Florida sheriff shuts down Lizzo over claim he threatened peaceful protesters: 'What she thinks means exactly zero to me'

Florida sheriff shuts down Lizzo over claim he threatened peaceful protesters: ‘What she thinks means exactly zero to me’


A Florida sheriff issued a fiery statement against singer Lizzo over accusations on social media that he threatened to kill peaceful protesters.

Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, posted the accusations and said she was appalled that law enforcement officials would threaten to stamp out the constitutional right to free speech in the U.S.

‘Until earlier tonight, I had never heard of her.’

“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 actually appalling,” she said in the video on Instagram.

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She said that people have to get louder to combat officials acting illegally.

“I want to

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