WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have failed to obtain a felony indictment against a man who was seen on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal law enforcement official in the nation’s capital, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Sean Charles Dunn was arrested on an assault charge after he threw a sub-style sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent. A video of the incident went viral, and shortly after he was fired from the Justice Department, where he worked as an international affairs specialist in the department’s criminal division.
The case is one of the examples of the legal pushback to President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington that has led to more than 1,000 arrests. It is highly unusual for grand jurors to refuse to return an indictment, and it was once said that prosecutors could persuade a grand jury to “indict a ham sandwich.”
101 Comments
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · 150 pts · 363d
"public safety operation"
Journalists are going to sanitize their own executions. Wish we had a real Fourth Estate that would challenge political branding rather than stenograph it.
griff@lemmings.world · 24 pts · 363d
special public safety operation!
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 362d
Reuters just did that.
IDF bombed a reuters journalist, but they reported what IDF said as the headline, claiming their target was a Hamas camera... It was their camera.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 362d
Already happening in Gaza
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 86 pts · 363d
This is why one of their major targets is due process.
jonne@infosec.pub · 57 pts · 363d
Fucking maddening how so many Latinos voted for Trump because "they got in the right way", not realising that they'd end up getting randomly stopped and deported "because they fit the profile".
It never pays to throw in your lot with white supremicists, they'll always turn on you.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 363d
I mean.....I don't think you can say they'll turn on you. That implies they supported you at one point.
White supremicists have ALWAYS been against you, if you're not also white, male, and a white supremicist.
Just because you support them, does not mean they support you. To modify a George Carlin quote:
jonne@infosec.pub · 16 pts · 363d
They'll make temporary alliances if it furthers their goals. That's why they like Israel while they're actually antisemites, because that way you can go after Muslims more easily.
A big part of it is obviously the dog shit messaging from the Democrats. They don't want to be seen as critical of the police, so I haven't seen anyone mention the reality of racist cops conducting traffic stops based on racial profiling leading to the current situation, and the assumption they had of Latinos being one singular voting block that is always in favour of open borders, instead of a whole bunch of different groups from different countries with an immigration background that ranges from recent arrivals to people that have lived in the same place for centuries and have actually had the US illegally annex them.
grue@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 363d
They like Israel because Revelations says the Jews returning to the Holy Land is a precondition for Armageddon and they think they're gonna get Raptured. It's literally a delusional death cult.
jonne@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 363d
That's only specific to evangelicals, neo-nazis don't believe that shit. They like Israel because:
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 363d
Oh, they'll turn on you if you're white, male, and a former wow supremacist, too
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 362d
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 362d
the right wing hispanics think they are white, simply because they share european roots.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 362d
Counterpoint: fuck them and their ignorance?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 362d
most of the latinos that came over were originally rich people that were pissed when the thier countries "siezed thier lands , or nationalized thier properties". florida and texas is probably the main places they come when they land in america, often helped by right wing churches to house them. because most of them are catholic, so the churches have an easier time to convince them to vote against the "devil" and communism.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 82 pts · 363d
Everyone finishes watching the video.
Prosecutor: So, you can clearly see the assault take place. Does everyone agree?
Jurors: I didn't see anything. Did you guys see anything? Nope. Not a thing. Who wants a sandwich?
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 363d
I'd like a sandwich, but I didn't see any laws broken
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 363d
All I saw was a hero.
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 363d
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 363d
he was 'eating the sandwich'.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 66 pts · 363d
This just in: Grand Jury fails to indict a ham sandwich.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 363d
They didn't fail. They did their job.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 363d
Agreed, they did to their jobs, it's just a joke on the old saying that "a Grand Jury could indict a ham sandwich."
grue@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 363d
Ham sandwich ✔
Sub sandwich ✖
We need more data to determine exactly which kinds of sandwiches are indictable. Throw more!
azimir@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 362d
It was a salami sandwich, so it's a case of misidentification.
johnny_deadeyes@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 363d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHOwHRA6_mg
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 44 pts · 362d
The cop, who investigates cops, was so pissed off that he just threw the first thing he could get a hold of...
