Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against a man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent.

“The grand jury's rejection of the felony charge was a remarkable failure by the U.S. attorney's office in Washington (DC) and the second time in recent days that a majority of grand jurors (ordinary citizens) refused to vote to indict a person accused of felony assault on a federal agent.” 👀

#USA

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday were unable to persuade a grand jury to approve a felony indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent on the streets of Washington this month, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The grand jury's rejection of the felony charge was a remarkable failure by the U.S. attorney's office in Washington and the second time in recent days that a majority of grand jurors refused to vote to indict a person accused of felony assault on a federal agent. It also amounted to a sharp rebuke by a panel of ordinary citizens against the prosecutors assigned to bring charges against people arrested after President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents to fight crime and patrol the city's streets.

NYT, 27 August 2025
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday were unable to persuade a grand jury to approve a felony indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent on the streets of Washington this month, according to two people familiar with the matter. The grand jury's rejection of the felony charge was a remarkable failure by the U.S. attorney's office in Washington and the second time in recent days that a majority of grand jurors refused to vote to indict a person accused of felony assault on a federal agent. It also amounted to a sharp rebuke by a panel of ordinary citizens against the prosecutors assigned to bring charges against people arrested after President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents to fight crime and patrol the city's streets. NYT, 27 August 2025
Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against a man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent.

Image: Sean C. Dunn, left, who was later arrested, interacting with Border Patrol and F.B.I. agents in Washington this month. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images

NYT, 27 August 2025
Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against a man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent. Image: Sean C. Dunn, left, who was later arrested, interacting with Border Patrol and F.B.I. agents in Washington this month. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images NYT, 27 August 2025

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Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent:

It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who were assigned to bring charges against those arrested after Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents to Washington.

#USA#trump #WashingtonDC #resistance

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/politics/trump-sandwich-assault-indictment-justice-department.html

🍉 Thousand Madleens To Gaza - CANADA

🌊 The Canadian delegation's video message

🔥 YOU CAN CHANGE THE STORY !

_ _ _

🌊Le message video de la delegation canadienne

🔥 VOUS POUVEZ CHANGER L'HISTOIRE !

👉👉 https://linktr.ee/thousandmadleensCA

#1000madleens #canada #quebec #gaza #palestine #israel #resistance #genocide #starvation #freegaza#freepalesti̇ne #alleyesongaza#alleyesonpalestine #thousandmadleenstogaza #breakthesiege

Palestine - You can change the story !
Palestine - You can change the story !

🍉 Thousand Madleens To Gaza - CANADA

🌊 The Canadian delegation's video message

🔥 YOU CAN CHANGE THE STORY !

_ _ _

🌊Le message video de la delegation canadienne

🔥 VOUS POUVEZ CHANGER L'HISTOIRE !

👉👉 https://linktr.ee/thousandmadleensCA

#1000madleens #canada #quebec #gaza #palestine #israel #resistance #genocide #starvation #freegaza#freepalesti̇ne #alleyesongaza#alleyesonpalestine #thousandmadleenstogaza #breakthesiege

Palestine - You can change the story !
Palestine - You can change the story !

Que ce passerait-il si l’on arrivait à envoyer 1000 bateaux vers Gaza pour briser le siège et y faire entrer de l’aide humanitaire ?

C’est l’objectif de l’initiative citoyenne “1000 Madleens for Gaza”

Chaque partage, événement et chaque euro permettra de financer plus de bateaux, et participe directement à la réussite du convois !

le site, la cagnotte, les groupes locaux, le formulaire d inscription ...
👉 https://linktr.ee/thousandmadleensfr

#gaza #palestine #1000madleens #resistance #freepalestine

#BlackMastodon#BlackTwitter#FreeDC#DistrictOfColumbia #resistance
Just a quick message for people who are moving about in the District of Columbia. There are government agents out and about and they are arresting people. FreeDC has a "Know Your Rights" page which you can find at the link below. Be careful out there. Travel in pairs if you can. Bystanders...please film if you see abusive police conduct. Stay safe and free. https://freedcproject.org/rights
#BlackMastodon#BlackTwitter#FreeDC#DistrictOfColumbia #resistance
Just a quick message for people who are moving about in the District of Columbia. There are government agents out and about and they are arresting people. FreeDC has a "Know Your Rights" page which you can find at the link below. Be careful out there. Travel in pairs if you can. Bystanders...please film if you see abusive police conduct. Stay safe and free. https://freedcproject.org/rights

Que ce passerait-il si l’on arrivait à envoyer 1000 bateaux vers Gaza pour briser le siège et y faire entrer de l’aide humanitaire ?

