Demonstrators hold a banner in the style of the artist Banksy, showing a masked protester throwing a sandwich, as they attend a "We Are All DC" march, in Washington, DC, on September 6, 2025. The image of a man throwing a sandwich, inspired by a man who threw a sandwich at a Border Patrol officer, became a protest symbol during Trump's crackdown on crime in the nation's capital. Leah Millis/Reuters/File

The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assault.

The incident quickly became a symbol – somewhat in jest – for resistance in DC against the Trump takeover of law enforcement and ramp up in deportation efforts, with spray painted poste

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