Authorities were working on a search warrant Monday morning at the home of corona virus data scientist Rebecca Jones, who was expelled from the state and accused Florida authorities of covering up the scale of the infection. The state law enforcement agency is investigating whether Jones is illegal. Corona approached a state news organization to send a message to her former colleagues to talk about virus deaths. Jones, who has been battling Republican Gov. Ron Desantis for months, refused to send the message. Two videos released by the department show that Jones did not leave his Tallahassee home until about 23 minutes after officers first rang the doorbell. Minutes after they first declared themselves police. Jones said officers waited 13 minutes as he dressed. Officers can be seen calling Jones’ cell phone to leave the house, someone holding a large hammer. “Police search warrant, open the door!” The officers shout several times. “Make sure the whole block is listening to us,” one agent tells his colleagues. As Jones leaves his home, an officer drawn by a gun appears to be pointing the weapon in his direction, although it is not clear if anyone pointed a six-inch gun from Jones’ face, as he said in an interview with CNN. Authorities are holding her by the back and hands as she shouts not to point the gun at her children. An officer scolds Jones for taking so long to leave the house. “It doesn’t make sense what you do,” the officer tells Jones. “You have to be calm and get your head (inaudible) because you are making wrong decisions.” “All you have to do is answer the door – no doubt about who we are,” the official said. Jones responded that his lawyer had previously told him not to answer the door. She is confused about what the authorities want. “What are they looking for? Are they looking for a person?” He asked at one point. Law Enforcement Commissioner Rick Swarongan said in a statement, “This video proves that FDLE agents had extreme patience.” “Agents gave Ms Jones enough time to come home and resolve the matter in a civil and professional manner,” Swarongan said. “As this video proves, any danger or danger to Ms Jones or her family was the result of her actions.” But Jones responded on Twitter on Thursday, saying he was late responding to the door because he was dressed and the videos prove he was cooperating. “The authorities were ready to break down my door with Sledgehammer,” he wrote. “Is it ‘control?’ Really ??? “Most of the footage released so far shows contacts outside Jones’ home, although officers searched the home. Jones said officers at the home pointed guns at her 2 and 11-year-old children and her husband, which the department denied, and released its own video of the officers showing the guns being pulled inside. It is unclear whether those officers also wore body cameras. Among other developments, Jones says on the GoFundMe page now that more than 200 200,000 will be used for his legal protection and “for moving expenses so my family can get out of the governor’s range.” .
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