"Special Counsel’s Office wrong to arrest Roger Stone instead of letting him self-surrender"

That's the title to my piece in The Hill about the arrest vs. surrender of Roger Stone.  The arrest of non-cooperators has bothered me for a long time, even for guys like Stone.  Here's the intro:A swarm of armed federal agents wearing bullet proof vests and equipped with battering rams and other riot gear arrested Roger Stone before sunrise Friday morning. Video cameras from CNN were present to capture the show of force.There was absolutely no good reason to arrest Stone instead of letting him self-surrender like others who have cooperated with the investigation such as Michael Flynn.And the conclusion:Allowing Stone to self-surrender — like others who have cooperated with the government — would show that the Special Counsel is not going to retaliate or unnecessarily embarrass those who do not cooperate with his office.There’s a long and controversial history of the perp walk.Of course, sometimes arresting a…

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