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Do you know why ACAB? Is not because they are rude, it's not cause they mean. It's because they participate in a societal role that requires them to do bastardly things.

They have to enforce unjust laws and unjust outcomes, and statistically do so more heavily across minority populations.

The institution requires them to be bastards, ACAB is a statement about the institution of police and the people who elect to join that institution.

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> It's because they participate in a societal role that requires them to do bastardly things. They have to enforce unjust laws and unjust outcomes

The problems with American policing aren't merely that the cops have to enforce the law.

It's the qualified immunity, the get-out-of-jail-free cards for their buddies, and the dog shootings.

If the police never shot the wrong guy, always replaced your door after breaking it down, and were polite and apologetic when a mistake was made - people in this thread wouldn't be equating swatting with attempted murder.

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