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struggle4progress

(125,141 posts) Thu Nov 6, 2025, 06:50 PM Thursday

Sandwich thrower case is as stupid as promised!

By Joe Patrice on November 04, 2025 3:15 pm

Before the Portland inflatable frog, there was the D.C. Sandwich Guy ...

... if they thought earning a no bill was an embarrassment, why not test your luck with a 12 Angry D.C. citizens? ...

... Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies ... "I could smell the onions and mustard" ...

... Responding to the motion to dismiss, prosecutors said Dunn was “recorded throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range” suggesting sandwiches become especially deadly at some specific distance. In line with this effort to drum up testimony that sounded ominous without being a blatant lie, the trial prep clearly landed on the phrase “kind of exploded” to help dupe jurors into thinking this was an IED in Fallujah and not a $5 footlong on U street ...

https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/i-could-smell-the-onions-and-mustard-the-harrowing-testimony-of-the-border-patrol-sandwich-victim/

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Sandwich thrower case is as stupid as promised! (Original Post) struggle4progress Thursday OP

Jurors were probably mad at losing a day of work and pay to sit through this crap Justice Brandeis Thursday #1

THREE days. James48 Thursday #19

Sandwich Guy Trial May Turn on Question of Exploding Sub struggle4progress Thursday #2

Oh no, mustard on his uniform. Give him a Purple Heart. Irish_Dem Thursday #12

How could he have mustard on his uniform slightlv Thursday #14

He lied out his ass. Like Trump and all of the people working for the Trump Crime family. Irish_Dem Thursday #17

A symbol of DC's desire that the administration would lettuce alone struggle4progress Thursday #3

Lying to a jury is a great way to lose a case Johonny Thursday #7

It survived still in its wrapper so it wasn't very forceful. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #4

I was given to understand that at one point.... LisaM Thursday #9

The DC jury has given a green light to pelting government employees with food MichMan Thursday #5

Here, you dropped this...:/ NotHardly Thursday #8

Not really. 1) Most people are not that stupid, 2) Their cases are unlikely to be "cause celebres" like this, Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #15

Ah yes.... isn't trump terrified of certain fruits and vegetables slightlv Thursday #16

Wow! That's going to be a SERIOUS!!1! problem! dpibel Thursday #18

Right on time. Kingofalldems Thursday #23

Be the sandwich thrower against fascism you want to see in the world. Gaugamela Thursday #6

Bbbbuuuttt the Iceman said he smelled the onions! Oh, the horror of it all! Wonder Why Thursday #10

Possibly the officer in question is allergic to gluten: ergo, he feared for his life. flashman13 Thursday #11

Did they pull him off duty until he was cleared to return by the Cop Shrink, just like in all the movies & Tv shows? NBachers Thursday #13

I can't believe a judge allowed this to proceed FakeNoose Thursday #20

This whole BS was about standing on a brick. . . DinahMoeHum Thursday #21

That's a good price for a footlong Orrex Thursday #22

Justice Brandeis

(382 posts)

1. Jurors were probably mad at losing a day of work and pay to sit through this crap

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 06:51 PM

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James48

(5,047 posts)

19. THREE days.

Reply to Justice Brandeis (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 09:19 PM

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The trial lasted three days.

Imagine the wasted money of a whole group of prosecutors, jurors, and the court’s time.

The bill should go directly to Trump

struggle4progress

(125,141 posts)

2. Sandwich Guy Trial May Turn on Question of Exploding Sub

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 06:52 PM

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Andrew Beaujon
Wed, November 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM EST

,,, Arguments in the trial of Sean Dunn, aka “Sandwich Guy,” began yesterday. US Customs and Border Patrol Agent Gregory Lairmore testified that Dunn’s airborne sub “kind of exploded all over my uniform.” Presented with a photo of an intact sandwich on the ground following the incident—which the Trump administration is prosecuting as misdemeanor assault after failing to convince a grand jury that it was a felony—Lairmore “maintained that he had ‘mustard and condiments on my uniform, and an onion hanging from my radio antenna that night'” ...

https://www.aol.com/news/democrats-experience-unfamiliar-sensation-success-123841170.html

Irish_Dem

(77,800 posts)

12. Oh no, mustard on his uniform. Give him a Purple Heart.

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 08:53 PM

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What a baby.

slightlv

(7,029 posts)

14. How could he have mustard on his uniform

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #12)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 09:06 PM

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if the sandwich was sitting intact on the ground? Dumb crapola....!

Irish_Dem

(77,800 posts)

17. He lied out his ass. Like Trump and all of the people working for the Trump Crime family.

Reply to slightlv (Reply #14)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 09:10 PM

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struggle4progress

(125,141 posts)

3. A symbol of DC's desire that the administration would lettuce alone

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 06:55 PM

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Written by Andrew Beaujon | Published on November 6, 2025

... It was never in doubt that Dunn threw a sandwich at a federal officer at 14th and U streets in August, shouting, “Fuck you! You fucking fascists! Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!” ...

Despite Dunn’s offer to surrender, the administration sent armed troops to his apartment and filmed his arrest ...

Pirro’s office was unable to get a grand jury to OK felony charges against Dunn, though, and proceeded with misdemeanor charges anyway. Despite that embarrassment, the government agreed to Dunn’s attorney’s request for a jury trial in the matter. The trial, which began this week, was suitably absurd, with Customs and Border Patrol Agent Gregory Lairmore, who received the unwanted delivery of Dunn’s dinner, testifying that the sandwich “kind of exploded all over my uniform”—despite photos that showed it still in its wrapper on the ground afterward, prompting jokes like “If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit.” On Thursday, a DC jury apparently agreed with that formulation.

https://washingtonian.com/2025/11/06/sandwich-guy-not-guilty/

Johonny

(25,053 posts)

7. Lying to a jury is a great way to lose a case

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 08:34 PM

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It sort of exploded . . . I mean, it got better.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

4. It survived still in its wrapper so it wasn't very forceful. . . nt

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 07:01 PM

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LisaM

(29,418 posts)

9. I was given to understand that at one point....

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 08:48 PM

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the officer could smell the onion in the sandwich. Sounds serious.

MichMan

(16,263 posts)

5. The DC jury has given a green light to pelting government employees with food

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 07:13 PM

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Who will be next? Members of congress ? Judges?

NotHardly

(2,226 posts)

8. Here, you dropped this...:/

Reply to MichMan (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 08:38 PM

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Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

15. Not really. 1) Most people are not that stupid, 2) Their cases are unlikely to be "cause celebres" like this,

Reply to MichMan (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 09:07 PM

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3) Police and NG are likely to be told to write the guy a ticket for $70, which they should have done in the first place. Thus mischief makers are unlikely to get much publicity at all.

4) But they take a risk they'd get shot and they know it.

5) Unreported, and I do not know, but I think this was impulsive, not "malice aforethought", which mitigates in his favour, but less likely to be a defence in other cases because this case got so much publicity.