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.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    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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      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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          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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            3 days ago

            That’s nice. They won’t give you the same consideration.

            By the way, the 1-2 weeks is more of a maximum, before they kill you in a “training accident” or “accidental friendly fire” because Officer Unicorn was “in the wrong place”

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              Yes, Officer Unicorn, sure! One can support the unicorn nature with data, so that’s a defensible phrase.

              Officer Unicorn would give me the same consideration right? They’re one in a million in this hypothetical.

              So, why PEB - because ACAB disrespects the good one[s*] killed “accidentally”. Maybe they were even gonna get jaded and become true class traitors one day but no need to go Minority Report on them.

              *assumes at least two good officers since 1776

              btw I’m not always this stubborn about semantics - maybe often but not always, thanks for engaging