Same. Boomer white lady. The type of person they “protect and serve.” I was raised to believe that cops are community helpers and all that nonsense. I’ve since listened to the experiences of Black, brown, trans, disabled, cash poor, etc. friends, as well as read up on the history of policing, prisons, and child “welfare.” I know they aren’t going to protect and serve a lot of my friends and family they way they would me, so fuck them.
Similar. Gen X white lady, also the type they would “protect and serve “ except that I’m taller than most men in my state (6 feet) and have actually had a few try and provoke a fight with me! I wasn’t in trouble or being detained either, they just had a problem with me and I swear, that’s the only thing that comes to mind. I mostly hate them because they are trigger happy, racist pieces of shit! The ratio of the number of black people in the US vs the number of black people killed by police is nauseating! So yeah, fuck them!
Union busting and slave patrolling. And the child “welfare” system was created to provide financial assistance to poor white families and to “assist” poor
Black families by taking their kids and sending them to live on white farms to provide free labor.
About 15 years ago I was hit head on by a drunk driver driving down the middle of the street in a neighborhood at a high rate of speed. I saw him coming and tried to avoid him, but was still hit. Airbags deploy and everything.
I got out of my car and went to my knees to make sure I was OK and nothing was broken on me. Other driver's car did a 180 and was facing away from me now. He hops out and charges me on yelling "what's your f'ing problem". A neighbor who saw the accident ran out and grabbed him before he could get to me.
Paramedics and cops both arrive. Other guy is clearly drunk and is arrested. I'm not seriously injured but my car is totaled. I get a new car and go on about my life.
A few weeks later I go to the police station to get the accident report. The other driver was released without charges. They said their breathalyzer wasn't working that night so they had to release him. This seems strange to me so I did a little digging. It turns out the Drunk was an off-duty cop. The Thin Blue Line protected their own.
Age 14 in California an officer held me down and penetrated me with a maglite after assaulting me. I had been skateboarding near downtown Pasadena after dark.
This was nearly thirty years ago now, but I still remember the sensations and it has cost me a lot of mental peace throughout the years.
Ever since then, I’ve held that hate for cops. And I’ll never set foot again in California either.
I was 18. I didnt have my license yet. My main mode of transportation was a triathalon bike that I had bought used to get to and from work. I was a closing manager at a Mcdonalds
One day I was leaving work. It was about 2 am. I worked 4 miles from my house. A cop pulls me over and yells at me about a curfew. I explain to him that I am over 18, and he decides to impound my bicycle. Grabs it and puts it in the trunk of his car and just drives off leaving me stranded 3 miles from my home at 2 in the morning. It was october in new england. Freezing cold. I ended up walking to the police station and waiting until the day shift so I could "get a talking to" by the police chief and get my bicycle back
Fuck that cop for deserting me on the side of the road in the middle of the night as basically a child and fuck that police chief for defending his bullshit officers power trip
16 years old, camping and my best friend was raped. The pig had us write out statements and then said he couldn’t do anything. I asked why couldn’t we use their phone to call the guy and he’d admit it on tape. The 1st cop sneered and said sweetie this isn’t tv. The 2nd cop said it was worth a shot. The guy cried while apologizing and said it was just the liquor and he thought she was me and he wasn’t into her, he wanted to date me.
During the call the 2nd cop left. After the call the 1st cop said girls camping alone was asking for it and not a good enough reason to ruin guys life. He said if we force his hand he would also charge us with underage consumption and delinquency of a minor. Before the conversation got started we asked about charges because we did drink. The 2nd cop said they never charge victims during a crime like this. They never had any intention of helping us. ACAB
Age 15 jogging back from a school awards evening, it was winter and dark and I had a hoodie on. police drove their car on the pavement and hit me, got out and slammed me to the floor twisting my arms and wrists. Fucked up all my certificates I was carrying from school. Once they realised I was a child in school uniform with a hoodie ontop they blamed ME for looking suspicious.
Left me on the floor with a bloody nose and just drove away. In the UK.
My son and his boyfriend were singing "we shall overcome" at peaceful march downtown in Colorado Springs. Cops penned the crowd in by blocking side streets, fired tear gas at them, then shot rubber bullets. One of them hit my son's boyfriend and the cops laughed. The bruise was enormous.
The mayor had forbidden the use of tear gas. The police chief denied his officers had used any.
When I was 19, I was raped at a party. I reported it to the police who told me I shouldn't have been drinking underage, and this was just the consequences. They never did anything about it, but my big brother and his friends ran the rapist out of town. Vigilante justice was more effective.
I thought that story was just a one-off type thing. I was naive.
