The D.C man, known as Sean Dunn, dubbed as the Sandwich Thrower was found not guilty of assault when he threw his sandwich at a police officer. This all began towards the beginning of Trump’s administration in August when Dunn was already upset with the immigration laws in place. He has always spoken out against it, but one day while walking he saw police by a club. He suspected they were going to raid it to find illegal immigrants. He decided to throw the hoagie at the police. After this incident, Dunn was fired from his job in the Justice Department.

Many people saw this case as a form of protesting as Trump became more hands-on in deportation efforts and many people were unhappy about it. Even during this case, Dunn saw his action as “protecting the rights of immigrants” saying how it doesn’t matter where people are from, that their lives still matter. 

At first, the U.S. attorney wanted Dunn to be tried for felony assault, but after the grand jury didn’t indict him of this charge, they downgraded it to be considered a misdemeanor charge. 

As the trial began it was clear that they refrained from focusing on the facts, but instead throwing a sandwich was enough to be considered assault of an official to consider Dunn guilty. The police said he was unhurt, but he claimed that he smelt like mustard and onions when it burst open during the trial. The defense counsel counteracted this by showing a photo where the sandwich was still in its wrapper and intact.

Throughout the discussion, Dunn’s lawyers teased about how ludicrous the situation was and that it was harmless. The officer who was hit by the sandwich even told the jury how he received many gag gifts from the situation.

Overall, this single charge trial lasted about seven hours and when Dunn was found not guilty by the trial, he said to the reporters he was “relieved” and “looking forward to moving on with my life.”