{"id":432964,"date":"2026-10-20T12:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432964\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:26:07","slug":"elijah-manley-faces-charges-related-to-facebook-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432964\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah Manley faces charges related to Facebook posts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elijah Manley, a former Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 20 in the August primary, faces charges<\/a> stemming from two posts made on his Facebook account that were reported to the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2019s Threat Management Unit, according to a probable cause affidavit.<\/p>\n

Manley, a 27-year-old Fort Lauderdale native and frequent unsuccessful Democratic candidate, turned himself in at the Broward County jail on Friday afternoon in connection with a warrant written Oct. 13. He faces two second-degree felony counts of written threats to kill.<\/p>\n

Someone reported the posts to the Threat Management Unit on Aug. 21, according to the affidavit, which was a few days after Manley was one of three candidates defeated by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, in the primary. The name of the person who reported the posts and the names of two people who the posts were directed toward are redacted in the affidavit.<\/p>\n

A detective wrote in the affidavit that Manley\u2019s posts appeared to be part of \u201ca disagreement over a political candidate and their differing positions on the candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of Manley\u2019s alleged posts read: \u201cI\u2019m talking to yall. I saw yall comments earlier. I\u2019m already pissed off, do not piss me off more. I swear to god, take me to war over this Black woman and I promise yall I will burn y\u2019all [expletive] castle to the ground and anyone else in my way,\u201d the affidavit said.<\/p>\n

The reporting person told the detective he or she believed the reference of \u201ccastle\u201d meant his or her home, the affidavit said. The reporting person also shared other messages from Manley\u2019s account that showed \u201congoing threats,\u201d including one that read, apparently in support of a candidate whose name is redacted in the document: \u201cThis the type [s\u2014] that will make me snap \u2026 I promise you I will make your life a living hell to the very end. You better line up behind the Democratic nominee like we always do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manley also allegedly wrote: \u201cEvery Democrat needs to get behind the Democratic nominee for Senate. Anybody not doing that, I promise you I\u2019m going to cut your f\u2014\u2014 head off,\u201d according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

WLRN reported<\/a> that comment was related to a post in support of Democratic Senate candidate state Rep. Angie Nixon, who faces Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody in the Nov. 3 election. Manley told WLRN the situation is a \u201cserious First Amendment issue\u201d and indicated that he may pursue legal action.<\/p>\n

A detective called Manley, who \u201cverified\u201d that he made the posts, the affidavit said. Manley told the detective that the messages were political comments meant to \u201cchallenge\u201d the person\u2019s political opinion and were \u201cnot an actual statement of intended harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manley told the detective he previously had interacted with both of the people whom the posts were directed toward, and the interactions were cordial despite differences in their political beliefs, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n

The detective wrote in the affidavit that some of Manley\u2019s followers \u201crequested that he tone down the rhetoric,\u201d to which he replied, \u201cI\u2019m not toning anything down. I\u2019m tired of being told tone my voice while white people get away with destroying everything. I want all white people to vote for the Democratic nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manley has not yet entered a plea to the charges. His\u00a0defense attorney did not respond to an email seeking comment after business hours Monday.<\/p>\n

Manley was released from jail after posting bail on a $40,000 bond, court records show. Manley is on standard pre-trial release, which prohibits him from possessing any weapons or ammunition. He is also not allowed to post on social media or contact the alleged victims.<\/p>\n

Information from WLRN was used in this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elijah Manley, a former Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 20 in the August primary, faces charges stemming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[506,112,28,249,251,250,114,115,99,109],"class_list":["post-432964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-broward-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-florida","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}