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Customs and Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore told the jury the snack "exploded all over him" and he "could smell the onions and mustard" on his uniform.

Neither side disputes that Sean Dunn, 37, did in fact lob obscenities and a deli-style sandwich at officers deployed by President Donald Trump to patrol the nation's capital in August. But Mr Dunn's lawyer argues it was not a criminal act.

The incident was captured on video and went viral, making Mr Dunn a symbol of opposition in Washington DC to Trump.

Government prosecutors initially tried to secure felony charges against Mr Dunn, but a grand jury declined to indict him. Prosecutors have instead charged him with a lower-level misdemeanour assault.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 90 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is so fucking funny. I didn't change the headline or body one character, this is BBC's shining moment.

Video of incident from The Guardian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qODu0y6UVeI

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 112 points 5 months ago (3 children)

They missed the best part:

Defense attorney Sabrina Shroff raised questions about Lairmore’s testimony during her cross examination, The Washington Post reported. She showed the courtroom a photo of the sandwich on the ground, almost entirely in its wrapper, after it struck the CBP agent, according to the Post.

“In fact that sandwich hasn’t exploded at all,” Shroff reportedly said.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5589032-sandwich-throws-cbp-agent/

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

Now that's hilarious, holy crap

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There was a second sandwich. Thrown from the grassy knoll. A second sandwich!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

Has to be, or that sub gained mustard in mid air , mind you. It would have to be a magic sub.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

A lawyer has to live for those moments.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 55 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

Oh man I believe you missed the opening paragraph, which is also very funny.

A US imigration agent has testified he could feel through his ballistic vest the impact of a sandwich hurled at him by a Washington DC protester, who has gone on trial for assault.

I will be honest and say I don’t want to have a sandwich thrown at me, but that description is funny.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 28 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The fascists need to hurry up and spend millions of dollars to develop and distribute sandwich-proof vests to replace all of their military grade bullet-proof armor.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

This abduction brought to you by: Gain™️

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Sandwiches are now illegal, there are only Freedom Flatpockets

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Oh sure, then we’ll be safe from sub-style sandwiches, but what about the club sandwich? It’s got four triangles! Or god forbid the Manwich.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Oh shit, I did miss that. That poor guy, he got poked slightly.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago

He was forced to feel a sandwich while doing a fascism, the humanity!!!

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 8 points 5 months ago

This really is BBC’s shining moment, this is a brilliant article

[–] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If he felt a sandwich through his vest, we need to look more into who threw it.

Not for punishment, but because we need to protect what might be our first confirmed metahuman. Don't need no anti-mutant bastards trying to take them out before they can learn to harness their sandwich-launching powers for even greater purpose.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Of course he felt it. He'd feel it if I gently poked his vest with my pinky. It's not an Iron Man suit.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

*gasp*! Terrorisms!!1!

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 months ago

Vest piercing sandwiches are a top secret CIA weapon. I read about them in some papers that I found in Trumps bathroom.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

This is gonna be more fuel for Why veterans hate ICE.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"I could feel it through my ballistic vest," he said of the sandwich's impact, adding that an onion string hung from his police radio and mustard stained his shirt.

Not the dreaded onion string!!!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Working on my contract for mustard proof vests. Hint: they are yellow.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

patent pending

[–] phx@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Those protestors were terrible! Instead of mustard gas they used Dijon!

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

Dunn was subjected to excessive force after the thrown sandwhich, which clearly remained in its wrapper and did not "explode", and while illiegal, caused the officer no actual injury at all. The officer did not 'feel it through his ballistic vest'. Thats malicious lies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKQqzdeIWZs

sounds like time served covers the incident, and an investigation should be opened into how Dunn was treated. Citizens should not be physically abused by TSA/ICE mallcops and they are unprofessional idiots who way out of control.

[–] ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 27 points 5 months ago

could smell the onions and mustard

Oh damn, now they'll claim he was attacked with mustard gas...

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"No matter who you are, you can't just go around throwing stuff at people because you're mad," Mr Parron said, according to the New York Times.

Lmao it's like a preschool argument

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It would be great if it had been a hot dog or some sort of controversial sandwich-like item so we could finally establish case law around these items.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

if it had been a hot dog

gay rape!

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Open-faced war crime.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Nuclear sub

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 15 points 5 months ago

Teachers have endured more assault from children.

[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I’m a sandwich artist, so please explain how a sandwich explodes. Not a meltdown. Explodes.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It was item C4 on the menu.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

*golf clap*

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

“the ordinance was packed into a 6-inch she- covers mic -Excuse me, a 4 and a half-inch shell.”

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

And this is why they’re not “meeting ICE enrollments” because THIS is the type of “man” that’s in ICE

They are terrified

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

What a beautiful meme. Thanks for reminding me to have a rewatch.

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, by mustard overdose.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

This is why Trump is restarting nuclear testing, we cannot ignore this mustard threat. North Korea has mustard!!

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gregory Lairmore is a cunt

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Cunt for Bread October.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

The salami will give you explosive diarrhea, though.

[–] derry@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

Oh the horror, oh well here comes the pizza https://youtu.be/ufSQMXLO95w

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago

I hope a sample of the mustard was collected for the National Mustard Museum!