After posting on social media

about Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala, a Seminole County Clerk of Courts employee is forced to resign.

A Seminole County Clerk of Courts employee resigned Wednesday after posting on social media that Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala “should be tarred and feathered if not hung from a tree.”

“Maybe SHE should get the death penalty,” Stan McCullars, the office’s assistant finance director, wrote in Facebook comments beneath an Orlando Sentinel story Monday about Ayala’s decision not to seek the death penalty in capital murder cases.

Grant Maloy, the Seminole County Clerk of Courts and Comptroller, said Wednesday that he requested McCullars’ resignation after an investigation, and McCullars agreed to step down.

He had been on administrative leave with pay since Monday.

“These comments neither reflect my beliefs or those of the Clerk of the Court and Comptroller’s Office, nor were made on behalf of or by our organization,” Maloy said in a statement.

McCullars could not be reached for comment.

Ayala, the first African-American state attorney in Florida’s history, was removed by Gov. Rick Scott from the Markeith Loyd murder case Friday. Loyd is charged with killing Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton and his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon.

Ayala was replaced with State Attorney Brad King. Ayala filed a motion Monday to overturn Scott’s decision, but King filed a motion of his own Wednesday asking that Ayala’s request be dismissed.

Maloy, who took office in January, added that he is making several changes at the clerk’s office, including a written social media policy, employee diversity and inclusion training and the creation of a separate human resources department.

“Let me emphasize again that the Clerk of the Court and Comptroller, our management team and employees do not tolerate or condone discriminatory behavior toward our customers, coworkers or the public, and we stand by our office’s continuing commitment to diversity and inclusion,” he wrote.