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“He did it. He threw the sandwich.”

That’s how the defense counsel for Sean Dunn, the man who threw a sub-style sandwich at a Border Patrol officer in Washington, DC, this summer began the federal trial against him Tuesday morning.

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[–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 7 points 31 minutes ago (1 children)

New ICE patches: "Don't bread on me"

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 2 points 23 minutes ago

Tired: Cat Breading

Wired: Ice Breading

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

McPTSD

PTSBLT

[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 24 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 16 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 25 minutes ago

yes, just like the man said.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 43 points 4 hours ago

As neither party disputes the basic facts of the case, jurors will need to determine whether the sandwich-throwing is enough to convict Dunn on the misdemeanor assault charge.

Even if it is, this is a job for jury nullification.

A DC jury recently acquitted a different resident who was also charged with assault for allegedly moving her knee up toward an officer while being restrained after filming officers as they made immigration-related arrests.

I see that sense is, ever so slowly, being restored.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 128 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

I hope the people around him never let him live a minute without being reminded about what a weak little boy he is for whining about taking a soft, succulent sub to the shoulder.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Succulent...

Let go of my eggplant!

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 2 hours ago

This is delicatessen manifest!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 80 points 4 hours ago

Navy should give him a medal for surviving the first sub attack on US soil.

The Cunt for Red October.

[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 42 points 4 hours ago

The injury was to the ego and authority - of the entire apparatus, not one man. They're all anxious to bring retribution and remind everyone that the enforcer class is above them and demands your cowering deference.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's a really good point. I hope he gets a medal for injury in the line of duty with a big, televised ceremony and lots of sandwich puns.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Kinda gives new meaning to the term “war hero”.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 152 points 5 hours ago (7 children)

I cannot believe we're wasting taxpayer dollars on a ballistic hoagie attack.

[–] milkisklim@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

If it makes you feel any better, because of the shutdown, we aren't spending money on this. \s

[–] socsa@piefed.social 78 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Assault with a deli weapon

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 8 points 2 hours ago

This is so good it should be illegal.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 hours ago

Top-tier pun!

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 64 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

"ballistic submarine missile" was right there

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 32 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I'm sure we all know the phrase that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to "indict a ham sandwich". It took prosecutors THREE Grand Juries to finally get an indictment for someone throwing that sandwich.

It's all a complete waste of time and taxpayer funds, and in any other point in history these prosecutors would have been fired immediately for incompetence at even considering an indictment in the first place, not even considering the possibility that they would try for three attempts.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 41 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They never got the indictment. The prosecutor had to downgrade the charges from a felony to a misdemeanor, which doesn’t have to go before a grand jury.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago

I didn't even realize that, last I had heard was them putting it before the third jury, and then that there was going to be a trial.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 20 points 4 hours ago

Actually, it's even stupider than that I'm pretty sure, two grand juries refused to give them an indictment for a felony charge, so they brought a way less severe misdemeanor charge because you don't have to get a grand jury to sign off on those, and that's what we're wasting this time on

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago

I hope a news outlet has the boldness to run this story after one showing DHS brutality, including the taxpayer costs, and before one about SNAP, healthcare and the shutdown. This administration is well past the point of pissing on Americans while telling them it's raining.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 6 points 3 hours ago

ballistic hoagie attack

Band name

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[–] Norin@lemmy.world 33 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 18 points 4 hours ago

That sandwich did not explode. It flopped limply against his chest just as you would expect a sub from Subway to do.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 40 points 4 hours ago
[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 64 points 5 hours ago (11 children)

I hope the jury are all served sub sandwiches for lunch each day of this trail.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 45 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

With extra onions and mustard

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

A salt and buttery with a weapon for mass consumption.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago

Their were buying yellow cake!

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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago

Poor little pissy pants, must be so hard to be a traitor when you smell like onions and mustard.

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 21 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

/c/yestheonion

Or at least AN onion

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago

I relish this joke.

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 20 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

US catches up - abot 10 years ago, a riot cop in Russia became a victim of an empty paper cup throwing. It was qualified as assault, btw.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 2 points 2 hours ago

What's next, the US attacking a sovereign nation like Russia did Ukraine?

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