As photos and videos are widely shared online of ongoing police arrests and protests since federal agents were deployed to D.C., one notable exchange involving a man throwing a Subway sandwich at an officer is now reflected on posters as a symbol of defiance.
Posters of a masked man hurling a hoagie reflect an incident last week when a now-former employee with the Department of Justice was caught on camera yelling at a group of federal agents, and then threw a sandwich at the chest of an officer.
37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn was arrested thereafter, and the imagery of his actions is now being recreated as a protest piece of art.
“Too early to call it ‘the Subway rebellion,” Gordon Chaffin quipped near a poster on the side of a building on 9th and P streets in Northwest.
Brian, another passerby of the poster, liked the idea.
“I think it’s great. It attracts attention,” Brian said. “I think any expression that brings this kind of thing to the forefront is absolutely needed in this city.”
Many D.C. residents continue to express discontent at the president’s federalizing of local police, calling in the National Guard from other states and surging additional federal agents.
“They walking the streets like there’s a war going on,” one man, who asked to remain anonymous, said. “It makes us feel like we’re the terrorists.”
The posters are in the style of British street artist ‘Banksy’, and a piece known as “Flower Thrower,” only this time, the black and white bouquet has been replaced with a colorful foot-long sub.
One woman, Joy, heard about the sandwich-throwing incident, and despite not having seen the video, she has noticed the growing number of posters depicting the act.
“Just resisting and not being beat down by all the crap that’s going on right now, and just keep fighting back. It’s the little things,” she said.
The actual incident received national attention. D.C.‘s New U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro took to social media to announce Dunn is facing a felony charge for assaulting an officer
“So there! Stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else,” she proclaimed.
Caffin said that people do want to fight back.
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