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Helped develop pepper spray into a weapons-grade material with the FBI in the 1980s. He also helped develop guidelines for police departments using pepper-spray.
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Pepper Spray Creator Decries Use of Chemical Agent on Peaceful Occupy Wall Street Protesters
We speak with Kamran Loghman, the expert who developed weapons-grade pepper spray, who says he was shocked at how police have used the chemical agent on nonviolent Occupy Wall Street protesters nationwide, including students at University of California, Davis, female protesters in New York City, and an 84-year-old activist in...November 29, 2011 | Story
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Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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