Flax@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoMan carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchesterwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down11
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minus-squareAnarchistArtificer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·2 months agoACAB applies even for the nice and genuine cops. It’s about criticisms of policing as an institution, not individuals
minus-squareFlax@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·2 months ago It’s about criticisms of policing as an institution, not individuals No, ACAB literally means “all cops are bastards”. It removes room for ambiguity. It’s not like someone saying “fuck the police”. And then they can say “I mean the institution”.
ACAB applies even for the nice and genuine cops.
It’s about criticisms of policing as an institution, not individuals
No, ACAB literally means “all cops are bastards”. It removes room for ambiguity. It’s not like someone saying “fuck the police”. And then they can say “I mean the institution”.