So I did not know what acab really meant until I met this wonderful guy Winston a very smart white bear a kind one at that, I told him "not all cops are bastards.

And instead of cursing me out with hate, anger and blocking me, he sat down and explained what it meant he said word for word.

"... while I appreciate the positivity, I don’t see why you had to include the mention of cops. Especially since, when it comes to the phrase ACAB/All Cops Are Bastards, it’s commonly meant to be referring to the system of policing rather than the individuals explicitly.

Considering that the concept of the modern police force was rooted in pre-emancipation slave enforcers/post-slavery harassment agents (with law & order only being a veneer of trustworthiness - the police aren’t required to protect people, only hold law & order) the system itself is inherently racist. Many cops deal in racial profiling, harassment/scare tactics, and as we’ve seen recently, wanton murder
While not all cops have murdered an innocent person, all cops are complicit in a system that protects & empowers the kinds of people that do commit these murders.

The system itself has also squashed most attempts at internal reporting & reform, resulting in cases where “good cops” are harassed & fired for trying to hold “bad cops” accountable.

When accountability is unattainable, a system itself is made only for the people meant to exploit it, meaning either a cop is acting badly or they are complicit in this bad behavior.

You literally cannot be a good person in that system."

All this time I did not really know what ACAB meant, now I do and I completely agree with him, the system is fucked and good cops can't do shit about it so I agree now ACAB!

I love this fucking bear so please give him a follow!

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