"Sean Charles Dunn, a paralegal at the Department of Justice, got acquitted in early November for throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent during what he thought was an ICE raid. He was threatened with a felony charge, but the grand jury refused to indict, so prosecutors pursued his case as a misdemeanor. He lost his job in the interim but was ultimately acquitted at trial. Apparently, DC jurors did not believe that a Subway sandwich, no matter how intentionally lobbed at an agent, constituted assault."
"Spitting, however, because of the visceral element and the possibility of disease transmission, is a whole different animal. Special laws have been enacted that penalize spitting as a felony whether it reaches the other person's skin or not. I learned this firsthand when a close friend of my son was arrested during the June 2025 No Kings rally in Los Angeles. It was festive, full of marchers, picnickers, grandmas and kids, funny signs and costumes."
A paralegal threw a Subway sandwich at a federal agent, faced felony threats, but a grand jury refused to indict and prosecutors downgraded to a misdemeanor; he lost his job but was ultimately acquitted. Spitting carries separate, stricter penalties, often a felony regardless of whether it contacts skin because of visceral impact and disease-transmission risks. At a June 2025 No Kings rally in Los Angeles, a 24-year-old named Angus spat at approaching law enforcement. Law enforcement responded with armored national guards, rubber bullets, shields and batons; Angus’s phlegm landed on an officer’s shoe and face shield, and he was subdued and held in federal custody for four days without phone access.
Read at Above the Law
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