# Just saw an article on the NYT about a man who was arrested for assaulting a federal officer in WDC. . .with his Subway sandwich **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 14, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043 "2025-08-14T15:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/101 "2025-08-27T20:04:29Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > While it’s pretty clear that the feds overreacted, based on my awesome expertise derived from watching a lot of police bodycam videos on YouTube, hitting anyone with anything no matter how benign or harmless can technically be charged as assault. > > I wonder how many people here laughing at the ridiculousness of it would feel differently when a Karen throws water on them (which is also assault). In fact, I recently saw a bodycam video in which a Karen was arrested for precisely that. She was already at home, and after a brief interview in which it was clear that she was the one who had thrown a cup of water at the victim, she was cuffed and arrested, all the while expressing outrage, claiming “it was just water”. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/102 "2025-08-27T20:58:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Sounds like it was a salami dunk. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Well, they could always sub out the work. I got a beef with your puns; they’re ~~corned~~ corny! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/103 "2025-08-27T21:18:52Z")
He has a rye sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/104 "2025-08-27T21:53:00Z")
Wheat’s wrong with that? ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/105 "2025-08-27T21:54:23Z")
I hope his lawyer’s fees don’t cost him a lot of dough ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/106 "2025-08-30T00:02:25Z")
My Hero! (Check the image in the article) > **[DC Grand Jury Refuses to Indict Folk Hero Who Tossed Sandwich at CBP Officer](https://truthout.org/articles/d-c-grand-jury-refuses-to-indict-folk-hero-who-tossed-sandwich-at-cbp-officer/)** > > Sean Charles Dunn allegedly threw his sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent after calling him a fascist. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/107 "2025-08-30T01:50:17Z")
Trump admin will get its vengeance one way or another even if not as much as they’d like. > **[Feds charge 'Subway' sandwich tosser with misdemeanor after grand jury balks...](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/doj-misdemeanor-subway-sandwich-dc-assault.html)** > > Sean Charles Dunn is accused of slinging a salami sub at a federal officer deployed to the streets of Washington, D.C., by President Donald Trump. I am unsure what penalty this misdemeanor might carry but I know some misdemeanors can potentially carry jail time. No need for a grand jury. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/108 "2025-08-30T12:07:40Z")
Community service of some sort? A first offense misdemeanor will likely get him a slap on the wrist and a stern lecture from the judge. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/109 "2025-08-30T15:46:15Z")
Depends on the judge don’t it? If the judge is MAGA he’s going to get the maximum. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/110 "2025-08-30T16:01:49Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I am unsure what penalty this misdemeanor might carry but I know some misdemeanors can potentially carry jail time. Up to one year, in the case of a federal Class A misdemeanor. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/111 "2025-08-30T16:49:31Z")
Good for him it was salami instead of ham! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/112 "2025-08-30T19:07:18Z")
I don’t believe that’s how it works. Based on my legal expertise (entirely based on following Ken White aka Popehat on Bluesky and watching the occasional Legal Eagle Youtube video) I believe federal judges are required to follow federal sentencing guidelines, which use a formula taking into account various aggravating and mitigating elements and spit out a pretty narrow range of penalties which in this case I’m guessing will be zero jail time. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/113 "2025-11-06T19:52:02Z")
NOT GUILTY! > **[DC sandwich thrower found not guilty of assault | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/sean-dunn-dc-sandwich-thrower-verdict)** > > The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assault. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/114 "2025-11-06T20:03:38Z")
I knew he’d beat the wrap. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/115 "2025-11-06T20:06:16Z")
Thanks to Pirro, everyone in DC knows exactly what level of “interaction” they can have with federal officers without committing a crime. I’m buying Subway stock. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/116 "2025-11-06T20:12:50Z")
I’m kind of surprised. Esmerejidado Guerrero got 30 days for something very similar. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/117 "2025-11-06T20:30:46Z")
“… (T)hrowing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range.” Did forensics determine whether the sandwich was six-inch or a footlong? “I had mustard and condiments on my uniform, and an onion hanging from my radio antenna that night,” the agent said. […] That could win a Bad Hemingway contest. I got the title for the agent’s autobiography: “TO HELLMAN’S AND BACK”. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/118 "2025-11-06T20:43:05Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > and an onion hanging from my radio antenna As was the style at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/119 "2025-11-06T20:49:08Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > Did forensics determine whether the sandwich was six-inch or a footlong? It was a footlong that had been cut down to six inches, which puts it in the same category as a sawed-off shotgun, legally speaking. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043/120 "2025-11-06T21:13:41Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > “I had mustard and condiments on my uniform, and an onion hanging from my radio antenna that night,” the agent said. […] That could win a Bad Hemingway contest. Which, to be clear, was a lie; the sandwich remained completely wrapped. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043.md?page=7)