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Grand Jury Rejects Felony Charges in Sandwich Assault Case

Grand Jury Rejects Felony Charges in Sandwich Assault Case

Grand Jury Rejects Felony Charges in Sandwich Assault Case
Above: FBI and Border Patrol officers arrest a man after he threw a sandwich at law enforcement Aug.10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Image credit: Andrew Leyden/Getty Images

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Clearly, ordinary citizens recognize these prosecutions are politically motivated overreach designed to intimidate residents who oppose Trump's military occupation of their city. Federal prosecutors are weaponizing the justice system by bringing excessive charges for minor infractions and the repeated failures to secure indictments show that D.C. residents will not be silenced by authoritarian tactics.

Whether the failure to get a felony indictment was the result of a liberal-leaning jury pool in D.C. or overcharging by the DOJ, the government mustis right to pursue lesser charges against Dunn. His case was only one of several high-profile cases of officers being assaulted, and a message must be sent that this won't be tolerated. Trump's law enforcement surge is working and officers should be operating without fear of being assaulted.


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