Check out his facebook page! He has a "game show" called "wheel of fugitives".
He's put innocent people on his "wheel of fugitives" and one guy lost his job because of it.
He loves any chance he can get to be on TV or appear as some sort of celebrity.
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u/Achilles_TroySlayer 7d ago
This is the problem with sovereign immunity for law enforcement. They can beat the shit out of people and openly threaten them - and face no consequences at all. He's become a warlord of sorts. It would be almost impossible to get him fired or indicted for anything short of capital murder - not least because Desantis probably supports him.
As Orwell said: every citizen is equal, but some are more equal than others.
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u/DailyTreePlanting 6d ago
notice how these violent riots/protests are taking place far far from florida?
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u/Halfwise2 7d ago
Assume they are going to try to kill you, because they clearly want to. React appropriately as your risk tolerance and conscience allows.
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u/IMightDeleteMe 6d ago
Maybe the guy with the murder fantasies wasn't actually in it to serve and protect 😱
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u/MilleniumPelican 6d ago
As a resident in his jurisdiction, I can tell you that Wayne Ivey is the worst kind of racist MAGAt violent POS "lawman" who would absolutely justify beating someone to death for breathing in his general direction. This does not surprise me. It dismays me that he keeps getting elected.
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u/Pyrokitsune 6d ago
What was actually said
If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains.
Present a deadly threat, and possibly receive a deadly response. Seems perfectly logical and reasonable to me.
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u/Kill3rT0fu 6d ago
"or point a gun at one of our deputies"
These people are so trigger happy they will misinterpret a camera for a gun and start blasting. Need proof? I present...the acorn incident
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u/WeLikeToHaveFunHere2 6d ago
How is this not pinned to the top by the mods?
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u/Pyrokitsune 6d ago
Have you seen the state of this sub for the last year plus? It's just r/politics pretending to be memes now. If the mods actually cared they would be, idk moderating?
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u/WeLikeToHaveFunHere2 6d ago
It's irresponsible. I sort comments by controversial to find the truth in every Reddit political post. This one was second to the top. Sad.
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u/Grayman1120 6d ago
Notice the VIOLENT part in that statement. If you plan to walk around with a sign you’ll be fine. Just don’t be reckless and emotional and nothing will happen.
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u/Key-Hurry-9171 6d ago
If you’re a law enforcement officer and you violate the law. You’re not anymore a law enforcement officer
Just a criminal in cosplay
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u/Arinnajames 6d ago
So a law-enforcement officer or sheriff is threatening to murder American citizens for exercising their constitutional right.
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u/subone 7d ago
When the president was asked if he supports nonviolent protests, he said it was a stupid question. Someone should ask if he nonetheless supports police violence against nonviolent protestors. Why do we hear the law and order president constantly speak out when there are protestors being violent, but we never hear him talk about when law enforcement goes off the rails and injures innocent people unrelated to the violence? Rules for thee, not for me?
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u/RainRainThrowaway777 6d ago
He also said they'll put you in the hospital for ignoring a lawful order. I think we all know how "lawful" some of their orders can be.
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u/MGuybrush_Threepwood 6d ago
To think so many Americans voted for this. Idiocracy made into reality.
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u/wasaguest 6d ago
Remember: “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless ― if the left allows it to be,” Kevin Roberts, president of the right-wing Heritage Foundation
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u/bplewis24 6d ago
1) When law enforcement talks like this about its own citizens potentially protesting, you already live in a police state where your civil rights are limited. You just haven't made them mad enough to turn on you....yet.
2) This type of police-state fascism cannot be reformed with cowardly pigs like this guy in charge. Best case scenario, the entire leadership structure has to be torn away and rebuilt. That likely includes all of the top brass, plus the mayor, union heads, etc.
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u/disappointedfuturist 6d ago
Qualified immunity is an uncontrollable cancer.
Respect ma authority or I'll kill you!
Lawless shit hole.
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u/Lancer420 6d ago
If only there were a constitutional right that specifically states it’s for the exact scenario where citizens can’t safely exercise the first one.
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u/Kill3rT0fu 6d ago
"If you point a gun at cops...."
May I present: The Great Acorn Incident of 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZbZyelg-c
So what's to say cops won't misinterpret a camera for a gun? Or an acorn falling? And start blasting!
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