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Trans | 18+ | PST | Socialist | Satanist | Pan | 6k hrs in VRC | Bad Hearing | Bottom
Trans | 18+ | PST | Socialist | Satanist | Pan | 6k hrs in VRC | Bad Hearing | Bottom
![A tumblr post by the user "bynux" with the following text:
"Well my {{relationship}} is a cop and they're actively trying to help their community! Also they're a black lesbian, so how could they possibly be racist/queerphobic?"
When I say that all cops are bastards, I don't necessarily mean that every single individual person who goes into law enforcement is an irredeemably bad person who wants to exert power over others they consider lesser than them.
What I mean by ACAB is that policing as a concept is rooted in beliefs antithetical to a healthy and safe community, the authority of the police is regularly abused with impunity, and uneven policing is a known conduit for systemic racism and other forms of bigotry.
In this framework, every single law enforcement official is complicit in the subjugation of others simply by being part of the system. Each individual officer does have the potential to do some amount of good in their role, and they may be going into it because they genuinely believe they are helping their community. However, the extent to which they can be helpful or "good" is limited by the inherent corruption of the system as a whole.
Those who become officers to fight fascism or bigotry are still misguided. The use of state-sanctioned armed violence to imprison "problem people"—instead of putting work into solving the issues that make people desperate/mentally ill/radicalized enough to commit these crimes—is an inherently bigoted and inhumane approach to "solving crime."
That is why we don't trust cops by default. That is why we keep our mouths shut when we're pulled over or approached as a suspect. That's why there are no cops at Pride.
[in larger text] That's why all cops are bastards.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4ukhwc2uxzmdcccts6vlp23j/bafkreifygjwcrzsorocmcrj7h67ir5gmjsuiga5k45kxxh4nnmxkj347g4)
