State and local authorities in Florida warned that any violence from protesters will be met with deadly force as the country prepares for a wave of anti-Trump “No Kings” protests over the weekend. On Thursday,

A sheriff in Florida threatened his community on Thursday, stating that if any protesters get violent or break the law, they will be killed.

As protests against the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration raids continue across the country, particularly in California, where thousands have taken to the streets in largely peaceful demonstrations, tensions have escalated following Trump’s deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles.