Body camera footage shows the moment an LMPD officer hands a woman in labor a citation for unlawful camping as she waits for an ambulance.

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and every other cop on that force will back this asshole to the blue.

ACAB doesn’t mean that every cop is running around raping and extorting sex from everyone; or that they’re all running around killing black kids. ACAB does mean that the ones who are “good” are also protecting the ones who are bad rather than arresting them and treating their fellow cops as they would any one else.

if you show me a cop who isn’t, I’ll show you a cop whose not been on the job long enough to find out.

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You start - show me the cop.

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if you show me a cop who isn’t, I’ll show you a cop whose not been on the job long enough to find out.

So MCAB or AACAB?

(Most / Almost All)

Was just discussing in another thread, referenced the Sith dealing in absolutes instead of using a phrase like “Policing Enables Bastards” in an attempt to be more accurate and harder to dismiss.

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Nope. Cops know what they are pretty quick. It’s practically impossible to last more than a week or two without becoming a bastard.

The blue wall is real, and they don’t allow people who might break rank stick around.

Corruption in police is an everyday occurrence and you either chose to ignore it or not be a cop.

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Great stats, got a source?

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Thanks for your response.

Interesting you give that timeline because when I hear ACAB, a hypothetical officer comes to mind who joins a department on a Monday, blows the whistle on something corrupt and evil on Tuesday, and is forced to hand in their badge on Friday.

I want to broadcast to my fellow Americans that if:

  • you are not corrupt, and
  • you will not stand for corruption, and
  • you want to try to be the change

…I will not insult you for having a disparate strategy compared to mine or the average person’s on this site.

Maybe 720,651 out of the 720,652 full-time cops in the US are baddies, but that last one who’s on probation because of some good in their heart - I choose my words carefully for them. They necessitate the three-letter acronym.

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