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Man Accused of Assaulting Border Agent With a Sandwich in D.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A man has been arrested in the nation’s capital, accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer who was patrolling the streets as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end “lawlessness<\/strong>” in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Writing on Truth Social Saturday, tRump said of Washington: “It has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the World. It will soon be one of the safest!!!”<\/em><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A man charged with a felony for hurling<\/strong><\/em>[1]<\/sup> a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation\u2019s capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A video of Sean Charles Dunn<\/strong> berating a group of federal agents late Sunday went viral online. Dunn was arrested on an assault charge after he threw a \u201csub-style\u201d sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent, a court filing said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dunn, 37, of Washington, was an international affairs specialist in the Justice Department\u2019s criminal division, according to a department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ,\u201d Bondi <\/strong>wrote. \u201cYou will NOT<\/em><\/strong> work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\nThe AP News Service<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

[1]<\/sup> “Hurling”<\/strong> seems unnecessarily pejorative and overly prejudicial, tainting the future jury pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semi-Sequitur: Pam Bondi’s Spiritual Journey<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The Brown Shirt Bouffant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Do these guys and gals color-coordinate before a big night of busting bologna bad guys?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Consequences of Being Soft on Crime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The incident came the night before President Donald tRrump announced that he was taking control of D.C.\u2019s police force and deploying 800 National Guard troops to the city to combat what he describes as rampant \u201ccrime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nThe Daily Beast<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What’s next? Girl Scouts pelting our defenders of democracy with cookies<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Show no mercy! These proto-terrorists<\/strong> need to learn their lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How far are we away from this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elder G Assists with a Legal Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong> This may have been a crime of passion, without premeditation as to the ingredients of the sandwich. Will this have any legal impact?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong> Possibly, but not in the \u201cget out of felony free\u201d way you might hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In U.S. criminal law, \u201cpremeditation\u201d<\/strong> really matters in homicide<\/em> cases, but for an assault on a federal officer under 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 111<\/strong>, the government doesn\u2019t need to prove he planned it hours in advance or that he carefully curated his deli order with malicious intent. They only need to prove:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The victim was a federal officer engaged in official duties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The defendant intentionally used force (even minimal force, like throwing a sandwich).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The defendant knew, or had reason to know, the victim was a federal officer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    That said, lack of planning<\/strong> could still matter at sentencing. If Dunn\u2019s lawyer can frame this as a heat-of-the-moment<\/em>, non-dangerous food-flinging outburst rather than a calculated attack, it might:<\/p>\n\n\n\n