The Felony Footlong: Free Speech or Assault with A Sandwich?
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Dr. Phil McGraw
4.3 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
A D.C. man hurled a footlong Subway sandwich at a federal agent and now he faces a felony assault charge. What sounds like a late-night comedy skit is really a symptom of something far more serious.
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| 0:00.0 | Forget knives, forget guns. Now customs and border patrol agents are being assaulted by |
| 0:06.2 | Subway sandwiches. And no, that's not a joke. Today, the real story comes out of D.C. It sounds like |
| 0:16.9 | a bad late-night comedy sketch, but it is really a problem. It's a symptom of something bigger. |
| 0:24.3 | And what's the something bigger? It is complete and utter disrespect and contempt for men and women |
| 0:31.4 | who are just simply doing their jobs. They're out there standing between you, me, and all of us, and what could be |
| 0:42.1 | serious danger. Let's look at some headlines. Man accused of throwing sandwich a U.S. |
| 0:46.8 | border agent charged with felony assault. Man arrested for throwing sandwich at CBP officer in |
| 0:53.7 | D.C. faces federal charges. |
| 0:55.9 | DC man charged with felony assault after hitting federal agent with Subway Sandwich. |
| 1:01.4 | Now that may seem silly. It may seem ridiculous. |
| 1:04.5 | You think, well, how is a Subway Sandwich going to hurt somebody? |
| 1:11.0 | Maybe you dive out of the way. |
| 1:13.7 | When you do, maybe you hit your knee on the curb. |
| 1:17.7 | Maybe you hit your face or your nose on the curb. |
| 1:21.7 | Maybe you drop your rifle. |
| 1:24.9 | Maybe it goes off. |
| 1:26.9 | Who knows what happens? If we are in a situation where you no longer |
| 1:32.4 | respect the badge on the street, we are on the brink of chaos. If you have a problem with that |
| 1:42.7 | authority on the street, the place to take that up is not on the street. |
| 1:47.7 | The place to take that up is in a court of law. |
| 1:50.4 | The place to take that up is to file a complaint. |
| 1:56.3 | This incident happened 11 p.m. so it's at night. |
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