At first we read:
A sheriff’s office investigation found excessive force was used, and four of the officers involved were punished.
This is followed shortly by:
For violating the sheriff’s office rules on use of excessive force, Haynes was suspended 10 days without pay. Wissel was suspended five days and Wolf for two days. Stuckey was suspended for 10 days for violations related to the paperwork about the incident and for wrongly authorizing formal charges. No wrongdoing was found on Cox’s part. The patrol officers - who all earn about $56,000 a year - are still at work, reassigned to Colerain Township, said Lt. Edwin Boldt, the sheriff’s lawyer.
That’s a pretty loose interpretation of “punishment.” This is exactly what libertarians mean when they speak of a “monopoly on violence.” If you and I were to drag anyone out of their car and beat them senseless, wether they were drunk or no, we would surely be sitting in jail. A government parasite, on the other hand, enjoys some nice time off from work.
