The man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent says it was a protest. Prosecutors say it’s a crime

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurling a sandwich at a federal agent was an act of protest for Washington, D.C., resident Sean Charles Dunn. A jury must decide if it was also a federal crime. “No matter who you are, you can’t just go around throwing stuff at people because you’re mad,” Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parron told jurors on Tuesday at the start of Dunn’s trial on a misdemeanor assault charge. Dunn doesn’t dispute that he threw his submarine-style sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection