The Cumberland County Sheriffs office announced Wednesday it disciplined five deputies who it says watched and did nothing when a protester being escorted from a Fayetteville, North Carolina Donald Trump rally was punched by a Trump supporter.
Three of the deputies were demoted and were also suspended without pay for five days while the other two were suspended without pay for three days, the sheriffs office said in a statement. All five deputies face one year of probation.
In a statement, Sheriff Earl Moose Butler said the deputies faced disciplinary action for "unsatisfactory performance and failing to discharge the duties and policies of the office of the sheriff."