Man who threw sandwich at US federal agent found not guilty of assault

A former Department of Justice employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.

A viral video of the sandwich tossing made Sean Charles Dunn a symbol of resistance to Trump’s deployment of federal agents to combat crime in the nation’s capital. His misdemeanor acquittal is another setback for prosecutors, who have faced a backlash for how they have handled criminal cases resulting from the law enforcement surge.

There was no dispute over whether Dunn threw the sandwich at a US Customs and Border Protection agent on the night of 10 August. But his lawyers argued it was a “harmless gesture” during an act of protest protected by the first amendment.

Prosecutors said Dunn knew he didn’t have a right to throw the sandwich at the agent.

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