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Sandwich thrown by protester 'exploded' and left mustard stain on border agent, court hears (www.bbc.com)

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Customs and Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore told the jury the snack "exploded all over him" and he "could smell the onions and mustard" on his uniform.

Neither side disputes that Sean Dunn, 37, did in fact lob obscenities and a deli-style sandwich at officers deployed by President Donald Trump to patrol the nation's capital in August. But Mr Dunn's lawyer argues it was not a criminal act.

The incident was captured on video and went viral, making Mr Dunn a symbol of opposition in Washington DC to Trump.

Government prosecutors initially tried to secure felony charges against Mr Dunn, but a grand jury declined to indict him. Prosecutors have instead charged him with a lower-level misdemeanour assault.

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[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 87 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Exploded... And the grievous injury of...smelling like mustard and onions for a bit. Man, they are really trying to work that incident.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 85 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The video clearly showed an intact, wrapped sandwich on the ground after the incident. Nothing "exploded." The cop lied on the stand (surprise, surprise), and he got called out on it by the defense.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 35 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I'm just going to quit calling them any kind of law enforcement term. They are all just domestic terrorists at this point.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 23 hours ago

Correct.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Always have been

[–] aarch0x40@lemmy.world 27 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I’m certainly glad the feds gave up on optics. This should hopefully make for an excellent dark comedy movie once it wraps up (if Sean is aquitted).

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 16 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I think it would make a good blackbox theater production with the interesting caveat that any theater putting it on has to give tickets out to people for free who agree to have a baguette lightly thrown at them.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

Or, hide the bread under a random seat every showing and at the pivotal moment have everyone check under their seat. Whoever has it gets to throw it at the cop.

[–] Penguin_1024@piefed.zip 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

But if I attend, am I allowed to grab the baguette and eat it?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 21 hours ago

One of the iron laws of theater is that once a piece of bread touches you as an audience member, you own the bread.