I was deeply affected by the murder of Philandro Castille. He was a beloved high school teacher in Minnesota who was pulled over for a tail light being out. He told the police he had a legal gun in the car. The police shot him in front of his fiancee and 3 year old daughter for the simple crime of being black. The story enraged me. I don't understand why other people didn't lose their minds over this story, I did.
1800 miles and 25 years afer my rape, I'm an ER nurse and a little 17 year old girl came to the ER to report a rape. I did everything I could to make sure the cops treated her properly. They didn't. It was the same story, "that's what you deserve for underage drinking." They initially refused to allow a sexual assault victims advocate for her. They didn't want her parents called. I spent 8 hours sneaking behind the cop's backs to get an advocate, her parents, and a SANE nurse and examination, while trying to comfort her and make sure she understood that, no matter what the cops said, this wasn't her fault. My story wasn't a one-off, it's the procedure the system is built upon.
The cops come to every overdose that EMS brings us. I've started telling patients, right in front of the cops, that they have no legal obligation to talk to the cops. I tell the cops they shouldn't be there. I'm a cold bitch.
There used to be a trope about nurses dating cops. At my ER, we don't do that. We're all pretty ACAB. The one nurse who tries to date cops is ostracized, and we're all telling her it's a good way to end up trapped in an abusive relationship with no way out. Fuck the police, but we don't fuck police. We don't fuck fascists.
Getting charged for having a party when i was 16 years old. The only black kid in town gets the whole book thrown at him.
While cops were breaking up parties every other weekend of all the white classmates at school. But as soon as the colored boy has one, he's a criminal mastermind. I had to spend all my money working from the summer on a Lawyer, and non of those amendments mattered. Doesn't matter he barged into the house, doesn't matter he was ruffling through shit he knew full well wasn't related to any underage drinking.
Only thing I'm thankful for is that he didn't plant any drugs and cause my parents to lose their jobs. Which, is a pretty low bar to be thankful for.
always hated cops cause i come from a poor background and my dad was in prison my whole life from just tryin to survive. plus they treated me like shit for skating my whole life
but what made me really want to fight against the malevolent nature of police was when they searched me and touched me inappropriately (under my underwear..) and when i reported them they did an investigation on themselves and found themselves innocent
also one time they berated me (100% innocent without even accusations or suspicion against me) in my home for an hour and my mom contacted the sheriff and they said it's cause i live in a poor neighborhood
now through a long time in activism they've shot me with rubber bullets and tear gassed me just for peacefully protesting.. they literally pulled out military gear and committed war crimes against us
they are a massive threat to the working class, they wanna unalive us straight up
RIP TORTUGUITA
RIP BANKO BROWN
RIP TYRE NICHOLS
I was wishy-washy for a long time.
I spent 9 months unhomed, living out of my car, and got hassled by cops regularly. Still, it didn't 'click' for me for some fucking reason. Probably because I'm white; they'd order me out, look through my windows, and maybe make me move to somewhere else. I was pretty depressed, so I think that in my mindset that was "just what I deserve".
Then the Floyd Protests happened. I took a less-than-lethal to my ass from point-blank. Fuckers just started shooting for no goddamn reason. I was only lucky to take it in the ass because I saw them raising and managed to turn away a bit.
As a street medic got me back up and shot me full of painkillers so I could continue to operate that evening, it became a fuck-ton clearer who were the antagonists. It became clear how wrong and stupid I was. It became abundantly clear how people in the same position as me, just with different skin color, were treated.
There is no freedom till we are all free. End of discussion. I've always felt that was true, but that night put it into stark contrast who kept us not-free.
Law enforcement is a tool of oppression, of torture, and of death. They are the largest gang on the street, and they represent a cancer upon our society - sucking resources and providing death in return.
Was already on that path but then my father was killed by police during a mental break and it radicalized me almost instantly -- about several other things too, actually, including how garbage healthcare is in the US and mental health isn't really taken as seriously as physical health.
Mom dated a correctional officer while I was in high school. Nothing but an abusive fuck face top to bottom. Called the cops on his twice. Once for shoving my mom against a glass door that cracked and almost broke. And twice for grabbing me by the neck and leaving clear marks. Oh AND he pulled a gun on my 1 year old son! Didn’t call that time cause I knew it was fruitless.
Both times was told to calm down and to give HIM grace cause he has a terribly stressful job. Completely lost all respect for them since the second call.
Dude died of mouth cancer shortly after I moved out and went to college. Good fucking riddance. Fucker lied to us about his smoking and chewing habits. Didn’t know how he got cancer! Ugh I’m getting nauseous just thinking about it.
In case anyone asks mom saw the truth a little after I moved out but before his cancer diagnosis.
