5 Deputies Punished After Failing To Protect Protester Who Was Sucker Punched At Trump Rally

Five sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina have been disciplined for failure to act after a black protester was punched by a white supporter of Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally, the sheriff’s office said Wednesday.

Three of the deputies have been demoted and will be suspended without pay for five days for “unsatisfactory performance and failing to discharge the duties and policies of the office of sheriff,” according to a statement released by Sheriff Earl Butler of Cumberland County on his Facebook page. The other two deputies were suspended for three days without pay.

All five were to be placed on probation for the next year, Sheriff Butler said. The names of the deputies were not released. Cont.

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