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

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey went viral for warning protesters to avoid violent tactics and he blasted pop star Lizzo for apparently misconstruing his words in her own viral video Ahead of the No Kings protests that occurred across the country Ivey warned at a news conference alongside Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier If you spit on us you re going to the hospital and then jail If you hit one of us you re going to the hospital and then jail and the majority likely get bitten by one of our big beautiful dogs that we have here He went on to further warn 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 Because we will kill you graveyard dead We re not going to play Lizzo appeared to call out the video in a social media post DOJ WARNS US ATTORNEYS TO PREPARE FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AHEAD OF NATIONWIDE ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTS I just watched a video of law enforcement saying they would kill kill anyone who exercises their First Amendment rights to protest And I ve never seen anything more unconstitutional in my life It was really appalling she noted in a video posted on Instagram She went on to declare We don t serve a king We don t serve a dictator We fought and lived and died for the right to vote for people who will protect and serve us the people we the people And when that gets threatened when that gets challenged we just have to get louder We just have to get prouder It s the American thing to do She concluded her video by saying I want to encourage everybody to remember their constitutional rights I want to encourage everybody to also protect each other Because the people that we put in position to protect us are not doing that Know your rights and stand on em CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREFox News Digital reached out to the sheriff who balked at how Lizzo appeared to mischaracterize his words He assumed Lizzo was referring to his own comments which were widely covered in the media Lizzo who he demanded Until earlier tonight I had never heard of her So what she thinks matters exactly zero to me She clearly didn t listen to what was really commented during the press conference as is evidenced by how inaccurate her quote is He added At no time were people peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights ever threatened as what was authentically commented was that peaceful protests are part of our democracy and we will provide a safe conditions for peaceful protest to take place My warnings were directed at violent protesters whose actions would put citizens and law enforcement officers' lives at pitfall CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News Digital also reached out to Lizzo s management for comment but did not promptly hear back