cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/49262051

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.

  • TheHighRoad@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    “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.”


    Are we ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN this is not The Onion? Hard to say based on the smell.

  • FreddiesLantern@leminal.space
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    7 days ago

    Ok I feel we’re not getting crucial information here. Just onions and mustard? Is that a thing? And if so what kind of mustard?

    Stop burying the lead!

  • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
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    7 days ago

    There was a time when a man would be ridiculed for bringing a complaint for getting hit by a sandwich.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    let me get this straight.

    when a cop shoots pepper balls into a crowd, the citizens “walk into the path of” them and it’s the citizens fault.

    but when a citizen throws their sandwich into a crowd, it’s not the cops fault for “walking into the path” of his sandwich?

    🤔 something ain’t right here…

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    7 days ago

    Oh yeah, it was an explosion, arms were ripped off and heads went flying… blood just squirted everywhere it… It was a mustard bath… Cue 1000 yard stare

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    7 days ago

    So send the protester the agent’s dry cleaning bill and be done with it. Make them pay for a new uniform if the stain can’t be removed. Simple enough. The fact this is a criminal matter is absurd.

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      7 days ago

      A cop? Lying? I don’t think thats legal. And cops are there to enforce the law…therefore, cops good. Right?

      …guys?

      Oh come on. It’s my first day on earth, and I’m not yet capable of critical thinking. Therefore, I can only say opinions based on nothing, and argue them as fact. If you argue back, I’ll argue louder! Because as we all know, the loudest opinion is right! And who’s louder than me? I’m an American! We’re known for our being the only place on earth. And therefore everybody is right! Except for the people who argue with me. They’re clearly wrong.

      TOAST IS BETTER THAN BREAD!!!

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

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

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      7 days ago

      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.

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      7 days ago

      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).

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        7 days ago

        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.