By itself, a Washington, D.C., jury’s acquittal of a 37-year-old man of assault for throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer isn’t particularly troubling; it’s actually a little funny. But placed into a larger pattern of D.C. jury behavior, it is the latest example of an increasingly partisan jury pool excusing Democrats for offenses that would almost certainly have sent a Republican to jail.

About 20 CBP officers were standing on 14th and U Streets, NW, a popular spot for drinking in D.C., on the night of Aug. 10, not bothering anyone. A man was so offended by the mere presence of immigration law enforcement officers that he started berating them with profanities, calling them “racists” and “fascists.” 

The officers behaved professionally and ignored him, but then he petulantly threw a salami sub sandwich at one of them and ran off. He was chased down, taken into custody, and arrested. The U.S. Attorney first charged him with felony assault of a federal agent, but a D.C. grand jury refused even to indict him (So much for the theory that a grand jury will indict a........

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