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Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days ago

The man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent says it was a protest. Prosecutors say it's a crime

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The man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent says it was a protest. Prosecutors say it's a crime

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Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days ago
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A man charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent calls it an act of protest. Prosecutors are trying to prove that it was a federal crime.
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  • aarch0x40@lemmy.world
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    The US Attorney prosecuting misdemeanors as a priority now? How much more desperate is this adminstation trying to appear?

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      It’s only a misdemeanor because the injuries sustained were only categorized as boo-boos. If they had been ouchies, we would be looking at felony charges.

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        You don’t understand, he could smell the mustard! He probably hates mustard!

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          Don forget about the onions!!

          • spongebue@lemmy.world
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            Only monsters don’t like- oh, right

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          It was French’s mustard, clearly an illegal immigrant sandwich. This Dunn guy was aiding an illegal alien’s assault of an officer.

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            Worse, it was Dijon Mustard, Communist Kenyan Mustard!

            JFC these people are such fucking baby clowns.

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          Woops, put a whole hell of a lot of cayenne peppers in there!

          Now… if that’s an attack with a chemica agent weapon… what is shooting someone in the face with a pepperball round?

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        They tried for felony charges. Multiple times. The grand juries (plural) refused to indict.

        • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Yeah, this literally keeps getting laughed out of court.

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        Thank god they were wearing vest, they could have died!

      • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml
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        Double parking is now a life sentence.

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      3:00 beer goggles desperate

    • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world
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      Sweaty.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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    “What is the charge? Throwing a meal? A succulent cold-cut meal?”

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      “This is democracy manifest!”

      • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
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        I love that this meme will never die.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nl
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      Assault with a deli weapon

      ::: spoiler

      I blatantly stole this one from another user that I can’t find or link to, but thanks for the great pun, fellow lemming.

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      “…and you, sir- are you waiting to receive my limp sandwich?”

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    For those who thought this guy was past this…

    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.

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    Technically, it was a “meat sandwich” thrown at “point-blank range” only to “explode” all over.

    *actual language from the trial. Probably the hottest action meal-team 6 ever got.

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      “I had to smell onions!”

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        They were into that.

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    While it is of course illegal to throw anything at anyone this should be treated as civil disobedience or an act causing negligible societal harm and be dismissed.

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    If you throw a soft fluffy pillow or a submarine sandwich the punishment is the same? What about intent? Does that come into play? Oh, I forgot, there is no law anymore, just retribution.

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      Same punishment as a brick, or acid, or a bunch of razors. Really makes you think.

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        How about feathers? Straight to jail?

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        I’m selling loose, dead D and C cell batteries. No reason, I just have lots

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          Found the Philly resident.

          • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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            Just a Mainer that studied the Philadelphia School of Sport Win/Loss Celebration/Riot

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    Felony Footlong

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    They need for this to be a crime, otherwise it sets a precedent of what can be legally done to a federal agent without legally sanctioned retaliation.

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      I keep wondering when people will start throwing rotten tomatoes at ICE chuds…

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    You have to yell “food fight!” before you do something like that

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    I thought they already failed to indict this protestor?

    [update]

    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.

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      these incompetents will keep trying to make a case out of this, watch. double, triple jeopardy whatever it takes.

      I wonder if this is being driven by trump himself or miller. my money is on miller.

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    Producer Amy Pascal threw a sandwich at producer Kevin Feige over a disagreement about bringing Spiderman into the MCU

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    And in the near future those things will always be both.

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    Please go to jury. I want to know if jury nullification will happen.

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      The trial already started… That’s the point of the article. The first paragraph mentions the jury…

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