Handcuffed

2010-01-29 - byGary Pearce

I don’t know Ruffin Poole well, but he never struck me as a fellow who posed a physical danger to the populace.

So why did the feds force him to make a well-photographed “perp walk” in cuffs?

I put that question to a Democratic lawyer friend of mine who has done considerable work in the federal courts.

He said the feds are sending a message to anybody who works in state government: Violate the law – and the public trust – and this could be you.

That would get my attention.

2010-01-29/Gary Pearce

I don’t know Ruffin Poole well, but he never struck me as a fellow who posed a physical danger to the populace.

So why did the feds force him to make a well-photographed “perp walk” in cuffs?

I put that question to a Democratic lawyer friend of mine who has done considerable work in the federal courts.

He said the feds are sending a message to anybody who works in state government: Violate the law – and the public trust – and this could be you.

That would get my attention.

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