ACAB.
I don’t care if “not all cops, tho.” They know about this shit, and they don’t do anything about it. They’re supposed to (in theory) prevent illegality, and yet this stuff gets a pass.
It’s no wonder Fundigelicals are bosom buddies, because they do the same thing with religion.
Yeah I don’t think it’s that easy. Saying “all in this group are evil” is the same argument used to gas Jews in WWII, it’s a really dumb and short sighted argument.
Yes, there is a LOT of shit going on and a lot of police officers are bad, but that doesn’t mean they all are and just because they’re not doing enough against this, doesn’t mean they don’t care or don’t try or even can try…
With situations like these “it’s not that simple” is a much better statement than acab, which as much fun as it may be to say, is just dumb and short sighted
Saying “all in this group are evil” is the same argument used to gas Jews in WWII
Comparing German Jews in WWII to present day American law enforcement is an insult and you should be ashamed of yourself.
just because they’re not doing enough against this, doesn’t mean they don’t care or don’t try or even can try…
They’re not just “not doing enough”, they’re actively rooting out good cops from the force and punishing them for being good! While the bad cops continue being bad, all under the protection of their union! The system is corrupt from the top down, and its members fight to keep it that way!
With situations like these “it’s not that simple” is a much better statement than acab, which as much fun as it may be to say, is just dumb and short sighted
What’s dumb and short-sighted is downplaying the danger the American policing system poses with the same bullshit “they’re not all bad” argument we’ve all heard for years. Answer me this: if they’re not all bad, why do they keep getting worse?
they’re actively rooting out good cops from the force and punishing them for being good
Which is actually one reason I have the ACAB acronym. There are good cops, and they get shit from both ends either for not toeing the blue-line or just for being cops.
If somebody actually does get shot, the ACAB crew is out in full force while often ignoring the lengthy record of crime and violence of the involved - or even camera evidence - while stating it was obviously just a cop looking for somebody to shoot.
Fuckers are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy where nobody in their right mind would want to be a cop
It was that easy for an ex cop to agree that acab in a different comment. They agreed to the point that they said they themselves weren’t even a good cop.
When the cops themselves are agreeing with acab… I mean, believe them.
this one anonymous person on the Internet claiming to be a cop agreed with me!
Yeah, that isn’t exactly an argument. Not all police officers (can we pleeeaaase stop calling them the “cool” sounding “cop”?) are bad, especially outside of the US, but even inside the US you have loads of good guys and gals wanting to make a difference and make the world a better place.
Acab is the exact same behavior as those bad apples. Don’t be like the bastards…
didn’t say they were all evil. said some of them are evil and the rest ignore it.
The first a in acab means all so there is that… Beyond that, I’m sure there are loads that don’t care and ignite it but there are also loads that do care but it simply isn’t that simple. You can’t just go on a lone crusader’s path, burn your career and future to make ymreal meaningful change. It’s not that easy.
I think there are two things that need to happen to get this bullshit under control…first of all defang the police union…you can’t function as a union busting group and get the protection of a union that’s hypocritical bullshit. No more gypsy cops moving from force to force without their sins following them.
Second, a citizen review board that is made up of anonymous citizens called to serve like jury duty. The review board gets to make disciplinary decisions on police misconduct and it’s 100% binding. No more some are more equal than others, or their dumbass “civilian” mind set… they’re civilians too.
Nothing new here.
I’m going to paraphrase Shelby County (Memphis TN) Sheriff Jack “Rambo” Owens during a roll call brief I was present for late 1989. “If you see an out of state tag on 240, you pull them over and search the vehicle, figure out the probable cause later, call a K-9 if you need something solid to write down”. He liked to use the work “Darkies” a lot as well.
FYI K-9 units are trained to alert when the handler makes a certain gesture or sound regardless of the presence of drugs, creating instant probable cause.
Jackie boy did the state a huge favor and shot himself in the face (in his county issued vehicle with his county issued shotgun) 5 May 1990, shortly after an investigation into his treating the office as an entrepreneurial endeavor was announced. I resigned about a week after and surrendered my POST certification and took to bending robots to my will ever since.
Fun side note, my Field Training Officer was sentenced to 6 years for raping a rape victim inside the dept office
Only good cop… Well, you found another way: getting out and doing something constructive with your life. 👍
All the more reason we need to #stopcopcity
Police exist to protect the interests of capital owners. Not your constitutional “rights”.
