Overview

• Sean Charles Dunn was arrested and charged with felony assault on a federal officer after he hurled a sub-style sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on the U Street/14th Street corridor.
• Court documents state that Dunn, 37, admitted “I did it. I threw the sandwich” during booking, and court records list no plea or counsel as proceedings remain pending.
• U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro posted a video on X announcing the federal charge and declaring support for law enforcement, prompting widespread social-media ridicule and meme-ification of the incident.
• Video footage of the August 10 confrontation went viral, elevating the episode into a symbol of local resistance to President Trump’s expanded federal deployment and partial takeover of D.C. policing.
• The ongoing federal law-enforcement presence, including National Guard troops and multiple agencies under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, continues to spark debate over prosecutorial priorities and policing optics in a city with historically low violent crime.