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Robert Tait in Washington

Grand jury declines to indict alleged Washington DC sandwich thrower

A triptych of a man throwing a sandwich.
An art piece depicting the sandwich thrower near the Dupont Circle North Metro station in Washington DC on 17 August 2025. Photograph: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

Grand jurors have rebuffed federal prosecutors by refusing to approve a criminal indictment against a man who allegedly threw a sandwich at a law enforcement agent in protest against Donald Trump’s deployment of armed troops on the streets of Washington DC.

It is the second time in recent days that a grand jury had declined to vote to indict a person accused of assaulting a federal officer and signaled strong public objection to Trump’s decision to send national guard troops and federal agents onto the streets of the US capital, purportedly to crack down on violent crime.

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