"Sean Charles Dunn, a former justice department paralegal, became a symbol of the resistance to Trump's occupation in the nation's capital when video of him, clad in a pink polo shirt and shorts, throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent, wearing a bulletproof vest, went viral. Why are you here? I don't want you in my city! Dunn shouted at the officers on 10 August, calling them fascists. After throwing the sandwich, he took off running."
"Dunn's lawyers argued his sandwich throw was a harmless gesture meant as an act of protest. In a city under federal siege, the incident served as a rallying point, with posters showing Dunn mid-throw popping up around the district. Prosecutors said Dunn knew he didn't have a right to throw the sandwich at the agent, and that his speech was not the issue, but that he threw a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range."
"A grand jury in DC declined to indict Dunn in August on a felony assault charge, but he was eventually charged with a misdemeanor. The case moved ahead in federal court, with US district judge Carl Nichols acknowledging the strange case and saying the trial would be short because it's the simplest case in the world. Dunn was fired by the justice department after the incident."
Sean Charles Dunn, a former justice department paralegal, was tried on a misdemeanor assault charge after throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent during federal law enforcement operations in Washington, DC. Video showed Dunn yelling at officers, calling them fascists, then throwing the sandwich and running. Defense argued the throw was a harmless protest gesture and that words without force are not assault. Prosecutors argued Dunn knowingly struck a federal officer at point-blank range and that the act, not speech, was at issue. A DC grand jury declined a felony indictment; a judge called the case simple. Dunn was fired and later acquitted by a jury.
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