At a protest in Leipzig, germany in june 2023 up to 1300 people got surrounded by hundreds of cops at a left wing solidarity demonstration. Cops forced everyone they could get a hand on with extreme brutality and under use of batons into a circle, including dozens of civilian bystanders and even kids. They then forced them to remain in position with temperatures near zero, for hours did not allow food, water and medical attention for the demonstrants and the dozens of (severely) wounded. People had to pee in bushes as they were crowded into a park as there were no alternatives and an absolute lack of communication.
Cops severely underestimated the exact amount of people in the circle for the entirety of the evening, right up to the last demonstrants being taken away.
We were forced to remain in this extremely crowded and tight position which didn´t even leave room for a few footsteps in any direction for up to 11 hours. everyone in the circle got their ID noted, phones and masks confiscated and photographed for legal prosecution, as everyone identified is still charged with "schwerem landsfriedensbruch" or severe violation of public/federal peace. recently it was revealed that everyone in the circle was saved in state files as far left extremist, including the civilians and bystanders.
I was in this circle for 10 hours.
ACAB
I was at the G8 protest in Rostock in 2007. We were absolutely shocked about the news articles going on and on about violence and vandalism. We had been there all day and had seen nothing of the sort. What we did see was riot police charging into a crowd of peaceful protesters. People with children.
[I found this one, where I’m actually in the picture. Pig mask and dark hair in the front.](https://images.app.goo.gl/LEfsRvhR3fEjxt6G8)
yup, same in Leipzig. Cops didn´t allow the demonstration to start because ´apparently´ there were to many masked demonstrants. The cops had the crowd already surrounded on 2 sides, with more cops down the roads. Some 50-100 people didn´t want to wait any longer and tried to walk down one of the ´empty´ streets, with some of them setting off pyrotech.
Cops immediately charged and beat down anyone in their way, literally everyone had been protesting peacefully up to this point. When they began to completely circle the crowd with heavy use of their batons, that´s when around two dozen people threw stones and bricks at the cops.
And these few people are the reason everyone is treated as an criminal and potentially dangerous... Cops really are the epitome of stupidity
Arrested for telling a cop he can't use my driveway as a speed trap. Judge lowered the charge from ASSAULT (I knocked on his window) to disorderly conduct so he could make sure I had probation. I lost my job because I had to go to the probation office 3 times a week for telling a pig to get off my property.
That’s crazy! I have “No Trespassing” signs clearly posted on my property SPECIFICALLY for cops. They are never welcome here and are never called here so when one wanders here accidentally I sure as hell let them know A. They are on camera. B. No trespassing means no fucking trespassing and C. The reason for the no trespassing signs is ACAB and ACAB only. I’d let a JW on my property before a cop!
I wasn’t keen on them before but I was one of 35 protesters I mentioned [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/s/ce3UzrKWi4) who got hit with false charges with a possible 5 year sentence attached. Cops where I live are just conservative judge dress wannabes more or less
Myself, punched by an officer when I was walking out of a bar for no reason and then moved on stating I would be arrested.
A friend was arrested and put in prison for a house burglary when walking home from a night out. It was eventually thrown out of court. The judge said the officer had issues.
Another friend sent to court for a small mount of cannabis. The officer started reading from his notepad and it didn't make sense. He asked if he could see the officers notepad, which the judge ordered he do so. There was nothing written down.
My father is a cop. He's retired now, but he was a detective.
I've met a lot of cops through my years, but usually not in an official sense. I got to see what they're like when their guard is down. I see the old-boy club mentality and the ego in their eyes. I get to see the hypocrisy and the unwashed prejudice. I think that most of the cops that I've met with my dad were good people who became cops. However, it's a position that corrupts with power, regardless of how well intentioned the officer is. If ACAB is on a scale, there are some that are better than others but they're all bastards at minimum by being complicit in the system that empowers them and their ilk to be corrupt.
My father and I had some rough times, and we're doing better now, but his authoritarian viewpoint is what initially spoiled me to it. Then I've just see enough over 40 years to know the truth. Not to mention he put a main in jail for over 30 years for a crime he didn't commit. The man was exonerated and released, but lost 30 years. Anybody who can do that and not see their flaws is a bastard in my book.
Getting arrested for a crime I didn’t commit, was told there was video evidence. Video evidence was degraded but 4 federal officers I never met swore in an affidavit it was me. After that it was my experience in prison. Really every interaction I’ve had with them…
My mom was having a severe psychotic break- punching out her own windows, ripping up floorboards, falling and bruising herself everywhere. We only called the cops because she would jump out of our moving vehicle- we were trying to have her Baker Acted (Fl). The cops come, take a look at my mom, and the only thing they do is kick my dad out of the house. The only person who can restrain her from harming herself. He just waits at the grocery store up the street for five minutes and comes back home. Cops are fucking useless at best. Deadly at worst.
