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Hurling Subway sandwiches at cops is probably the best use of them. They aren’t fit for human consumption
Please use actual headline
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
But please also repost this to /c/lemmyshitpost with this original title!
Dunn worked as a paralegal for the Justice Department. After Dunn’s arrest, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced his firing in a social media post that referred to him as “an example of the Deep State.”
One of the things that frustrates me most with MAGA supporters is shit like this. They won’t believe that quote, only the most rabid 1% might latch onto it. But instead of seeing the Attorney General of the United States of America making a retarded claim in front of god and everyone, “Meh. No big deal, untwist your panties.”
That’s been the response every time I’ve pointed out idiocy like this. No. Big. Deal. Apparently I’m overreacting.
Are we reviving subway to use as our new protest symbol? The flying 6" incher and the foot “size don’t matter” long?
That for profit company would appreciate people doing their advertising work for them for free I’m sure
Has it actually been reported anywhere that the sandwich in question came from this restaurant chain?
Yes: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600772/trump-justice-federal-surge-subway-sandwich
Also it happened right in front of a Subway. That’s probably where he got it from.
Good question.
Subway. Eat fresh. Eat the rich
Weird, I haven’t eaten at subway in years and I was one of their most loyal customers.
aiding and abetting a known pedophile does that to your brand.
If the jury had any faith in the legal system, they would have found him guilty and he should be sentenced to 30 seconds.
However, they clearly didn’t. The fact that this came this far is ridiculous. The police officer lying was a much larger crime.
I’m not going to bother looking up DC misdemeanor law, but in many places the judgement of guilt is done by the jury and the assessment of penalty is done by the judge.
I think that was the point of the original commenter.
The jury had no faith in the judicial system to carry out a fair punishment for this crime so they decided to find him not guilty despite believing he broke the law (which is illegal to do as a juror).
Judges are bound by the Separation of Powers. A judge who refuses to apply a legislated law against a particular defendant would (effectively) be exercising powers of the legislature. The judge cannot do this, nor can they advise a jury that this can be done, or otherwise enable the jury to do this.
However, a juror is not bound by the separation of powers. They are not an agent of the government. They are laypersons. Members of “We The People”, who are the same authority that gives us the Constitution.
It is not illegal for a juror to determine that the legislature failed to consider a particular defendant’s specific circumstances when they established a law, and exercise their constitutional authority in finding that defendant not guilty of having violated that law.
Didn’t they basically just do jury nullification?
which is illegal to do as a juror
As far as I can see in the examples on Wikipedia, it is not unless it can be proven the juror intentionally uses jury nullification. The listed 1996 case hinged on the juror saying something to this effect in a secret jury deliberation. However, the case was dropped because this information was not admissible in court, as these secret deliberations are … secret.
Lying police officers are not part of the process after the initial arrest, unless called as a witness. The prosecutors wanted more, which is surprising considering how hard the case failed in front of 2 grand juries.
Best use of their mediocre sandwiches.
Seeing a lot of hate for their food… I haven’t been to a subway in probably over a decade (or two, even…), but I don’t remember them being bad. Overpriced maybe, but once the sub is actually in your hands it’s alright, isn’t it?
Or did they enshittify since then? …actually stupid question, every fucking fast food chain has enshittified since then.
My dislike for Subway comes from experience probably close to three decades ago, so nah, not enshittification (unless they’ve gotten even worse since then, LOL). The main things that bothered me were that the bread was weirdly sweet, and all the meats were pre-sliced and tasted not only not particularly fresh, but also kinda the same?
I always thought Blimpie was vastly superior, if that gives you a frame of reference. It seems like even Blimpie isn’t considered all that great these days (compared to, IDK, Firehouse or Jersey Mike’s or something), so that’s saying a lot.
One thing Subway wasn’t, at the time, was overpriced, BTW. That’s why my parents often preferred it over Blimpie, despite my objections.
I’d rather have a sub from literally any other chain before one from Subway. Hell, at this point I might even rather give Quiktrip made-to-order subs a shot than go to Subway!
If it were a baguette, the verdict would have been different.
