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Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 hours 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 · 4 hours 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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    Please go to jury. I want to know if jury nullification will happen.

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    Assault with a deli weapon.

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    To be fair, this dude singlehandedly carried out a submarine attack.

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      The DoJ is on the hunt, for bread October.

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      A ballistic missile is a type of missile that follows a ballistic trajectory and is powered only during a relatively brief initial period—most of the flight is unpowered.

      It’s practically an act of war if you think about it.

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      Hoagie handgrenade.

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        A real Hogans hero

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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!”

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

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

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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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          Don forget about the onions!!

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        Double parking is now a life sentence.

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      Sweaty.

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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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    Clearly Trump is trying to make an example of him. A jury trial for a single misdemeanor? Either way, there’s good odds he’ll be financially ruined by the lawyer bill. A trial is a minimum of $15k to start.

    This will become an exemplar for We The People to self police going forward.

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      If he hasn’t crowd funded his legal expenses it’s because he’s actively choosing not to. He could be grifting this so hard.

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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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    that sandwich had a REALLY HARD CRUST dude!

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    Felony Footlong

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    I feel like this should just be a fine. Seems like a waste of resources.

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      Shouldn’t even be a fine, it was a fucking sandwich.

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      Even a bad example is a good example of a bad example.

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

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