it wasn't a ball python, it was a big burmese python..
You can see the clip here, though it is in Norwegian. (Yep, we get the news about Floridas huge problems as well. :p)
I totally understand if they want to ban burmese and reticulated python in Florida, and similar states/countries where escaped or released reptiles can thrive and breed and survive, and do a lot of damage on the wildlife that already exists there. When people are stupid enough to release these animals into the wild where they don't belong, you can't really expect any other reaction from the government, nor the "uneducated" people who live around you.