Two APD supervisors suspended over SXSW pepper spraying incident

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two Austin police downtown supervisors were suspended and demoted Monday over their review of the South by Southwest pepper spraying incident.
Police Lt. Allen Hicks and Sgt. Scott Stanfield were suspended by Chief Acevedo after they failed to complete a review of the incident in which officer Cameron Caldwell pepper sprayed a handcuffed prisoner in the face on March 17 during SXSW.
Cameron was suspended for 45 days in August after Chief Acevedo called his use of