Austin officers suspended without pay after blocking activist recording them

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin police officer has been suspended without pay for 20 days after a video from November showed him blocking an activist from recording the scene of a traffic stop.
Officer James Maufrais has been with the department for 4 years, according to his attorney Brad Heilman, who thinks his client’s punishment is too harsh.
“He completely admitted to it, I think [there are] some mitigating factors that should’ve been taken into consideration and probably w