I can't even come up with a proper analogy for how far off the rails this is.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 362d
It's good to know there might be some people like that still in there...
If you've seen the video, you'd see that this man was pissed. Full of righteous anger... And everyone else on the street, including the people filming, just thought it was funny. Just fucking clueless.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 362d
That's internal affairs. Your quote says international affairs.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 362d
Whoops... You're right.
I'm using the fact that I've been awake for 20 hours as an excuse for my lack of reading abilities.
I shall leave my mistake there to remind me to go to sleep. (After Doom scrolling for a few hours...)
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 362d
Easy mistake to make, even with a full night's sleep
Godric@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 362d
Bro hahahahahaha
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 39 pts · 362d
Last time I reacted to this Pirro quote by saying it was indeed very funny:
I just want to say, it has gone up a level to "hilarious" now that they can't even get a grand jury on their side
Alaik@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 362d
And there's that saying that a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich.... oh the irony.
jacksilver@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 362d
That was their mistake, they should have charged the sandwich.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d
Tbh, like that probably was the error here from Bondi's team
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 362d
The Grand Jury were vegans.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 362d
it might drive jeanine to drink again.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 363d
Fuck AP for calling this a “public safety operation”. That is absolutely not a neutral way to report this. Fascist loving bootlickers. AP is a right wing rag.
Corelli_III@midwest.social · 4 pts · 362d
they've been pushing very hard for fascism lately, i can't stand the AP
zbyte64@awful.systems · 33 pts · 363d
Bwahahaha. Did the officer even say thank you for the sandwich?
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 30 pts · 363d
"Public safety operation."
Way to buy into the bullshit, there, AP.
hohoho@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 363d
So is the sandwich okay?
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 363d
It was long, but the meating went well.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 363d
HA!
FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 6 pts · 363d
No, of course it's not. It got on the ground. The story is funny, but it still annoys me a little, man wasted a perfectly good sandwich :(
griff@lemmings.world · 5 pts · 363d
government wasted the expense of court time
grue@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 363d
It was from Subway, though.
FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 2 pts · 362d
Ughhh, I change my mind. Throw the pedo sandwiches to your heart's content. Unless you have to buy them. But then you have to waste actually good sandwiches...
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 362d
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 363d
Story of Arch Duke Frans Ferdinand's life.
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 363d
It was shot 36 times from close range and sent to El Salvador.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 363d
For a-salt and buttery.
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 26 pts · 363d
Besides the good news in the story, can we just take a moment to appreciate the absurdity of the title itself? I love it
axus@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 363d
Mild doxx, I've served on a DC Grand Jury before. You're commuting to the courthouse for 3 weeks minimum, though only 3 days a week. Most of the people are not getting compensated from their job to be there, just some money for the Metro.
The standard of evidence to indict is much lower, basically "it's believable that the accused could be guilty of the charges". Caught on camera is quite believable, the key here is "the charges". If the charges don't fit the crime, a jury that's paying attention wouldn't indict . I'm 80% sure indictment is a majority vote, didn't have to be unanimous.
Generally the prosecution is presenting evidence and calling law enforcement officers to testify, the defendant sending a lawyer is optional (expensive). You get a mostly one-sided argument, but these are all people who live in DC; some well off but most kinda poor. It's DC so both categories do not like Trump. If they believe somebody is committing crimes in DC they'll happily indict; but most cases indict, it feels good to cancel the case when someone doesn't deserve it.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 362d
This dude, himself, worked at the Justice Department. I'm sure he was able to get some very good representation.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 363d
i have heard serving on a grand jury is painful, because its such a long lenght of time, thats why people try to avoid it all cost.
neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 363d
This is all hilarious of course, but that sandwich thrower would probably be dead if he wasn’t white.
FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 11 pts · 363d
You're right for now. I think they'll stop caring by Christmas, as long as they oppose the administration, they're a threat.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 363d
"We"
That includes a lot of us here
Deflated0ne@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 362d
Good.
RegularJoe@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 363d
Federal Prosecutors used Felony Indictment against sandwich tosser.
It's not very effective...
