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Rene Boucher, 60, didn’t like where his neighbor of 17 years, Paul, was putting his yard debris.
That's it. Well maybe...
The yard debris allegations are a “false narrative,” said Paul’s Deputy Chief of Staff Sergio Gor. In the decade preceding the incident, Paul had never spoken with the man who attacked him, Gor said.
But Boucher attacked.
“As Dr. Boucher has stated throughout, he lost his temper and tackled Rand Paul as Paul was carrying branches from another location on his property and placing them on the property line,” the court memorandum from Boucher’s defense team said.
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Boucher, who pleaded guilty in January, has denied the tackle was politically motivated — even as neighbors disputed media reports about the seriousness of the yard battle. If evidence showed it was politically motivated, Boucher would face far harsher penalties since Paul is an elected official in the federal government.
It would definitely be in Boucher's best interest to make this a yard debris dispute, instead of a political dispute.
Even though Paul is a Statist I think he should use his position to denounce the added legislation in this case.
Someone broke the non-aggression principle. That's the crime...period. And Paul, being as libertarian as possible for being a statist, should promote that.
I find it hard to believe you can live nextdoor to someone and not talk to them for a decade. That on it's own seems strange to me.
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Boucher’s attorney, Matt Baker, is asking the federal judge in the case to grant probation, arguing in the filing that “Dr. Boucher has been a pillar of his community, a solid citizen, a family man and a devout Christian.”
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