((Awesome pic by NekoCrispy, the artist and creator behind Ask Dat Caramel!~))

darklyspectre:

oh an american found a way to save paper use on those tissues thingies they have in the public restrooms to dry your hands.

I wonder what kind of AMAZING idea this guy has.

“if you shake your hands before you use the paper you only need one piece of paper to dry your hands!”

….

seriously

THIS GOT A PRESS CONFERENCE?

shake your hands before you dry your hands with the paper so you will only need one piece of paper.

SERIOUSLY?

I did that like forever.

I thought it was common knowledge. you wash your hands. you shake it more dry in the sink and then you only need one piece of paper.

((You forget, here in the USA, common sense is so UNcommon, when it appears it’s newsworthy.))

monarchyoffacknnowhere:

spasticzombie:

I think I’ve said this before but I have this poster on my wall :3

YES.

As much as I can respect some police officers and everything they do, I can’t shake the sensation that they’re average men, handed a lot of power and instruments capable of taking/ destroying lives…. Pair that with living with the experience that only a minor percentage of people are genuinely in the know and understanding, now add the idea that only a SMALLER percentage yet, of those people would seek out that kind of power…

I’m not saying all coppers are bad people, I’m just asking how many are people and how many people are good?

As an officer about to be certified from the academy, this really hurts. But then again, that’s my job: to help people. That means EVERYONE, not just the nice people who want it. I have to help people who don’t like me, people who don’t want me there, and people who will NEVER be grateful for what I do, even after I take a BULLET for them. But you know what? I don’t care. I WANT to help these people. Even though they don’t give a rat’s ass about me, I at least know that one more family is kept safe, one more person can continue about their daily life, return to their loved ones at the end of the day.
Not all cops are bad. In fact, almost 100% are good people. You only hear about the bad ones on the news and in the media because it makes a better story. Did you hear about the cop who died after getting an infection when a baby he was giving CPR to started breathing again and threw-up in his mouth? Did you hear about the cop who gave his life to help his buddy and an injured civilian back to safety? Probably not. Cops make up less than .2% of the US population, and less than .5% of THAT is made up of bad officers. That is MUCH to high a number, and trust me, things ARE done about people like that.

you-know-you-like-that-i:

What do yall think about the fedora? Too douchey?

Fedora is the ultimate swag hat. I wear one as well. XD

onexistadraws:

More ponies! The lovely couple Onexista and Blowback~<3

Hey look! It’s me and my wife! XD

The other night
I had a dream
It was a world full of kings and queens
But it was cold
Dark as the night
We were the fire
Under moonlit skies
We weren’t divided
We were the same
And we were free
But we all wore chains
We couldn’t see it
But we created
A place between truth and overrated

Thank you for the kind words. I’m not yet an officer, but I’m damn close….tomorrow we’re practicing traffic stops with our Glocks using “Simunition”, meaning we’re going to shoot eachother non-leathally. It’s going to suck, but prepare us. You never know where danger lies…who’s trying to harm you or your families…..That’s where we come in. We do our best to stand between them and you, and to FIND them. We do all that we can, but it’s never enough…

audiodopexx:

askblowback:

offcolourcomment:

askblowback:

irrelevantitis:

askblowback:

thepeoplesrecord:

Alan DeWayne Blueford Murdered by Oakland Police Department

At or about midnight, May 6, 2012, Alan and 2 friends were standing on the corner of 90 th and Birch Street waiting for “some girls in a white chevy,” Alan described to his father, Alan Blueford, during a phone call. After the phone call, police officers approached Alan and his friends, with guns drawn. The police officers had been called to respond to another incident, but decided to stop Alan and his friends when they saw them because they “believed the young men had a concealed weapon.”

Alan ran down Birch Street, away from the police officers.

Approximately two blocks down Birch Street on the 9200 Block the officer chasing Alan murdered him by shooting him 3 times. The officer also shot himself.

Although, Alan had his brown wallet with his ID, Oakland Police Department never called to tell his parents he was shot and killed.

Alan’s two friends were detained for over 6 hours. After their release, one of the young men had the traumatic task of calling Alan’s parents and telling them Alan was shot and killed by an Oakland Police Officer.

Initial reports put out by OPD, stated that “a suspect” (Alan) and a police officer exchanged gun fire and the officer was shot in the stomach by the suspect and the suspect was shot by the officer. Both were said to have been rushed to Highland Hospital where Alan died and the police officer was expected to recover. OPD also included in their reports witness statements who said they saw Alan shooting. OPD reported that they retrieved Alan’s firearm at the scene.

Later OPD changed their story to state that the officer was shot in the leg and an investigation was in process to determine whether the officer was wounded by “friendly fire.”

