National media have reported on the raid since Jones recorded it on a camera and posted it to Twitter on Monday. FDLE’s bodycam video lacks footage after officers went into her home.
FDLE said in its statement that “agents afforded Ms. Jones ample time to come to the door and resolve this matter in a civil and professional manner. As this video will demonstrate, any risk or danger to Ms. Jones or her family was the result of her actions.”
“I had no registered weapons in my name,” Jones said. “They know that, they checked that. Me and my husband don’t have weapons. I came downstairs in my pajamas. … they were there to serve a search warrant for a computer. This was not some illegal underground drug cartel.”
FDLE was issuing a warrant to Jones to justify seizing her computers, smartphones and other electronics as part of a computer hacking investigation. The department says someone gained access to the state’s emergency management system and sent a text message to 1,750 recipients saying “It’s time to speak up before another 17,000 people are dead. You know this is wrong. You don’t have to be a part of this. Be a hero. Speak out before it’s too late.”
FDLE has said officers traced the message to Jones’ Internet Protocol, or IP, address, associated with Jones’ Comcast account, from which they got her address.
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