A man has been arrested on a charge that he hurled a sandwich at a federal law enforcement official in the nation’s capital amid a surge in law enforcement patrols ordered by the White House, according to a court filing Wednesday.
From another site…
The criminal complaint says Dunn confessed to a DC police officer, “I did it. I threw a sandwich.”
Sean Charles Dunn, 37, of Washington, D.C., approached a group of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents late Sunday, pointed a finger in an agent’s face and swore at him, calling him a “fascist,” a police affidavit says.
Not sure about the US, but here in Denmark you can absolutely get fined for calling the cops fascist. It falls under the same law that protects traindrivers and social workers from being assaulted, because everybody knows that a cop wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a gun is exactly as deserving of protection as a traindriver being attacked by football fans after their team lost and they drank 20 beers to cope.
Depending on the jurisdiction assault can be split into assault and battery, where assault is making someone fear immediate violence and battery is the actual violence.
I’m aware of that, the distinction applies where I live too, it’s just that it’s absurd to treat something that amounts to harsh language / name-calling the same as a direct threat of physical violence. Though actually there are analogous rules prohibiting verbal abuse of airline employees, but actual fines for calling a cop a fascist strikes me as exceptionally fragile.
Oh yeah, it shouldn’t apply to the cops at all, but on the other hand if I call someone a fascist it does mean I want to put my fist through their skull, so I understand why those kinds of words can be considered threats when applied to actual public servants.
Where’s the lie
Is fascist a swear word now?
Seems like he said other stuff too.
is sandwich a swear word
Please. S*ndwich
Not sure about the US, but here in Denmark you can absolutely get fined for calling the cops fascist. It falls under the same law that protects traindrivers and social workers from being assaulted, because everybody knows that a cop wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a gun is exactly as deserving of protection as a traindriver being attacked by football fans after their team lost and they drank 20 beers to cope.
Yeah, in Poland there’s a minor violation charge of “insulting an officer” too
That’s wild, words are assault???
Three question marks to emphasize how wild it is
Depending on the jurisdiction assault can be split into assault and battery, where assault is making someone fear immediate violence and battery is the actual violence.
I’m aware of that, the distinction applies where I live too, it’s just that it’s absurd to treat something that amounts to harsh language / name-calling the same as a direct threat of physical violence. Though actually there are analogous rules prohibiting verbal abuse of airline employees, but actual fines for calling a cop a fascist strikes me as exceptionally fragile.
Oh yeah, it shouldn’t apply to the cops at all, but on the other hand if I call someone a fascist it does mean I want to put my fist through their skull, so I understand why those kinds of words can be considered threats when applied to actual public servants.