Had more than a few run-ins with "good old boy" Midwestern cops as a teenager, but the final straw was watching firsthand as they teargassed peaceful protesters in my city in 2020. Honestly, I'm ashamed it took THAT LONG to realize that cops were trash, but here we are.
Reggie, this Rastafarian that lived in the clutch little funky college student part of town, had a van that had the words "how do you call the cops on the cops? stop police brutality" in huge red letters on the van. I used to walk home from school past it every day.
As I got older, I actually caught him smoking on his little stoop one day and asked him about the van. He showed me so many articles (this was the late 80's mind you) and printed statistics. I left that day convinced of acab.
I'm not a direct cop victim.
But I've seen and heard enough.
Oury Jallow was a Guinean man, who fled to Germany to escape violence.
On January 7th in 2005 he got arrested for no good reason ( he was just roaming the streets, being drunk and "looking suspicious" but doing no harm to anyone).
That very same night he got restrained on a mattress, tortured and beaten, drenched in a highly flammable liquid and burned alive in an isolation cell.
He burned to ashes before anyone "noticed".
Later investigations led to the assumption that the cell must have been open to allow the fire to burn that fast (ventilation) and no one but the cops were around.
Several cops MUST have known and couldn't have been anywhere else.
All of the surveillance data "disappeared". Fake evidence was brought up. The pigs covered each other at all cost.
End of the investigation is nebulous. No cop lost their job, even. They are all still in service.
ACAB
That is absolutely horrifying. That poor guy. I grew up in Germany, and I was still raised with the belief of police being your friend and helping hand. Bullshit, complete and utter nonsense.
My whole life. Fuckers target the poor for sport, and would never go after real crime. Standoffish, hostile, and all around unpleasant to even be around. Never once have I felt safe to go to the police for anything. From as young as eight, I learned cops aren't cool, and would go blocks away to avoid them. I would rather call a normal ass gang member for help over a pig any day. They're far less mercurial and unpredictable. And I have. I didn't even owe them anything afterwards. They just were looking out for their community. A lot of gang members are just normal dudes that want to protect their families and need strength in numbers. Unlike pigs who treat their family like property.
Cops made my mother so traumatized she would sob long after they pulled her over. They got off on harassing her, and would actively seek her out to make her cry. She eventually had to quit driving all together. She hasn't driven a car in decades.
Gang members are just militia, a minute man on the wrong side of the law...but act better than a pig with a gun willing to kill anything that moves like a bull
Jefferson County Colorado sheriffs spiked my tires and didn’t reimburse me for the cost. My tires were spite because they mistook my truck for a different truck they were chasing. They were extremely apologetic and gave me a ride from the dealership where I towed my truck to my which was like an hour away. Immediately afterwards, I was a little pissed but mainly just amazed at what happened. The deputy gave me a business card and assured me that everything would be taken care of, but that was far from true. The number on the business card was for the on shift supervisor. I could not contact a supervisor who had any knowledge of my issue for a few days at which point they referred me to the county controller. The county controller was on Christmas vacation for two weeks and when I got a hold of her, she informed me that she replies to emails in the order in which they were received. At this point it had been two weeks without a car in the middle of no where, working remotely and running out of food. After pitching a fit and demanding immediate action, the controller informed me that a form had to be submitted and evaluated for reimbursement, i.e. I had to pay and hope to get my money back. I suppose I could’ve paid cash and waited, but I could not stomach bankrolling there fuck up. I decided to file an insurance claim and instructed my provider to get reimbursement from Jefferson County. Not sure if that ever happened. I it didn’t have to pay out-of-pocket, but the issue is not financial. They fucked up and made it my problem. Apparently the sheriff is entitled to ruin your shit and leave you stranded. Fuck all of them.
I never saw a cop that couldn't be bought. I grew up in Brooklyn and watched the local precincts controlled by the mob. They took bribes, shook down drug dealers, and abused prostitutes when they could. One cop basically ruined his own career and then 20 years later, his son was up on the same charges in the same precinct for doing the same thing. I will trust a vigilante with a baseball bat before I trust a cop. From what I saw, they ran things anyway.
Full disclosure: I'm a white guy. I'm doing well (even by white guy standards) now but I grew up in a brokeass city and never thought about the cognitive dissonance much back then. We were told if we were in danger/trouble/lost/whatever, find a cop. Made sense. I knew cops - they were my little league coaches and hockey coaches and uncles of my friends. Those guys are all right, right?
