Reply #29: Eat this! The inventor of pepper spray has commented on its curent uses

[L. Coyote]

on NPR today. Insightful stuff, condemning the police for using violence to confront anyone who has an opinion.


Inventor of Pepper Spray Condemns Police Usage Against Occupy Protestors

To Kamran Loghman, who helped develop pepper spray into a weapons-grade material with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 1980s, the incident at Davis violated his original intent.

“I have never seen such an inappropriate and improper use of chemical agents,” Mr. Loghman said in an interview.

Mr. Loghman, who also helped develop guidelines for police departments using the spray, said that use-of-force manuals generally advise that pepper spray is appropriate only if a person is physically threatening a police officer or another person.

http://unicornbooty.com/blog/2011/11/23/inventor-of-pepper-spray-condemns-police-usage-against-occupy-protestors/