Only one of the officers chased Alan.

What we now know is that Alan Blueford never shot the police officer, at the police officer, or anyone else. OPD changed their story yet again, admitting and confirming that THE OFFICER SHOT HIMSELF.

We also know that Alan was never rushed to Highland Hospital. Only the police officer. Alan’s body lied in the streets for approximately 4 hours.

Alan was shot multiple times by the police officer.

The family has reason to believe that Alan never had a firearm.
The family has reason to believe that Alan never caused the officer to be threatened. Alan’s body can be described as a shorter stature (approximately 5 ft 6 ½ inches) and thin built (140 lbs).

•

When Alan’s family learned of the claimed circumstances surrounding Alan’s death, we all knew that the facts were not true! Additionally, because they never called to confirm his death, we were sadly left with hope that the unnamed “suspect” was not Alan. He was joy to many people. We are suffering from a great loss.

Now OPD claims that the “victim” (no longer suspect) was a convicted felon on probation. His family will simply respond by saying felony probation does not describe Alan’s character. To describe Alan, you have to share that he 1] was a Christian; 2] worked with the disabled children at Skyline, one of whom described “Al” as his “bestfriend”; 3] began his mornings at Skyline High School by praying with his Godmother and Supervisor; 4] passed out candy at his
grandmother’s every Halloween; and 5] was well known by his family and friends as a respectful young man. But even more important is the fact that when the police officers decided not to respond to the call, but rather to bother Alan and his friends, all they knew is that they were 3 African-American young men. That’s why Alan was murdered.

Alan’s family is seeking justice for his death. We are determined to have this “incident” thoroughly investigated and all wrongful parties prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We ask that all of you support us by calling the City Councilman for District 7, Larry Reid, at 510-238-7007.

Via Occupy Oakland

I do hate to sound like an ass hole here, but as a recruit in a police academy, I can say this: He should not have ran. The fact that he ran did NOT help him be perceived as a threat, or someone doing something wrong. Granted, the cops WERE wrong in this, it would have probably saved his life if he stayed there, and let the officers (albeit ILLEGALLY) pat him down. IF anything were to come of it, then the court would be on his side, as the cops were COMPLETELY in the wrong.
HOWEVER, this is just based on what I read above, and I do not know the full story.

OK I guess you really don’t do well on the tests at the police academy because if you did you’d know that procedure and protocol is more important than ANYTHING else in policing. The police who shot this guy did not use proper procedure in identifying the possible suspects or in dealing with the kid at any point. Then, he shot himself? If you think any part of this is on the fault of this kid, you are the reason why police are the enemy to a huge part of the population. And you are, indeed, the enemy.

If you paid attention, I did in fact say that the police were grossly in the wrong. I am not pinning the fault on the person who was shot. I merely stated that it would only have helped his case if he had stayed. Granted that he was fearful of his life, the fact that he ran gave the obviously mental and racist ‘officer’ (term used loosely) the ‘probable cause’ to shoot. Now, the officer did NOT have probable cause to shoot. TASER, maybe, but that’s pushing it. The fact that the officer shot himself is just bull shit, too. He should have aimed for his own head. I’m out here to PROTECT people, not shoot whatever ‘minority’ I feel like.
However, if someone IS a threat to me, my partners, or ANYONE ELSE, then I will put them down without hesitation. I do not agree with what you have said that I’m the enemy, but I will defend your, your friends, family, and right to say that any day of the year. I hope you realize that I write none of this in anger, spite, or any negative emotions. I just want to help people. If you run, you look suspicious. If you run from a crooked, racist, bigoted ass hole of a “cop”, then fate isn’t on your side. I truly do hope that you have a nice day. :3

You’re the enemy not cause of your intentions but because you have a dangerous lack of common sense and even more dangerous lack of a connection to reality.

No where in your comments do you entertain the possibility that maybe he and his friends ran because GETTING SHOT BY POLICE FOR NO REASON IS ABSOLUTELY NORMAL.

That happens just as much as a number of things that happen to people who wilfully cooperate. Everything happens from evidence planted, affiliations and stories about unlawful behaviour being completely fabricated, entrapment, extortion, and straight up brutal assault. Kids like him get severely injured, incapacitated and killed by police even when they fully cooperate.

Shows what you know, green ass ROOK. 

By the way its hilariousyou think an LE officer’s job is to protect or serve peoplewhen its only to protect and serve property. I’m not even a cop and I probably know 10x more about being police than your dumb ass does. With geniuses like you in LE though, no wonder so many people are getting killed like this… even with tasers, you idiots can’t even work a GD taser. Go surveille some of your ‘fellow citizens’ or fudge some stats, you cancer.