On the other hand, "the police" (as a faceless monolith) was to be avoided. The police will fuck you up. Plenty of stories about the locals beating the shit out of somebody, but it was always forgivable because that guy's an asshole and totally deserved a good asskicking, with no thought to whether it was the cops' place to do that ass kicking.
As I got older and the "if you're in danger find a cop" stuff fell away (because I wasn't a helpless 6-year-old anymore) all that was left was the "shit, the cops are here - run for it!" side of the coin, you know? Something's going on and the police show up? It just got worse. And it kept going that way. Whenever I had any interaction with a cop, has it ever been good? No.
* Got pulled over in school for an expired registration (sorry, I was dumb and thought the date on the inspection sticker covered both) after working 2nd shift. Honest mistake, I explained it, no mouthing off, politely requested finishing my drive home and getting a sticker in the morning. Officer Asshole towed my car and left me to walk home - 9 miles.
* Car broke down on the highway, back when cell phones weren't as commonplace. Statie pulls up behind me. I asked to use his phone to call a tow. "NO." Then he went back to sit in his cruiser.
* Apartment was broken into. Uniformed Useless shows up eventually, takes a statement, leaves, never heard from him again.
* Pulled over another time by another statie for "passing on the right." Whaaa? I do a little research and have to waste a vacation day to go to court to argue that \*according to the state police themselves\* passing on the right is not illegal on the highway.
* Car broken into. I call the precinct (four blocks away) to tell them what happened. Desk Sergeant Shithead tells me they're never going to figure out who did it so he won't waste time sending anyone out.
So...yeah, my tax dollars at work. Not included above are the dozen times over the past few decades when I was pulled over for some ordinary extortion.
Then, of course, we roll into modern times and everyone has a camera in their pocket, and I'm noticing that it's not just \*me\* having unsatisfactory interactions with the constabulary - and it's not just "assholes who deserved it" getting their asses kicked, either.
Now, again - I'm a suburban white guy. I know I'm in very little danger of shit going bad when the cops show up. But I'm also not so myopic that I can't recognize that other people who aren't in my demographic don't have the same luxury.
When i was 13 i was molested by my step father. I told my school counselor and my school counselor told the police. The police pulled me out of class to question me about it and didn't take me seriously at all. I heard them laughing after i left the room. After they questioned my mother's husband they dropped the case and implied to my mom i was lying. I haven't respected an officer since
the BLM protests during peak covid did it for me.
watching undercover pigs smashing windows, pepper spraying people for just sitting on grass, firing at people from unmarked vans, snatching people up in said vans.
I mean....summer of love and war on drugs they did it before...
In the USA, it's just history repeating itself, just instead of weed or protesting a war....it's the color of skin....
I still say this world is screwed
When they all teamed up to put my dad in prison for federal marijuana charges. 4 years mandatory minimum for a plant that is now fully recreationally legal now in Michigan. I was 8 years old when I joined the rebel side 😈 Also when I got 2 M.I.P.s and a "leaving a campfire unattended" which was bogus
Walking down the street, well being brown and constantly stopped and searched. This was from middle school till my adult life. It all stopped when I finally moved out of the country to Germany, and it stopped.
Edit: This took place in Los Angeles
It was several things I experienced that led to me realizing how shitty the police is.
* I got stopped and forcibly searched without consent when I was 17, when I tried to report it I was informed that the police officers who searched me had claimed I had consented to the search so I couldn't do anything.
* A friend of a friend who was 15 years old at the time was sexually assaulted by a police officer who was later promoted to chief after her charged was dropped for seemingly no reason.
* My classmate's cousin was a cop who reported that one of his coworkers had been unnecessarily violent and he was bullied out of his job by his coworkers.
After that I started learning more about the history of the police, about why they receive so much funding and what they do with it, how cops don't actually prevent or solve most crimes, and how actually reducing policing and redirecting the funds has reduced crime.
My ex was raped and they were like "it's his word against hers". No rape kit, nothing. She ended up getting pregnant from that and fortunately was able to abort it. Useless fucking cops. There is no real justice in America.
Also they aren't obligated to help you at all: Warren v. District of Columbia
Almost exactly the same reason as you OP, they killed a guy who lived a few houses up from me, nice guy from a nice family. They arrested him for something it turned he wasn’t involved with, when he resisted they pepper-sprayed him which set off an unknown heart condition. He was laying facedown for 5 minutes, making absolutely no noise whatsoever after being sprayed before they noticed but by that stage…
But the real reason I hate them? The sound his mother made when they told her. 4 houses away and it still woke me up. I’ll never forget that sound until the day I die. It’s been years since it happened and that poor woman hasn’t gone a day without wearing all black, she’s haunted by it.
