Associated Press: "Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge"

Associated Press:  "Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge"

The Associated Press reports that a fired Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a immigration enforcement officer in Washington, D.C. was found not guilty of misdemeanor assault yesterday.

"A viral video of the sandwich tossing made Sean Charles Dunn a symbol of resistance to Trump’s deployment of federal agents to combat crime in the nation’s capital."

His misdemeanor acquittal is another setback for prosecutors. The Justice Department had initially sought a felony assault indictment, but a grand jury declined to issue the felony charge. The U.S. Attorney then charged Dunn with a misdemeanor for throwing the sandwich.

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The Conversation:  US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation

The Conversation: US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation

Karen Masterson in The Conversation (US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation) offers interesting historical background to the Supreme Court’s recent decision to temporarily allow the United States to resume deporting migrants to third-country destinations: "[T]he

By Kevin R. Johnson