Posted on 11/06/2025 11:57:01 AM PST by 11th_VA
Washington — A man who was charged with throwing a sandwich at a federal agent was found not guilty of one count of misdemeanor assault after a jury trial in Washington, D.C.
The acquittal of the man, Sean Dunn, comes after federal prosecutors failed to secure a felony indictment against him from a grand jury in Washington in the immediate aftermath of the incident. He instead faced a federal misdemeanor assault charge for allegedly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.
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Dunn did not testify in his own defense, and his legal team did not present a counter to the Justice Department's arguments in the case. Instead they moved to dismiss the case, but that was denied by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who oversaw the trial.
During closing arguments in front of a fully packed courtroom, prosecutors said that "this case is not about someone with strong opinions ... it's about an individual who crossed the line." They said Dunn had the right to express his anger at the federal agents, but he did not have the right to strike them, "even with a sandwich."
"Here we have the defendant, throwing a sandwich, but he's throwing it hard," the prosecutor said. "That meets the definition of force."
Dunn's attorney, Sabrina Schroff, then argued to the jury that "the sandwich that was thrown in this case was not forcible," and equated her client's actions to that of a child's bedtime temper tantrum...
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I agree with the ruling.
So I can throw sandwiches at people, even law enforcement, and that’s not a crime?
If you can get away with this sh!t...you might be a Democrat
I’ll bet if you threw a sandwich at stooge Carl Nichols, the result would be quite different...
12 commies on a jury, they would easily acquit Tyler Robinson if they had the chance
Apparently, he wasn’t prosecuted for resisting arrest. When an officer tells you to stop but you run like hell in the opposite direction until tracked down, that is resisting arrest. Wonder why they didn’t charge him on that.
Salami at Mamdani?
Throw me one while you are throwing. A bacon, lettuce. tomato on toast with mayonnaise would be nice.
It wasn’t exactly an ‘assault sandwich’ or a ‘sandwich of mass destruction’.
Or does someone out there want to call it “Hoagie Terrorism”?
Maybe “Narco Hoagie Terrorism” if the perp was under the influence of something?
Same here. I think they made a stupid attempt at elevating it to a felony.
How about if he threw a brick?
The real test is to throw a sammich at, say, a newly elected mayor. A messy one. Egg salad with too much mayo for instance.
You mean salami...
Meanwhile, he is now widely known to be an overly emotional idiot, given to tantrums and minor assault.
Someone took this misdemeanor to trial? Why? What purpose did that serve besides wasting taxpayer dollars.
DC Swamp. It is impossible to obtain a fair trial there.
So I can throw sandwiches at people, even law enforcement, and that’s not a crime?
“I agree with the ruling.”
Please explain.
If they a tried "resisting arrest" or similar charge they could have gained a misdemeanor conviction. I suspect they made a stupid attempt to elevate the seriousness of the situation.
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