Man pepper-sprayed by APD on 6th St. in 2015 files suit, speaks out

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two years after the video gained nationwide attention, a lawsuit has now been filed against the Austin Police Department for pepper spraying a man on Sixth Street.
The suit, filed by Carlos Amaya’s attorney, charges excessive force and illegal search and seizure for the events that occurred on June 6, 2015.
The video, which APD formally investigated, shows a mounted patrol officer grab the phone from Amaya, who was in the crowd recording a disturbance. Another of