Whistleblowing IT Director Fired By FL State Attorney

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."

Comments

Re:Loud and clear

[Anonymous Coward]

The US government is sending a message: "We don't like whistle-blowers".

The Florida government is sending a message: "We don't like whistle-blowers".

Re:Loud and clear

[Penguinshit]

actually it's the Florida State government. And with Rick Scott's record of corruption, you can bet he doesn't want anyone with a shred of integrity having root access to the state's computers...

Re:Loud and clear

[cultiv8]

In Florida, transparency is not up to the whim or grace of public officials. Instead, it is an enforceable right.

From the website of the Office of the Attorney General of Florida titled Open Government. The irony is strong in this one.

Re:So sue 'em.

[Chewbacon]

Florida is a Right to Fire... erm, Hire state. I always confuse the two words because whenever I hear the phrase, it's always used in the context of firing people. Anyway, incompetence is a Florida-based employer's way of firing you simply because they don't like you. If you don't cross enough T's and dot enough I's it is grounds for incompetence.