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Local hero: 'DC sandwich guy' found not guilty of assaulting officer with sub (www.france24.com)

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A US man charged with using a sandwich to assault a law enforcement officer was acquitted Thursday after a jury decided that charges brought by President Donald Trump's prosecutors were baloney.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

While prosecutors ultimately proved ham-fisted, Dunn had appeared to be in a serious pickle.

Okay okay, steady on there france24.

On Monday, as proceedings opened, Judge Carl J. Nichols noted that he expected the trial to be a short one as "this is the simplest case in the world."

Thank $deity not everyone is a complete fucking moron.