SU alumna Rebekah Jones sues Florida over police raid on her home
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Rebekah Jones, a 2012 Syracuse University graduate, designed Florida's coronavirus dashboard. She said she was fired for refusing to manipulate data to help the state reopen. (Provided photo via Tribune News Service)TNS
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Mario Ariza, South Florida Sun Sentinel (TNS)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rebekah Jones, a fired COVID-19 data manager for the state of Florida, is suing the Florida Department of Law Enforcement over a police raid on her house.
Jones’ lawsuit alleges that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement violated her constitutional rights, as well as state law, when officers served a warrant on her home during the early hours of Dec. 7.