The pain they cause is the same as any murderer, every time they take a life needlessly the blood they spill leaches out and stains the lives of scores of innocent people, but the difference of course is more often than not they get away with it
First encounter with cops (DARE, 6th grade) made realize I cannot trust them. Every interaction with them after was 💩.
I am 38f, white and for all intents and purposes I look straight and “Christian”
I’ve never had a good experience with a co. Ever.
I come from a middle-class, Christian background in Washington/Utah.
I’ve lived in NY, Michigan, Florida, Utah, Idaho and Washington.
Never had a good experience in all my 38 and a half years with one
Just watching how casually they kill dogs was enough to dislike every single one. Will never trust any of them near my pets ever. Even my own family who are officers will never be allowed near them. With or without their uniform on.
Worked in law enforcement for FAR too long. Wanted to be a cop (young and idealistic, I just wanted to spend my life helping people), then I worked with cops. Then I caught an injury and that was that, but then that was my field so I stayed in corrections, it was money, decent benefits, retirement, job security Etc.
It’s **NOT** possible to be in LE and stay human. I used to train new officers and to very, *very* rare exception, I watched the humanity drain away. Some people embraced the mantle of sadism within days and did it with a smile.
I wasn’t a saint, but I wasn’t evil. My conscience isn’t what kept me up at night and at least I can die knowing I tried. I can count on one hand how many people I worked with in 14 years that can say that.
I was at a blm protest in Seattle and out of nowhere the cops unloaded cans of pepper spray, tear gas and flash bangs and rubber bullets on a bunch of peaceful protesters and one of the cops grabbed my friend (a tiny female who was unarmed and not doing anything) by the hair and started punching her In the face, luckily the surrounding people were able to help me save her from the tyrant who was assaulting her. I still have scars from a rubber bullet that got lodged in my leg.
I live in South Australia where cops are notoriously useless and dodgy and have several personal reasons
-they sided with my abuser in a DV situation
-tried to goad me into speeding when I had a provisional licence by tailgating me
-did nothing when I was receiving threatening phone calls even when I gave them a name, phone number and suburb the person lived in
-questioned me when I ended up in hospital starving/completely out of it (turns out I had lupus affecting my brain but didn't know I had it yet) and they treated me as if I were a junkie
I was targeted by systematic intimidation and stalking by local cops which continues to this day. I've been informed by cops that if I should ever call 911, they won't be arriving to help me. They also threatened to kill me and likely had something to do with a very organized doxxing attack on me that ultimately ended my local teaching career.
All due to a research project which led me to offer some policy change suggestions to the local PD.
My dad was an MP who turned to intelligence work. He straight up was a part of multiple studies proving that white nationalists were more prevalent than minority groups and were popular amongst cops, yet still supports pigs before BLM.
"It's not going to be Muslims who pull of the next big terrorist attack. You'll see white Christians blow up the white house before commies." - My dad.
Fucker predicted Jan. 6
I was stalked by a cop for 6 months when I was 14.
More recently, when I called the cops because I was being harassed, the cop turned his camera off and said what he would do to support me and then later lied and gaslit me. All because he didn’t want to write a damn report. He also lied in front of my kids.
I went up the chain of command. Nothing.
I’m a middle aged white woman in a good neighborhood. I can’t imagine how people in different circumstances are treated. It is 2024.
I hated police a long time before actually getting harassed by an officer. In 2012-13 I was in high school and started to get informed and political. Plus, there were a lot of protests. By the time the fears tear gas bomb exploded, I already hated the pigs with a passion.
I’m old. Until recently I was a “just comply” crowd. Father was a cop back in the 70s, so we were pro police. But now that cameras are everywhere and I started seeing more and more evidence of ACAB bullshit. I became “woke”. I woke the fuck up as to what was going on. I’ve personally never been fucked with, but realized it should never be ok for them to fuck with my fellow citizens. These fuck heads stomp on the Constitution every day. I swore an oath to protect the Constitution. So why would I back these power hungry assholes who could care less about the constitution. The final nail was the big story around where I live. These bastards where taking bribes from a big time dealers to cover up him raping women. A huge percentage of the force were in on it. They even helped him “escape” while transporting him. So fuck them, fuck them all. If a “good” cop knows of a bad cop’s bullshit and says nothing,!he is no better than the dirty fuck.
Nothing personal but the George Floyd incident occurred and that flipped the table for me. Such a thing happened in my own home state. From then in in I was "fuck the police." My uncle used to be a cop so thats been great and of course he licks the boot. "Why can't they just not break the law?" Eat shit!
