This story was last updated on: 10:07 p.m., Saturday, March 25, 2017.
NAACP leaders announced Saturday that they will march at the state capitol on Thursday, calling on Governor Rick Scott to rescind his order removing State Attorney Aramis Ayala from arguably the most high-profile cases in Orlando right now — those surrounding accused cop killer, Markeith Loyd.
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"We want him to know we do not support his decision. We're asking him to reverse his decision," said NAACP president Adora Obi Nweze, after a meeting with their members.
Scott used his executive power to remove Ayala just hours after she announced she would not seek the death penalty against Loyd, or any other defendants, during her time in office unless significant changes were made to the process.
That announcement sparked outrage in the law enforcement community.
But NAACP leaders support Ayala's views on the death penalty.
"The death penalty, killing people, is not the way to end crime in this state," said NAACP chairman Leon Rusell.
Loyd is accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend, Sade Dixon, her unborn child and Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton.
Governor Scott replaced Ayala with the Ocala-based state attorney Brad King, a proponent of the death penalty.
NAACP leaders say they will now step up their campaign to get Scott to rescind that order through letter-writing efforts, visiting legislators and even using the judicial system, if needed.
"We certainly have accessible to us any means legally, through our justice system," said Nweze.
So far, Governor Scott has not backed down from his decision to remove Ayala.