Rebekah Jones, who helped develop Florida’s dashboard, alleged a warrant was made out for her arrest on a charge unrelated to a December raid on her home.
A circuit judge said Wednesday he can’t decide whether Florida law enforcement officials should be forced to return equipment seized from former Department of Health COVID-19 data analyst Rebekah Jones until he learns whether authorities intend to charge her with a crime.
A circuit judge said Wednesday he can’t decide whether Florida law enforcement officials should be forced to return equipment seized from former Department of Health COVID-19 data analyst Rebekah Jones until he learns whether authorities intend to charge her with a crime.
A circuit judge said he can’t decide whether Florida law enforcement officials should be forced to return equipment seized during the raid of a former Department of Health COVID data analyst until he learns whether authorities intend to charge her with a crime.
Fired Florida data scientist files lawsuit over police raid
Rebekah Jones says that when she revealed information about COViD data, she was fired and then raided
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A data scientist is taking legal action after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement raided her home.
A 19-page complaint was filed on behalf of
Rebekah Jones in Tallahassee circuit court. It states officers carried out a raid to “silence” the data scientist who says she was fired for refusing to alter coronavirus numbers on a dashboard that the state used to monitor virus cases and deaths.
She officially sued authorities on Monday and is requesting $30K in damages and the release of devices including her computer, per