Sandwich thrown by protester reportedly exploded and left condiment mark on customs official, trial told
A American border officer has declared in court he could detect through his protective gear the collision of a deli item launched at him by a capital city activist, who has faced court proceedings for physical attack.
Federal border agent the government official told the jury the food item "shattered all over him" and he "detected the aromatic vegetables and condiment" on his uniform.
Both legal teams challenges that the defendant, thirty-seven, did in fact lob obscenities and a prepared food item at officers assigned by President Donald Trump to patrol the nation's capital in late summer.
The occurrence was filmed on recording and spread across the internet, making Mr Dunn a figure of dissent in the capital to the former president.
State lawyers at first tried to secure serious criminal counts against the defendant, but a grand jury chose not to indict him.
The former president's sending of military personnel to the capital this warmer months caused outrage from some of the local inhabitants, who considered it a partisan deployment of the armed forces.
Based on charging documents, Mr Dunn approached a police contingent at about late evening on the summer date, referring to them "fascists" and exclaiming: "Why are you present? I don't want you in my city!"
The trial witnessed a reenactment from the officer on Tuesday as he gave evidence against the accused.
"I could feel it through my body armor," he stated of the sandwich's impact, mentioning that an vegetable piece hung from his official equipment and mustard marked his uniform.
The defendant's lawyer, his legal representative, said in her court presentation that throwing the deli product was a "harmless gesture that did not, could not, create physical damage".
But state lawyer the state's representative argued Mr Dunn must be facing consequences.
"No matter who you are, you cannot simply hurling objects at people because you're angry," Mr Parron declared.
Following the alleged assault was revealed, the defendant was terminated from his job as a law firm employee in the Department of Justice.
