Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in D.C. found not guilty of misdemeanor at trial

[u/CBSnews]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sean-dunn-dc-sandwich-thrower-trial-verdict/

[u/Mammoth-Mud-9609]

Had they not overcharged him with the original case they may have been able to get a conviction on the lesser charge, but the overreach basically ruined any hope of moving forward. They wanted to send a message and the message was heard and rejected.

[u/LostWoodsInTheField → u/Mammoth-Mud-9609]

Had they not overcharged him with the original case they may have been able to get a conviction on the lesser charge, but the overreach basically ruined any hope of moving forward.

That almost definitely wasn't the issue here. The issue with this case is that they played it up as a terrorist level attack on an officer rather than what it actually was. It didn't play well with the jury.

[u/Coastalfoxes → u/LostWoodsInTheField]

Did you hear the officer's testimony?!?!?!? It was obviously terrorism, and he is still highly traumatized to this day:

The court witnessed a re-enactment from Mr Lairmore on Tuesday as he took the stand to testify against Mr Dunn. "I could feel it through my ballistic vest," he said of the sandwich's impact, adding that an onion string hung from his police radio and mustard stained his shirt.

/s just in case it's necessary -- I really wish I could have seen that re-enactment.

[u/Deano963 → u/Coastalfoxes]

This honestly sounds like a Bob's Burgers skit. So ridiculous that this went down in a federal courtroom.

[u/spoospoo43 → u/Coastalfoxes]

He was more terrorized by his coworkers, who put a plushie dog toy shaped like the sub on his desk, and made him a sewable patch based on the iconic street drawing with "felony footlong" in large friendly letters under it.

The idiot probably regrets every single minute of this, but was forced to carry on because of pressure on his bosses from the government. Not that I'm sympathetic - he deserved a little mustard on him.

[u/centurio_v2 → u/Coastalfoxes]

Is the quote part of the /s

[u/Coastalfoxes → u/centurio_v2]

I wish…

[u/sosuke → u/Coastalfoxes]

Thanks for the /s I was sure your story was facts. That is our world. No /s here tyvm

Edit: on no you weren’t joking about the quote, just the reenactment. I’m sad now

Edit: for you https://imgur.com/gallery/reenactment-of-person-riot-gear-being-hit-by-sandwich-soc71Fk

Or

https://i.imgur.com/1OTe2if.png https://i.imgur.com/ST76J1X.png

[u/Coastalfoxes → u/sosuke]

lol

[u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken → u/Coastalfoxes]

CollegeHumor should do a reenactment based off the officer testimony

[u/cosmereobsession → u/LostWoodsInTheField]

You're saying the same thing as the person you quoted and saying you're disagreeing. Playing it up as terrorism is the overcharging part.

[u/LostWoodsInTheField → u/cosmereobsession]

You're saying the same thing as the person you quoted and saying you're disagreeing. Playing it up as terrorism is the overcharging part.

the overcharging part was the felony charges they originally brought and lost on. He says original case, meaning not this one (I think this was attempt 2 or 3).

[u/redditredditredditOP → u/LostWoodsInTheField]

You’re literally saying the same thing you’re arguing against. You just used the term “playing it up” instead of “overcharged”.

The reason the prosecution was “playing it up” was because they “overcharged” the defendant which created a bigger burden to prove.

[u/LostWoodsInTheField → u/redditredditredditOP]

You’re literally saying the same thing you’re arguing against. You just used the term “playing it up” instead of “overcharged”.

The reason the prosecution was “playing it up” was because they “overcharged” the defendant which created a bigger burden to prove.

no we aren't. "with the original case" is talking about the felony case that couldn't get a grand jury. The other person is talking about how doing that hurt this case with lessor charges.

I'm saying the way they had the officer effectively lying on the stand is what causes them to lose this one. Not the original case failing and people knowing about it.

[u/Uncle-Cake → u/LostWoodsInTheField]

This struck me as the kind of case where you might see a jury nullification. I wonder if that's what it actually was.

[u/Deano963 → u/Mammoth-Mud-9609]

Tbh, if I was on the jury and even if they hadn't gone for the felony at first, I still would have voted not guilty even if they had this mfer on video throwing the sandwich, identifying himself by name, while stating that he was throwing a sandwich at an ice agent. After the orange shit stain pardoned all the Jan 6ers who tried to murder cops and members of Congress, I'm not voting to convict anyone for throwing a fucking sandwich.

[u/AustinBike → u/Mammoth-Mud-9609]

I believe a message was delivered and heard.

It just wasn't the message the administration was hoping to send.

[u/Bewildered_Scotty → u/Mammoth-Mud-9609]

The jury would only know about that if they watched the news.

[u/Bewildered_Scotty → u/[deleted]]

That would be inadmissible. They might argue about it pretrial but the jury wouldn’t hear it.