Posted on 11/04/2025 1:47:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurling a sandwich at a federal agent was an act of protest for Washington, D.C., resident Sean Charles Dunn. A jury must decide if it was also a federal crime.
“No matter who you are, you can’t just go around throwing stuff at people because you’re mad,” Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parron told jurors on Tuesday at the start of Dunn’s trial on a misdemeanor assault charge.
Dunn doesn’t dispute that he threw his submarine-style sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent outside a nightclub on the night of Aug. 10. It was an “exclamation point” for Dunn as he expressed his opposition to President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital, defense attorney Julia Gatto said during the trial’s opening statements.
“It was a harmless gesture at the end of him exercising his right to speak out,” Gatto said. “He is overwhelmingly not guilty.”
A bystander’s cellphone video of the confrontation went viral on social media, turning Dunn into a symbol of resistance against Trump’s monthslong federal takeover. Murals depicting him mid-throw popped up in the city virtually overnight.
“He did it. He threw the sandwich,” Gatto told jurors. “And now the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has turned that moment — a thrown sandwich — into a criminal case, a federal criminal case charging a federal offense.”
A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count, part of a pattern of pushback against the Justice Department’s prosecution of surge-related criminal cases. After the rare rebuke from the grand jury, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office charged Dunn instead with a misdemeanor.
CBP Agent Gregory Lairmore, the government’s first witness, said the sandwich “exploded” when it struck his chest hard enough that he could feel it through his ballistic vest.
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“I could indict a ham sandwich!”
“Free Speech is when I throw objects at you. Maybe a sandwich. Maybe a rock. It’s just a nuance.”
Anyone remember the old saying: The right to swing your fist ends at my nose.
It is assault.
It should be prosecuted.
You don’t have to throw things at people to protest.
Idjit using the door dash defense. Prosecutors must prove that the agent never ordered it.
IT’s battery
Local definitions vary.
In Arizona, I’d say it was more assault than battery...
If throwing/hitting with the sandwich is a form of protest, I will form a counter protest, return throw..... In the form of a very hard salami.
LOL
Venue is everything now. If this is a DC jury he will be acquitted.
Change “Sandwich” to “Brick”. Is it STILL not a big deal?
(IT’s battery)
Yes.
And maybe, 🤔 IT’s buttery 🧈🧈🧈
It’s definitely a salt 🧂🧂🧂.
He probably planned to Pepper them with a volley attack Spread over a period of time.
How he mustard the courage to do so is puzzling 🧩🧩🧩, though we can piece it together.
He Mayo been under the influence?
Now he’s in a Jam.
Hope he has a LOT of Bread 🍞🍞🍞 for lawyers.
They may not Lettuce 🥬🥬🥬 him out on parole for Good Behavior.
Looks like he didn’t have Good Cents.
I heard his girlfriend is a real Tomato 🍅🍅🍅.
But now he’s certainly in a Pickle 🥒🥒🥒.
He tried to lam, but they Cheesed 🧀🧀🧀 him.
Olive 🫒🫒🫒 this was completely unnecessary.
They may Ham down a stiff sentence.
Dude is Toast.
Seems like a lot of Baloney; him doing that.
I never Sausage behavior 🌭🌭🌭.
Figured he’d try to escape via Subway.
Jussie Smollett would be proud of him.
MAYBE FLIP HIM THE “BIRD”—_BUT NOT A SUBMARINE SANDWICH.
Maybe he was Nuts 🥜🥜🥜
I think they should put the guy in a padded room with the guy he hit with the sandwich. Close the door. Wait 10 minutes. Open the door. All done & over. What will be will be. Who knows? Maybe they’ll come out, go get some sandwiches and talk over a beer...
Samari Rolle was related to Kaiser Rolle, I believe.
Don't forget Pepper Johnson too!
Are they from The Onion? 🧅🧅🧅
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