“He did it. He threw the sandwich.”

That’s how the defense counsel for Sean Dunn, the man who threw a sub-style sandwich at a Border Patrol officer in Washington, DC, this summer began the federal trial against him Tuesday morning.

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[–] 249 points 10 months ago (8 children)

I cannot believe we're wasting taxpayer dollars on a ballistic hoagie attack.

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  • [–] 171 points 10 months ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 50 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I'm sure we all know the phrase that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to "indict a ham sandwich". It took prosecutors THREE Grand Juries to finally get an indictment for someone throwing that sandwich.

    It's all a complete waste of time and taxpayer funds, and in any other point in history these prosecutors would have been fired immediately for incompetence at even considering an indictment in the first place, not even considering the possibility that they would try for three attempts.

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  • [–] 59 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    They never got the indictment. The prosecutor had to downgrade the charges from a felony to a misdemeanor, which doesn’t have to go before a grand jury.

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago

    I hope a news outlet has the boldness to run this story after one showing DHS brutality, including the taxpayer costs, and before one about SNAP, healthcare and the shutdown. This administration is well past the point of pissing on Americans while telling them it's raining.

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    [–] 184 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I hope the people around him never let him live a minute without being reminded about what a weak little boy he is for whining about taking a soft, succulent sub to the shoulder.

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  • [–] 53 points 10 months ago

    The injury was to the ego and authority - of the entire apparatus, not one man. They're all anxious to bring retribution and remind everyone that the enforcer class is above them and demands your cowering deference.

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  • [–] 84 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I hope the jury are all served sub sandwiches for lunch each day of this trail.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    They don't serve food to juries. If you're lucky, they give you enough to offset the parking costs.

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  • [–] 64 points 10 months ago

    As neither party disputes the basic facts of the case, jurors will need to determine whether the sandwich-throwing is enough to convict Dunn on the misdemeanor assault charge.

    Even if it is, this is a job for jury nullification.

    A DC jury recently acquitted a different resident who was also charged with assault for allegedly moving her knee up toward an officer while being restrained after filming officers as they made immigration-related arrests.

    I see that sense is, ever so slowly, being restored.

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  • [–] 49 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    New ICE patches: "Don't bread on me"

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  • [–] 42 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Video clearly shows that the sandwich was fully wrapped. Why do they need to lie?

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  • [–] 33 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    US catches up - abot 10 years ago, a riot cop in Russia became a victim of an empty paper cup throwing. It was qualified as assault, btw.

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    [–] 30 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    /c/yestheonion

    Or at least AN onion

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    "The bun was a bit dry and that was more than I could take!", said the frightened man in army gear.

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    [–] 18 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    meanwhile, there's another, actually important trial happening that is describing horrific conditions of ice detention.

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    [–] 16 points 10 months ago

    Poor little pissy pants, must be so hard to be a traitor when you smell like onions and mustard.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago

    Waste of a sandwich

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    A lot of us dream of using a submarine to attack our enemies. This isn't exactly what I meant.

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    [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    It was a run-by sandwiching by a fleet-footed foot-long fling-er.

    To be fair, the sandwich was loaded.

    Lettuce, tomato, pickle, cheese, cucumber, onion, spinach, mushrooms, olives, bell peppers…

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