You realize you’re basing the entire law enforcement community on a very small percentage of cops, right? It’s completely baised against good, hard-working officers. You think you know about the world, but you don’t. I don’t. All I know is that there is some sick fuck out there beating a child, or stalking some ten year old girl waiting to abduct her, or even people busting into houses to gang-rape an old lady before they torture and kill her, and I’m putting my life on the line to stop these people. You really DON’T know as much as you claim to. And for the record, have you ever used a TASER? They don’t always work as you’d think they would.
I want to sit here and say how you piss me off, or curse you out, or a whole number of things, but all I’m going to say is this:
The world is a much darker place than you realize. There are the dogs, and the sheep. Most people are sheep; blissfully unaware of their surroundings and the real danger that lies in wait. Police, and soldiers, are the dogs; always ready, watching, waiting to protect the sheep against harm. You can hate us, yell at us, curse us out, wish us dead, assault us with threats, and taunt our families, but one thing remains true: NO MATTER HOW UNGRATEFUL AND HATE-FILLED YOU ARE, WE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO SAVE YOU WHEN YOU RUN TO US FOR HELP.
But, if you insist that cops are evil and all this shit, then when someone breaks into your house, steals your gun, and starts to rape you, I’m pretty sure that if you cry for help, they WILL. Not for your ungrateful behind, but because it’s their JOB, and it’s the RIGHT THING TO DO.

If its such a small percentage, then the good cops should be shaming the bad ones!

They do. You just never see it because the media only focuses on the bad ones.

offcolourcomment:

askblowback:

irrelevantitis:

askblowback:

thepeoplesrecord:

Alan DeWayne Blueford Murdered by Oakland Police Department

At or about midnight, May 6, 2012, Alan and 2 friends were standing on the corner of 90 th and Birch Street waiting for “some girls in a white chevy,” Alan described to his father, Alan Blueford, during a phone call. After the phone call, police officers approached Alan and his friends, with guns drawn. The police officers had been called to respond to another incident, but decided to stop Alan and his friends when they saw them because they “believed the young men had a concealed weapon.”

Alan ran down Birch Street, away from the police officers.

Approximately two blocks down Birch Street on the 9200 Block the officer chasing Alan murdered him by shooting him 3 times. The officer also shot himself.

Although, Alan had his brown wallet with his ID, Oakland Police Department never called to tell his parents he was shot and killed.

Alan’s two friends were detained for over 6 hours. After their release, one of the young men had the traumatic task of calling Alan’s parents and telling them Alan was shot and killed by an Oakland Police Officer.

Initial reports put out by OPD, stated that “a suspect” (Alan) and a police officer exchanged gun fire and the officer was shot in the stomach by the suspect and the suspect was shot by the officer. Both were said to have been rushed to Highland Hospital where Alan died and the police officer was expected to recover. OPD also included in their reports witness statements who said they saw Alan shooting. OPD reported that they retrieved Alan’s firearm at the scene.

Later OPD changed their story to state that the officer was shot in the leg and an investigation was in process to determine whether the officer was wounded by “friendly fire.”

Only one of the officers chased Alan.

What we now know is that Alan Blueford never shot the police officer, at the police officer, or anyone else. OPD changed their story yet again, admitting and confirming that THE OFFICER SHOT HIMSELF.

We also know that Alan was never rushed to Highland Hospital. Only the police officer. Alan’s body lied in the streets for approximately 4 hours.

Alan was shot multiple times by the police officer.

The family has reason to believe that Alan never had a firearm.
The family has reason to believe that Alan never caused the officer to be threatened. Alan’s body can be described as a shorter stature (approximately 5 ft 6 ½ inches) and thin built (140 lbs).

•

When Alan’s family learned of the claimed circumstances surrounding Alan’s death, we all knew that the facts were not true! Additionally, because they never called to confirm his death, we were sadly left with hope that the unnamed “suspect” was not Alan. He was joy to many people. We are suffering from a great loss.

Now OPD claims that the “victim” (no longer suspect) was a convicted felon on probation. His family will simply respond by saying felony probation does not describe Alan’s character. To describe Alan, you have to share that he 1] was a Christian; 2] worked with the disabled children at Skyline, one of whom described “Al” as his “bestfriend”; 3] began his mornings at Skyline High School by praying with his Godmother and Supervisor; 4] passed out candy at his
grandmother’s every Halloween; and 5] was well known by his family and friends as a respectful young man. But even more important is the fact that when the police officers decided not to respond to the call, but rather to bother Alan and his friends, all they knew is that they were 3 African-American young men. That’s why Alan was murdered.

