I cannot believe we're wasting taxpayer dollars on a ballistic hoagie attack.
this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2025
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I'm sure we all know the phrase that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to "indict a ham sandwich". It took prosecutors THREE Grand Juries to finally get an indictment for someone throwing that sandwich.
It's all a complete waste of time and taxpayer funds, and in any other point in history these prosecutors would have been fired immediately for incompetence at even considering an indictment in the first place, not even considering the possibility that they would try for three attempts.
They never got the indictment. The prosecutor had to downgrade the charges from a felony to a misdemeanor, which doesn’t have to go before a grand jury.
I didn't even realize that, last I had heard was them putting it before the third jury, and then that there was going to be a trial.
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Actually, it's even stupider than that I'm pretty sure, two grand juries refused to give them an indictment for a felony charge, so they brought a way less severe misdemeanor charge because you don't have to get a grand jury to sign off on those, and that's what we're wasting this time on
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I hope a news outlet has the boldness to run this story after one showing DHS brutality, including the taxpayer costs, and before one about SNAP, healthcare and the shutdown. This administration is well past the point of pissing on Americans while telling them it's raining.
Dear Lord don't you know this will lead to ICBMs! Intercontinental ballistic meatballs are nothing to be trifled with. Next they'll add mozzarella to them
ballistic hoagie attack
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I hope the people around him never let him live a minute without being reminded about what a weak little boy he is for whining about taking a soft, succulent sub to the shoulder.
Navy should give him a medal for surviving the first sub attack on US soil.
The Cunt for Red October.
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The injury was to the ego and authority - of the entire apparatus, not one man. They're all anxious to bring retribution and remind everyone that the enforcer class is above them and demands your cowering deference.
That's a really good point. I hope he gets a medal for injury in the line of duty with a big, televised ceremony and lots of sandwich puns.
Kinda gives new meaning to the term “war hero”.
I hope the jury are all served sub sandwiches for lunch each day of this trail.
With extra onions and mustard
They don't serve food to juries. If you're lucky, they give you enough to offset the parking costs.
Yeah, off topic, but it really seems like the court system has adapted over time to disincentivize the lower class from serving on juries.
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As neither party disputes the basic facts of the case, jurors will need to determine whether the sandwich-throwing is enough to convict Dunn on the misdemeanor assault charge.
Even if it is, this is a job for jury nullification.
A DC jury recently acquitted a different resident who was also charged with assault for allegedly moving her knee up toward an officer while being restrained after filming officers as they made immigration-related arrests.
I see that sense is, ever so slowly, being restored.
That sandwich did not explode. It flopped limply against his chest just as you would expect a sub from Subway to do.
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Video clearly shows that the sandwich was fully wrapped. Why do they need to lie?
US catches up - abot 10 years ago, a riot cop in Russia became a victim of an empty paper cup throwing. It was qualified as assault, btw.
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cunt got to testify about a fucking blt, and humans are being wholesale sold to prisons
fuck this cuntry. America is dead
No. Remember that they could not get this through a grand jury. The Grand Juries are practicing Nullification for these incidents because the public is sick of Trump and ICE. They had to go with a lesser charge for it ... and this one stupid case will likely end this prosecutors career.
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/c/yestheonion
Or at least AN onion
I relish this joke.
"The bun was a bit dry and that was more than I could take!", said the frightened man in army gear.
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meanwhile, there's another, actually important trial happening that is describing horrific conditions of ice detention.
I'd argue 1st Amendment rights and the weaponization of the legal system are also important.
Are you talking about this trial right?
Judge calls alleged conditions at Chicago-area immigration site ‘disgusting’
We need to stay aware of how this and similar trials unfold around the country.
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Poor little pissy pants, must be so hard to be a traitor when you smell like onions and mustard.
Waste of a sandwich
A lot of us dream of using a submarine to attack our enemies. This isn't exactly what I meant.
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