Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

[Zorro]

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Source: Tampa Bay Times

The state has issued an arrest warrant for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones.

Jones announced Saturday on Twitter that she learned of the warrant and plans to turn herself in on Sunday. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed there is a warrant for Jones’ arrest but said it cannot disclose what charges she faces until she is in custody.

Agency spokesman Gretl Plessinger said in an email to the Tampa Bay Times that “agents have been working with her attorney to have her turn herself in.”

Jones once managed Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard. Then she was fired in May from her position as the geographic information system manager for the Florida Department of Health’s Division of Disease Control and Health Protection.

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2021/01/16/arrest-warrant-issued-for-ex-florida-data-scientist-rebekah-jones/

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This smells funny.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Smells funny? Stinks! . . . nt

[Canoe52]

10. Totally stinks.

[soldierant]

30. I desperately hope

she doesn't disappear.

[liberalla]

32. She was just named "Technology Person of the Year" by Forbes !

From Dec. 29, 2020:

Rebekah Jones named Forbes Technology Person of the Year

WTH is going on down there?
We definitely need more information.

[PA_jen]

2. To paraphase Shakespear "Something's rotten in the State of Florida."

[TheBlackAdder]

46. DeSantis sees Snyder being charged in Flint, and knows he's on the mass murder radar.

[SunSeeker]

3. DeSantis is really going after this woman. She has been so brave.

Hope she doesn't end up in jail. That's the only way DeSantis can get her away from her computer.

[Wawannabe]

24. If she is innocent

Biden can pardon!

[AlexSFCA]

27. he cant pardon state charges

[wnylib]

38. But he could ask DOJ to look into

possible civil rights violations. Free speech.

However, when cops went to her home and took her computer a few weeks ago, theycwere accusing her of improperly (illegally?) accessing her former work site to get data after she was fired. I suspect thst's what this is about. They checked her.computer and will charge her with stealing data she no longer had a right to.

I wonder if the data can be considered public since it's based on known science and therefore not theft.

[SunSeeker]

43. He can't. These are state charges. But the FBI can investigate DeSantis. nt

[MyOwnPeace]

4. "This smells funny."

Do you think? She was fired for her "fighting" with the Governor, DeSantis. Looks like DeSantis is taking a page from his hero's book on management (yeah, IQ45!) and throwing s**t at any and all "enemies."

Here's her statement:

"The Governor will not win his war on science and free speech. He will not silence those who speak out."

I really hope Florida keeps their eyes on this and does the right thing.

[iluvtennis]

5. +++ agree. nt

[SkyDaddy7]

33. They won't...

Conservative media will see to it enough remain brainwashed/mislead/unsure/whatever one wants to call the lack of trust to outright hatred toward experts throughout science the Conservative media has been so very effective in demonizing...Especially down here in the South! Its low hangin fruit!

[patphil]

6. They wouldn't spend this time going after her if she wasn't on to something.

It's definitely a Putinesque intimidation technique. Much like he did with the all girl rock band, Pussy Riot.
Note: That's far and away the best name for a female rock band ever.

[enough]

7. Beyond funny. NT

[IsItJustMe]

8. That's the lady where the police came to her house, pointed guns at her kids, and acted like they

busting a meth ring or something, all to confiscate her computer. Truly fucking horrifying
to watch. Her crime, she is reporting on all of the falsehoods that the governor is putting
out about covid.

She use to work for the state, but was fired because she is honest.
Abuse of Power if I ever saw one. But hey, that's how the Repugs roll.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Ron Death Sentance acting like a dictator.

[DENVERPOPS]

11. Trying to impress

Trump for when he comes to Florida. That way, at least Trump knows he's got one despicable piece of shit politician on his side....

[Deuxcents]

13. O, god

I think you are right. I’m afraid Palm Beach County may meet the same kind of resistance while trying to keep that residential contract involving Mar a Largo. This governor is awful.

