Overview

• Sheriff Wayne Ivey warned that anyone who throws a brick, firebomb or points a gun at deputies “will be graveyard dead.”
• Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the appointment of ICE State Liaison Officer Anthony Coker and launched a program to conduct welfare checks and protect agents from online doxxing.
• Gov. Ron DeSantis affirmed that drivers surrounded by violent mobs have the right to flee without legal liability if they hit protesters impeding their vehicles.
• Officials emphasized Florida’s hard-line anti-riot enforcement in contrast to California’s more permissive protest approach to underscore the state’s law-and-order stance.
• Hundreds of “No Kings” demonstrations opposing President Trump’s immigration crackdown are scheduled across Florida and nationwide this weekend.