A former Florida Department of Health officer sued the government on Monday over one carried out a search warrant on his home After investigators said they discovered a message sent from a computer to the address of Health Department staff. Rebekah Jones, who was fired for disobedience in May after repeatedly violating media relations department guidelines, helped create a government coronavirus dashboard. He insists that he was fired for not betraying the data.
Florida law enforcement agencies issued a search warrant earlier this month. Jones has a 31st
-Second video posted Officers enter his houseThe department later posted more than 20 minutes of body language videos showing that he refused to answer the phone and knocked.
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Jones said that she, her husband and two children were sleeping when officers arrived. In a YouTube interview with Florida Today earlier this month, Jones said she needed to get dressed and told her husband to take the kids up because he thought the officers were arresting him and didn’t want them to see it.
He said he did not understand why the officers had to raid his house with painted guns.
“They were there to give permission to search for computers. It wasn’t illegal underground, ”he said. “There was no risk factor and (delay in opening the door) does not give this reason.”
The message that led to the search document called on Health Department officials “to speak before 17,000 other people die. You know this is bad. You don’t have to be part of it. Be a hero. “
Jones had several runaways and law enforcement agencies on personal matters, but gained international attention by questioning Florida’s 19th number. As an employee of the Department of Health, he received around $ 48,000 annually, but since May has received almost $ 260,000 in GoFundMe account after criticism of Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.
“The complainant’s dismissal caught the attention of the national and Florida media, much to the detriment of Governor Ron DeSantis,” the case states. “Governor DeSantis openly condemned the plaintiff in a vitriolic and vituperative manner after the shooting.”
It is said that the search for his home was “ridiculous”.
Florida State Law Enforcement Commissioner Rick Swearingen said he was “proud of the professionalism” his agents showed in executing a home charter search warrant.
“Our criminal investigation is ongoing and although I haven’t seen the charges, I believe the truth will come out in court,” the commissioner added in an email to reporters.
No charges were brought in the investigation.
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