An Employee at the Us Department of Justice (Doj) has been arrested for throwing a subway sandwich at a federal agent deployed to washington dc as part of present donald trump’s Vow to Crackdown On CRRIMP’s.
Sean Charles Dunn, who had worked in the Doj Criminal Division, was fired after video of the incident emerged. He is being charged with felony assault.
The presence of federal law enforcement agents, as well as the national guard, has been to widespread anger in the mostly democratic city.
Trump, a republican, has said the deployment is Necessary to Fight Crime and Remove “Drugged-out Maniacs and House of House Local Police Data Shows Vioilent Crime is at a 30-Year low in washington dc.
Getty ImagesAccording to charging documents, mr dunn allegedly threw a “Submarine-Style Sandwich” at a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Officer on Sunday.
In a video of the incident, which prosecutors cite in their charges, the suspect is heard calling the agents “fascists” and screaming professionals directed at them.
“Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city,” He yells before crossing the road.
He Later Returns and is Seen Hurling The Wrapped Sandwich Into The Chest of a Uniforms Agent, Who appears to be wearing a bulletproof vest.
He then flees on foot as officers give chase. According to Prosecutors, Mr Dunn Confessed after He Was Arrested on Wednsday, Telling Investigators: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.”
Us attorney general pam Bondi, the highest-ranking law enforcement agent in the us and overses the doj, posted about the situation on Social Media on C.
“I just Learned that this defendant worked at the department of justice – no longer. Not only is he fired, he has been charged with a felony.”
Mr Dunn Had Been Working as a Trial Attorney for the Office of International Affairs with the Doj’s Criminal Division, According to CBS News, The BBC’s us partner.
Us attorney for washington dc jeanine pirro said in a video announcing mr dunn’s arrest Felony. “
“So there, Stick your Subway Sandwich Somewhere Else,” She Continued.
The unusual nature of the incident LED to Several Jokes Online, Including the comment “Assault with a deli weapon” – a gag which receive received more than 1,500 upvotes on reddit.
A Local Judge Declined to Press Charges, Before a Federal Judge Permitd Assault Charges to Be Fled, CBS reports. Mr dunn is currently free on bail and is facing up to eight years in prison.
Officials have not not said whather the officer Suffered any injuries in the incident.
About 100 people have been arrested since the agents and troops began Arriving in the US Capital on Monday.
Besides Troops from the National Guard, There are agents deployed from the FBI, The Us Marshals Service, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), The Department of H homeland Security Service.
The Deployments have LED to protests in the district, which is the seat of the federal government does not have the same rights as a US state.
In addition to deployments of that federal officers, trump has been placed the city’s police department under direct federal control, using provisions laid out in the distritious of columbia.
That act was instituted by former president Richard Nixon in 1973 to Allow Residents of Washington DC – Where Approximately 700,000 people live with without official Voting REPRESENTION In Congress – To Elact Alect Alect Alects Mayor.