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Whistleblowing IT Director Fired By FL State Attorney

Posted by timothy on from the also-he-was-probably-using-a-computer dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ben Kruidbos, the IT director for the Florida State Attorney's Office who'd spoken up when important cellphone evidence he'd extracted from Trayvon Martin's cellphone was withheld by the state from the defense, was fired by messenger at 7:30 PM Friday, after closing arguments in the Zimmerman case. He was told that he could not be 'trusted to set foot in this office,' and that he was being fired for incompetence. Kruidbos had received a merit pay raise earlier this year. The firing letter also blames him for consulting a lawyer, an obvious sign of evil."

5 of 569 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Someone's got some s'plainin' to do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Also firing someone for whistleblowing is against whistleblowing laws.

  2. The truth of the case by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obama hired Zimmerman to shoot Trayvon so he wouldn't have to pay child support.

    Trayvon didn't just "look like" his son...

  3. Re:Man the FL state attornies just want to fuck up by obarthelemy · · Score: 4, Funny

    But, wasn't, like, ...an unarmed kid shot and killed ?

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  4. Re:So sue 'em. by binarylarry · · Score: 5, Funny

    The solution is simple then: never, ever give raises.

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  5. Re: Do good ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank you, we needed some input from a typewriter owner.