Alan’s family is seeking justice for his death. We are determined to have this “incident” thoroughly investigated and all wrongful parties prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We ask that all of you support us by calling the City Councilman for District 7, Larry Reid, at 510-238-7007.

Via Occupy Oakland

I do hate to sound like an ass hole here, but as a recruit in a police academy, I can say this: He should not have ran. The fact that he ran did NOT help him be perceived as a threat, or someone doing something wrong. Granted, the cops WERE wrong in this, it would have probably saved his life if he stayed there, and let the officers (albeit ILLEGALLY) pat him down. IF anything were to come of it, then the court would be on his side, as the cops were COMPLETELY in the wrong.
HOWEVER, this is just based on what I read above, and I do not know the full story.

OK I guess you really don’t do well on the tests at the police academy because if you did you’d know that procedure and protocol is more important than ANYTHING else in policing. The police who shot this guy did not use proper procedure in identifying the possible suspects or in dealing with the kid at any point. Then, he shot himself? If you think any part of this is on the fault of this kid, you are the reason why police are the enemy to a huge part of the population. And you are, indeed, the enemy.

If you paid attention, I did in fact say that the police were grossly in the wrong. I am not pinning the fault on the person who was shot. I merely stated that it would only have helped his case if he had stayed. Granted that he was fearful of his life, the fact that he ran gave the obviously mental and racist ‘officer’ (term used loosely) the ‘probable cause’ to shoot. Now, the officer did NOT have probable cause to shoot. TASER, maybe, but that’s pushing it. The fact that the officer shot himself is just bull shit, too. He should have aimed for his own head. I’m out here to PROTECT people, not shoot whatever ‘minority’ I feel like.
However, if someone IS a threat to me, my partners, or ANYONE ELSE, then I will put them down without hesitation. I do not agree with what you have said that I’m the enemy, but I will defend your, your friends, family, and right to say that any day of the year. I hope you realize that I write none of this in anger, spite, or any negative emotions. I just want to help people. If you run, you look suspicious. If you run from a crooked, racist, bigoted ass hole of a “cop”, then fate isn’t on your side. I truly do hope that you have a nice day. :3

You’re the enemy not cause of your intentions but because you have a dangerous lack of common sense and even more dangerous lack of a connection to reality.

No where in your comments do you entertain the possibility that maybe he and his friends ran because GETTING SHOT BY POLICE FOR NO REASON IS ABSOLUTELY NORMAL.

That happens just as much as a number of things that happen to people who wilfully cooperate. Everything happens from evidence planted, affiliations and stories about unlawful behaviour being completely fabricated, entrapment, extortion, and straight up brutal assault. Kids like him get severely injured, incapacitated and killed by police even when they fully cooperate.

Shows what you know, green ass ROOK. 

By the way its hilariousyou think an LE officer’s job is to protect or serve peoplewhen its only to protect and serve property. I’m not even a cop and I probably know 10x more about being police than your dumb ass does. With geniuses like you in LE though, no wonder so many people are getting killed like this… even with tasers, you idiots can’t even work a GD taser. Go surveille some of your ‘fellow citizens’ or fudge some stats, you cancer.

You realize you’re basing the entire law enforcement community on a very small percentage of cops, right? It’s completely baised against good, hard-working officers. You think you know about the world, but you don’t. I don’t. All I know is that there is some sick fuck out there beating a child, or stalking some ten year old girl waiting to abduct her, or even people busting into houses to gang-rape an old lady before they torture and kill her, and I’m putting my life on the line to stop these people. You really DON’T know as much as you claim to. And for the record, have you ever used a TASER? They don’t always work as you’d think they would.
I want to sit here and say how you piss me off, or curse you out, or a whole number of things, but all I’m going to say is this:
The world is a much darker place than you realize. There are the dogs, and the sheep. Most people are sheep; blissfully unaware of their surroundings and the real danger that lies in wait. Police, and soldiers, are the dogs; always ready, watching, waiting to protect the sheep against harm. You can hate us, yell at us, curse us out, wish us dead, assault us with threats, and taunt our families, but one thing remains true: NO MATTER HOW UNGRATEFUL AND HATE-FILLED YOU ARE, WE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO SAVE YOU WHEN YOU RUN TO US FOR HELP.
But, if you insist that cops are evil and all this shit, then when someone breaks into your house, steals your gun, and starts to rape you, I’m pretty sure that if you cry for help, they WILL. Not for your ungrateful behind, but because it’s their JOB, and it’s the RIGHT THING TO DO.

psychoticnekomata:

bronycurious:

Click play.

Stare.

DREAM.

((Could someone send me this music? I want it on my PC.))