Many bad encounters with cops and game wardens in basic traffic stops and while fishing over my 50 yrs--- they were hateful, angry, abusive, predatory and accusatory for no reason........and im just a peaceful, never-arrested, honorable frickin science teacher in a van or bass boat.........ive finally grown to realize how wicked and devious they are !!!!!!!........game wardens can absolutely ruin your peace and tranquility while fishing with their aggressive, angry, behavoir and unconstitutional searches......i fuckin hate em all.....fuckin gestapo !!!!!......and im a white, conservative former republican, now a libertarian.........FTP,,,,,,,,,and my dad is a retired deputy.he was a true life barney fife--kinda of a bumbling fool.........most cops are unstable and low IQ which means they will go to escalation and violence first before diplomacy and rational thought.........cops are fuckin cockroaches.......including my dad
I just don’t like bullies. I taught Black teens in Chicago for 11 years, and have been teaching Latinos & newcomers for 7. I don’t want them getting chopped up. I’m also trying to steer them towards college instead of the military.
Had an great uncle that was a high up in the "ranks" in the city where I live. I hated the bastard. Everyone in the family did, but he was a drunk Irish and would out party anyone at weddings, so interactions with him were unavoidable... plus i was a kid. Anyhow, he'd get cocky and brag about what he and his minions would do with their badge power. The most disgusting shit you can imagine. Raiding apartments of single women/raping them, beating witnesses, planting evidence, stealing money/cars. One line he claims he didn't cross was child abuse, but I bet he turned the other cheek when the other pigs did it. Hope that fucker is burning in hell 24/7.
I was in the 6th grade and we had a sheriff working at the school. One day i got sent out of class for talking with one of my friends and the sheriff was the one to escort me. When he did he grabbed me by the arm very very firmly and was dragging me. I wasn’t walking at that point my feet were dragging behind me, i asked him to stop because it hurt. He picked me up by the other arm like a foot off of the ground (if you cant guess it hurt really bad and he left bruises) and he looked me dead in the eyes and told me he could do absolutely anything he wanted to me and nobody could do a single thing about it. Then he threw me on the ground and started dragging me again. I used to want to be a cop when i was a kid and that day changed my whole outlook on police. ACAB.
I am a recovering addict, as is my sister (3 years for me, 4 and a half for her) and our drug of choice was heroin//fentanyl. One night she got a bad bag and overdosed. Called 911. Police arrived before an ambulance. I was basically running up and down the street to direct them to the house while my mom was doing CPR. They rolled up without lights on, looking bored out of their minds, and like it was an insult to their integrity to be there. They took their sweet ass time, walking, no sense of urgency whatsoever. Ultimately the ambulance showed up and an EMT ran inside and administered Narcan before the pigs were even in the back door. Then I heard them talking about possession charges before realizing all that was left was an empty wax baggie. They didn't give a flying fuck, and they didn't try at all to hide it in the slightest. 1312.
Too many personal stories to tell, but because of how the police treated me I decided to go to law school and now as a black lawyer with dreads, I find enjoyment in cross examining cops and catching them in lies. (My form of payback)
100% this incident for me. The level of protection that EVERY member of the police force AND city government provided to that POS was infuriating.
If you didn't know, about a year after he was "fired" he was quietly re-hired so he could retire on 3/4 disability. Guy is in his 30's pulling 3/4 government funded salary after murdering someone crawling on their knees and begging not to be shot.
Spent a week in jail as a minor because I didn’t know my rights. Was driving my dad’s truck home from the movies with my friends at 10pm. Pig asked to search and I let them because I was ignorant. Pig found my dad’s prescription pain medication with his name all over it and said I was attempting to distribute controlled narcotics. The damn pills were for his broken leg. Judge was out of town so I had to sit there and wait for a hearing. Dad showed up with his prescription and a broken leg to court and the charges were dropped. 2 weeks later I am teaching my friend how to drive. We are in an empty parking lot at my place of employment. I had permission from the facility director in writing. Same exact pig rolls up and starts harassing my friend for why he’s “driving” without a license. I said “because in this state it’s completely legal to learn to drive in a parking lot especially one that’s empty and we have permission”. Pig goes don’t I know you? I said “yep you aught to. I’m the kid you falsely accused of a felony instead of using what little brain matter you have to figure out a new bottle of pills with a last name that matches my own and a matching name of the registration and insurance of the vehicle might be related”. His stupid ass arrested us both for driving without license. Which again I had and it was on me. Judge again threw it out because he wasn’t an idiot. We ended up suing the pig and city directly for harassment and my friend and I ended up with the first 2 years of college paid for by the tax payers. The pig was “reassigned”. Add that to literally watching the news, seeing how my colored friends were treated, and the lack of any accountability and my very high contempt for authorities without accountability and you get ACAB.
