Florida鈥檚 former COVID-19 data curator has raised more than $100,000 for her legal defense fund after being raided by law enforcement this week.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement raided Rebekah Jones鈥� home Monday night. FDLE Commissioner Rick Swearingen said in a statement that they have been investigating Jones since early November when the Florida Department of Health鈥檚 emergency alert health system was hacked.
Jones told . She said police didn鈥檛 take her husband or children鈥檚 computer, or her router. She says the real goal of the raid was to get her communications.
鈥淥n my phone is every communication I鈥檝e ever had with someone who works at the state who has come to me in confidence and told me things that could get them fired or in trouble like this,鈥� Jones said. 鈥淚 just want to say to all those people right now: If DeSantis doesn鈥檛 know already, he鈥檒l know soon enough you鈥檝e been talking to me.鈥�
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Jones鈥� GoFundMe . Jones said the real goal of a raid on her home was her communications with government employees.
Jones tweeted that she would be back working on her own COVID-19 dashboard Tuesday. 鈥淒oing this to me will not stop me from reporting the data,鈥� she said.
Now that you're here:
— Rebekah Jones (@GeoRebekah)
1. - will be updated with new computer soon
2. Imagine if the camera wasn't recording
3. Imagine if I weren't white.
4. Imagine this were you. Because one day, it might be.
5. Turn rage into action. RT.
6. I'll be back at work tomorrow.
Part of the outrage over the raid is because Jones said police pointed a gun at her and her children. The FDLE said Jones didn鈥檛 let agents into the home for 20 minutes.
鈥淎gents entered the home in accordance with normal protocols and seized several devices that will be forensically analyzed,鈥� Swearingen said. 鈥淎t no time were weapons pointed at anyone in the home. Any evidence will be referred to the State Attorney for prosecution as appropriate.鈥�
However, in home video from the raid, agents can be seen entering Jones鈥� home with guns drawn and pointing them up a set of stairs. Jones yells at the officers: 鈥淒o not point that gun at my children! He just pointed a gun at my children!鈥�
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