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 362d
Its almost as if the majority of us have decided the current trumpism is wrong. Almost.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 363d
We need to start doing a trump hand check. Well maybe, it'll probably just give us too much hope.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gavin-newsom-trump-hand-bruise-b2815067.html
treadful@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 363d
You're playing with my emotions.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 363d
Then you get JD Vance, who's even more in the pocket of right-wing think tanks and billionaires. If there's a Vance presidency, It'll pretty much be run by people like Thiel, Yarvin and Ellison.
Until congress fixes the damage done by Citizens United, everything else is just going to be a bandage. Maybe if the FPTP voting system and the electoral college go away, but that's even harder to do. I don't think America needs a good or strong president. It needs congress to do its job by reigning in the two other branches that have gone off the rails, but it's also controlled by openly corrupt right-wing representatives.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 362d
Could get weird. I doubt he'll have nearly as much public support. I think the MAGA crowd are like a cult with a Great Leader. If anyone else tries half the shit Big D pulls they wouldn't get away with it.
tomenzgg@midwest.social · 3 pts · 362d
You're not wrong but that also means he could ride off of, "Help me complete Trump's legacy," for a bit and he's backed by Thiel. That may be all the time they need to move quickly.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d
I believe that's an accurate assessment.
heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 363d
May the sandwich of justice strike again!
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 363d
Subway...Subhow...
mkwt@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 363d
In semi-related news, the DC spitter had charges reduced to misdemeanors after 3 different grand juries returned no true bill. In federal court, there is a 30 day deadline after arrest to secure an indictment or your felony charges get dismissed.
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · 14 pts · 362d
He's being charged with Assault With a Deli Weapon.
Credit: Jimmy Dore
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 362d
Which he stole from some random news anchor... Dore hasn't been funny or relevant in almost a decade now.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 362d
He stole the sandwich from a news anchor?
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 362d
Who's on first...
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · -2 pts · 362d
1.6 million followers on Youtube seems relevant to me, you shitlib bundle of twigs.
hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 362d
Wow very clever way to get around calling someone a slur genius
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · 1 pts · 361d
Thanks hotdogcharmer, you little hot dog charmer!
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 362d
if it was a stale baguette french, it can do some real damage.
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · 1 pts · 361d
It was Subway, so technically it was cake by European standards.
Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social · 1 pts · 362d
Jimmy Dore is still alive? Damn...
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 363d
Lotta great sub sandwich places in Chicago
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 363d
The grand jury 🥲
yesman@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 363d
This is going to be framed as liberal juries nullifying just to be mean to poor old President Trump.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 363d
You know it! Just wait until SCOTUS makes another special ruling that doesn't count as precedent in the future so their favorite party isn't held to the same standard.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 362d
if they know anything about grand jury, they are just there to whether to indict the person, not even an actual jury, its a "mock jury"
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 362d
Who cares
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 362d
Suck the footlong fascists.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 362d
The new US foot is now 2.5".
Mertn33@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 362d
To fit the leaders penis
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 363d
RinseChessBacked@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 363d
I wish someone would
throw a sandwich at meassault me with a sandwich. I'm hungry.Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 363d
One man's battery is another man's gift.
desmosthenes@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 362d
8 years for spitting on a fed?!
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 6 pts · 362d
The lengthy prison sentence is to send a message to the populace.
desmosthenes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 362d
that’s quite too strong a message lol
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 5 pts · 362d
It is however Jeanine "I scream like a banshee" Pirro wants people to know if you do anything the regime doesn't like you are going to jail for a long time.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 362d
jeanine pierro, should just go back to drinking. or she is drunk? or she become so tolerant like hesgeth she needs alot to get drunk.
Cocopanda@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d
Well. I wouldn’t expect much from career alcoholics.
wulrus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d
For some reason I thought that a sandwich thrower is a device, like a sandwich maker.
Deflated0ne@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 362d
Hoagie Cannon
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 362d
Talk about a hole in one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nESAKjbdIgE
KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 362d
We can make one. Like one of those t-shirt canons.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 362d
on the juryduty sub, some of the comments were circlejerking "you should be grateufl to serve on the jury to avoid this"
teft@piefed.social · 0 pts · 363d