"The incident happened on U Street, a corridor long associated with Black culture and LGBTQ+ nightlife in northwest Washington. Federal agents had been deployed under President Donald Trump's order to "restore law and order" amid his security crackdown. Dunn, 37, shouted, "Why are you here? I don't want you in my city!" before launching the sandwich at an officer's ballistic vest."
"A federal jury in Washington, D.C., on Thursday found Sean Charles Dunn, a former Justice Department paralegal who became known online as "the sandwich guy," not guilty of misdemeanor assault after a viral August confrontation with federal agents on a D.C. street. The verdict closes a surreal yet consequential case that began when Dunn, frustrated by the Trump administration's militarization of the capital, tossed a wrapped Subway sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer. His attorneys called it a "symbolic act of protest.""
Sean Charles Dunn, a former Justice Department paralegal, was acquitted of misdemeanor assault by a federal jury in Washington, D.C. The incident occurred in August on U Street when Dunn, protesting the Trump administration's militarization of the capital, shouted at deployed federal agents and tossed a wrapped Subway sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer's ballistic vest. No one was injured. Dunn's attorneys described the act as a symbolic protest. He was fired from the Justice Department after his arrest. Prosecutors initially sought felony charges that a grand jury rejected before pursuing a misdemeanor; jurors found the conduct did not meet the legal threshold for assault.
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