C’est l’objectif de l’initiative citoyenne “1000 Madleens for Gaza”

Chaque partage, événement et chaque euro permettra de financer plus de bateaux, et participe directement à la réussite du convois !

le site, la cagnotte, les groupes locaux, le formulaire d inscription ...
👉 https://linktr.ee/thousandmadleensfr

#gaza #palestine #1000madleens #resistance #freepalestine

@brood Americans are so deeply alienated from real history, insulated by generations of privilege and exceptionalism that they still fail to grasp what is happening. "It can't happen here."

Those that do get it have lived in a generational bubble of white, middle-class comfort, convenience and civic non-participation. They don't know how to resist. Organize? Take initiative? Fight back? General Strike?

They still think a twice a month protest will do it.

#Fascism#Democracy#Resistance

¡Abbie!
¡Abbie! boosted
#BlackMastodon#BlackTwitter#Resistance#Allies#RespectPeople of Color

At the #FreeDC news conference a group of white protestors came with bullhorns to do their Trump message. And despite the fact we were holding a news conference, starting chanting with their bull horns about Trump instead of supporting our message. Yesterday, these "allies" were asked NOT to disrupt, and yet they did. The problem with some allies is that they cannot respect Black leadership. Don't be that kind of "ally."

#BlackMastodon#BlackTwitter#Resistance#Allies#RespectPeople of Color

At the #FreeDC news conference a group of white protestors came with bullhorns to do their Trump message. And despite the fact we were holding a news conference, starting chanting with their bull horns about Trump instead of supporting our message. Yesterday, these "allies" were asked NOT to disrupt, and yet they did. The problem with some allies is that they cannot respect Black leadership. Don't be that kind of "ally."

The amount of nice #photography posted without #alttext is growing fast.

It's shame but we may have reached the point where it's pointless to resist verbally.

There may be alternative methods of #resistance such as reposting the photos with #alt text but I suspect that would cause two problems.

1 we'd have to expend a lot of effort in that endeavour.

2 the original posters might not like the one step removed promotion - where they can't see who's reposted their work.

It's puzzler!

#accessibility #art #promotion #sharing

#Gaza #genocide
#UK #resistance
@palestine

Some good work done in London.

Starmer and Lammy have prescribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organization for spray painting warplanes, but keep providing weapons and intelligence to the state who's committing genocide ... who's the terrorist? seriously, who's the terrorist?

#Gaza #genocide
#UK #resistance
@palestine

Some good work done in London.

Starmer and Lammy have prescribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organization for spray painting warplanes, but keep providing weapons and intelligence to the state who's committing genocide ... who's the terrorist? seriously, who's the terrorist?

Stefano Marinelli
Michael Foster
Dane  🇮🇪 ☮️🕉️⚛️☸️
Stefano Marinelli and 2 others boosted

✨ new on #TheFutureIsFederated 🚀

« In this age of #technofeudalism every writer who covers technology - especially resistance to #BigTech - should disclose their tech stack. Here's mine »

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/

Basically, a love letter to #FOSS and the #Fediverse… with room for improvement (especially on the hardware front)

#selfhosting#GoToSocial#Mastodon#NextCloud#Pixelfed#PeerTube#Signal#YunoHost#DeGoogle#LeaveSubstack #resist #resistance #broligarchy

✨ new on #TheFutureIsFederated 🚀

« In this age of #technofeudalism every writer who covers technology - especially resistance to #BigTech - should disclose their tech stack. Here's mine »

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/

Basically, a love letter to #FOSS and the #Fediverse… with room for improvement (especially on the hardware front)

#selfhosting#GoToSocial#Mastodon#NextCloud#Pixelfed#PeerTube#Signal#YunoHost#DeGoogle#LeaveSubstack #resist #resistance #broligarchy

i saw that crimethinc's demonstrator's guides were gaining traction (again) on here, so i decided to format them into one collection and printed off 30 of them to share.

i'm an amateur, so these are not publishing house quality -- but hey, they work fine, and the info and pictures are all there.

includes very detailed info on:
helmets, goggles, masks, armor, various police tactics and tools, blockades, lockdowns, and banners.

if you would like one, send me a direct message or email with a mailing address and i'll send one -- it's only ~$4 to ship, so i'm willing to cover the cost myself. if you're in the portland, oregon area, please arrange for a drop off or pick up.

email: fallrise@riseup.net

#books #print #protest #safety #resistance