[NHvet]

12. Sad times...

What a terrible nation we have devolved into where to speak to the truth, you are jailed, to be silenced

[soothsayer]

14. I hope Joe pardons Reality Winner

[JoeOtterbein]

17. +1 nt

[soldierant]

31. OMG, mee too.

Tom Drake, John Kiriakou, and Jeffrey Sterling are now all working for and with a not profit on whistleblowing and whistleblowers. She needs to be there too. None of them got a pardon, but I don't think thay'd hold it against her if she did.

[Mr. Sparkle]

15. This is disgusting, clearly politically motivated.

[CaptainTruth]

16. WTF are they trying to do to her???

[Grokenstein]

23. Silence her criticism.

That way, the coronavirus will just...cease to be? DeSatanis seems to be following a "logic" similar to Trump's "if you don't test for it, it doesn't exist" nonsense. Which continues to get people killed this very day.

[dhill926]

18. well, this pisses me the fuck off....

gonna follow this story. Outrageous....

[dlk]

19. Malicious prosecution...

[sandensea]

28. Absolutely. They don't call Flawrida 'Latin America North' for nothing.

Because - among other reasons - this is exactly the kind of politically-motivated malicious prosecution and arbitrary detention you see in Latin America all time.

Particularly from right-wing regimes and judges.

[monkeyman1]

20. burn ronny

ol' death sentence trying to copy trump'y & everything this dumbass does is stupid ! his c-19 is responsible for mass killing because he think's of hurd immune system . what fucking joke !!!!!

[byronius]

21. Almost like they have to move quickly before some sort of deadline expires...

Because I think a lot of people want to know what the real numbers are for Florida. And she knows where the data is.

[yonder]

37. Yes, the federal peepers will be looking closer

and those closet skeletons are a'rattling. I'd have to agree that it's a CYA move from RdS.

[Cozmo]

22. Here we have all these traitors running around and they urgently have to arrest Rebekah Jones?

Give me a break!

[bucolic_frolic]

25. I think she posted on Twitter today

that she thought they had no case.

[soldierant]

34. Oh, Rebekah, they don't need to have a case if they are out to get you.

They'll make up a case out of thin air and unicorn farts.

I wish she'd instead go to another state, one with a Dem governor who would be willing to keep heer there until learning the charges.

[monkeyman1]

26. losers

the loser is just as bad as rick scott !! every time i see him speak , he look's like he just shit his pant's . he is just a coat tail politician ! wonder he don't have a ring in his snoz !!

[Ford_Prefect]

29. Joe would be wise to quickly add her to some appropriate committee

before Governor Death disappears her and anything they have seized. DeSantis is clearly expecting to continue down the Trumpian path and is desperate not to face the music over his calculated denial of Covid-19 and all the consequences deriving from it.

[The Animator]

45. Yeah, like putting her in charge of the national Covid Dashboard

So, that we can have a standardized and accurate way to tracking system for covid cases. where progress is being made, where resources are most needed. in the impact of vaccinations when they have a broader role out...

[Botany]

35. Rebekah Jones is gonna be really rich after she sues the Governor and others

Gov. Desantis must be desperate to hide the real #s.

[orangecrush]

36. Time to leave Florida

She is brave, but had a family to think of.

Let the dead bury their own dead.

[IsItJustMe]

39. I guess there is a such thing as a POLITICAL ARREST WARRENT.

[badboy67]

40. I did Nazi that one coming.

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

[Stuart G]

41. Wait a minute, Wait a minute,....A new sheriff is coming to town in a few days...That new sheriff

will NOT work with the Florida governor...He will work with Rebekah Jones..And that new sheriff has a
lot of friends who will work with him...Is that correct? ..Or, did I miss something???....


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[DENVERPOPS]

42. Haven't you heard?

On Wednesday afternoon, the Governor is renaming Florida to: The Peoples Republic of Trump

[monkeyman1]

44. loser- Ronny

got to watch this clown , takes his orders from " MY PILLOW GUY - SAW IT SCRIBBLE PAPER ON CNN "!!

[Omaha Steve]

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