Grand jury declines to indict alleged Washington DC sandwich thrower
by Robert Tait in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZKTR)
Sean Charles Dunn was arrested after allegedly throwing food at a Customs and Border Protection agent
Grand jurors have rebuffed federal prosecutors by refusing to approve a criminal indictment against a man who allegedly threw a submarine sandwich at a law enforcement agent in protest against Donald Trump's deployment of armed troops on the streets of Washington DC.
It is the second time in recent days that a grand jury had declined to vote to indict a person accused of assaulting a federal officer and signaled strong public objection to Trump's decision to send national guard troops and federal agents onto the streets of the US capital, purportedly to crack down on violent crime.
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