Earlier this week, felony charges for assaulting a federal officer with a Subway sandwich were filed against Sean Charles Dunn. The incident went viral, and let’s be honest, getting popular off of a stance against Donald Trump is the bigger problem for the administration. So, even though in the immediate aftermath of the incident, Dunn was taken to D.C. Superior Court and released without being charged, the federal government lashed out with felony charges. (And Dunn lost his job as an international affairs specialist in the Justice Department’s criminal division.)
The administration is trying to counter the viral sensation that was Dunn’s initial “attack” with a bizarre — and dystopian — video of their own documenting Dunn’s arrest.
You need riot gear and 74 troops (sorry, 20) to arrest a guy whose weapon of choice is a Subway sandwich? That’s not a display of strength — it’s pathetic chest puffery. They sent fewer guys to take out Bin Laden! And even from the dystopian hype video, you can see Dunn isn’t trying to resist arrest. Additionally, Dunn’s lawyer Sabrina Shroff says they were trying to negotiate his voluntary surrender when the government orchestrated this spectacle. Another fun tidbit from Shroff is that officers would not allow Dunn to contact her. Sixth Amendment? Don’t know her!
This incident lays bare the hypocrisy of all the early (and empty) rhetoric from the start of the Trump II reign about cutting government waste. MAGA doesn’t want a small government, they want a government that can be bent to their whims. Just like authoritarians everywhere.
Anyway, if you can’t laugh at tyranny you’d cry, so, enjoy.
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.
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Earlier this week, felony charges for assaulting a federal officer with a Subway sandwich were filed against Sean Charles Dunn. The incident went viral, and let’s be honest, getting popular off of a stance against Donald Trump is the bigger problem for the administration. So, even though in the immediate aftermath of the incident, Dunn was taken to D.C. Superior Court and released without being charged, the federal government lashed out with felony charges. (And Dunn lost his job as an international affairs specialist in the Justice Department’s criminal division.)
The administration is trying to counter the viral sensation that was Dunn’s initial “attack” with a bizarre — and dystopian — video of their own documenting Dunn’s arrest.
You need riot gear and 74 troops (sorry, 20) to arrest a guy whose weapon of choice is a Subway sandwich? That’s not a display of strength — it’s pathetic chest puffery. They sent fewer guys to take out Bin Laden! And even from the dystopian hype video, you can see Dunn isn’t trying to resist arrest. Additionally, Dunn’s lawyer Sabrina Shroff says they were trying to negotiate his voluntary surrender when the government orchestrated this spectacle. Another fun tidbit from Shroff is that officers would not allow Dunn to contact her. Sixth Amendment? Don’t know her!
This incident lays bare the hypocrisy of all the early (and empty) rhetoric from the start of the Trump II reign about cutting government waste. MAGA doesn’t want a small government, they want a government that can be bent to their whims. Just like authoritarians everywhere.
Anyway, if you can’t laugh at tyranny you’d cry, so, enjoy.
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @[email protected].
