silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoJury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agentwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1919arrow-down13 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1916arrow-down1external-linkJury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agentwww.nbcnews.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square147fedilink cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·2 days agohere’s hoping Luigi and Tyler get off too for the same reason.
minus-squarepohart@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoThis wasn’t nullification. The sandwich throw clearly isn’t assault. No crime was committed here. Clearly the other two were crimes. I’m skeptical they have the right guy for either, but I haven’t seen the evidence and the jury will.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoI’d argue it was battery. But I don’t know what I’m talking about. Assault is the threat. Battery is the action
here’s hoping Luigi and Tyler get off too for the same reason.
This wasn’t nullification. The sandwich throw clearly isn’t assault. No crime was committed here.
Clearly the other two were crimes. I’m skeptical they have the right guy for either, but I haven’t seen the evidence and the jury will.
I’d argue it was battery. But I don’t know what I’m talking about. Assault is the threat. Battery is the action