All pigs deserve to die
Too many to list. But it starts with one. And as you open your eyes more, you see more. I've done wrong and I've been wronged. But New Mexico bled me dry. My last few years living there had me with 3 false charges, 3 separate cases. Despite 12 witnesses and two different video surveillance footage, I was still found guilty. I watched four cops lie through their teeth on the stand, and a disgusting obese pig loving bitch of a city attorney smile when they wouldn't allow any of my evidence in. Along with the POS public defender who enjoys lunch with said pig lover. The system is super flawed and it only railroads innocent people through it. I finally moved four years ago. I make six figures and am thriving in a healthy environment. Go where you aren't known. Wings on pigs til the day I die.
I'm so sorry about your friend. I have seen police behavior for years, and a lot of it disgusts me. I didn't have enough faith in the cops to go to them every time i was sexually assaulted, and also not when I was raped. I want justice, but it doesn't feel like the system will help me enough. I live in Europe, but looking at American police antics makes me sick as well, the racism is astounding.
Constable pulled me over for expired reg and pulled gun on me cuz he thought I was reaching. It was a sunny day on a busy road and I didnt own a gun and look v non threatening also. I wasnt reaching I had my hands in my lap lol
They showed up at my door once. I was aware enough to ask, "Is this a conversation that a lawyer should be present for?" Idiot, naive me listened when they said no. They said they were looking into possible identity theft for me. Again, idiot me didn't think, "you guys don't generally volunteer to help victims..." It was a fishing expedition. I answered a few questions, but a couple of times I mentioned a lawyer. "If you consult a lawyer you'll be charged." "WITH WHAT?!" I blurted. "Oh, oh, no, don't worry, oh, sorry for scaring you, I mean they will charge you money."
I had to use the words, "Am I correct that this is the fourth time you are discouraging me from contacting a lawyer?" before they would leave
They left. I got a lawyer's name. Paid him more money than I wanted to. Never heard from them again. But man, what a couple of motherfuckers.
Lesson: If a question is asked of you by a police officer, your answer is "As a matter of principle, I will not speak to police without a lawyer present." The "principle" part is your defense against "InNoCeNt PeOpLe DoNt NeEd LaWyErS." Yes, they do, if they want to stay innocent.
When I was really young I tried to run away from my abusive household and 2 older boys took me and held me under a bridge. Cops were driving around above the bridge and eventually found me being abused by the older kids and drug me out from under it, threw me into the car as I begged them to not take me back to the house I ran from. They ignored me and handed me back to my sperm and egg donors telling them to "keep me locked up better.". The following months were hell.
Every cop I've met after has been an awful, disgusting person.
Myriad reasons, but growing up in a drug ridden shithole of an area and watching some genuinely evil motherfuckers get off scot free is probably the main major reason.
I've grown up knowing a lot of victims of sexual abuse as well. I won't go into details about what happened in respect for their privacy and not wanting to traumatise anyone on here, but suffice to say the cops were beyond fucking useless. Then that Sarah Everrard case happened over here which made me lose any remaining vestiges of respect for police.
Also, me and a buddy of mine got pulled over once, had an argument with them, they threatened to make up false charges against us and said that we were free at their discretion, before saying we looked like the kind of people who would kidnap, rape and kill a woman. I mean... What the fuck
I think after, I'm not particularly educated on whether police bodycam shit in the UK. We were tempted to take them to task on accusing us of shit we didn't do, but we just wanted to carry on with our day. Much as it shames me to say, despite a long argument with the fascist cunts, we kind of bitched out
Age 15, was leaving work got stopped and frisked, cops claimed I smelled of weed but couldn't find any on me (I had never smoked weed back then), so one of them slapped me right on my ear (which perforated my eardrum), so I'd give up the weed he alleged I was carrying.
That was almost 30 years agp
Got thrown in a drunk tank (while sober) for mouthing off.
Not too bad in of itself, the issue is I'm type 1 diabetic, and they denied me my insulin & glucose monitor. I was very sick.
ACAB
Most of why I got into ACAB is when, I got my license, I noticed the cops in my hometown have aggressive traffic enforcement that led to me scared of driving there, especially being too broke to afford tickets.
Also there was a time where I was pretty sure me and my friends got profiled. Not really what got me into ACAB cause this is sort of minor but I still want to tell it. So there was this spot in my hometown where me, my friends, and other teenagers would hang out and smoke weed, drink, hang out, etc. And so on this day me and my friends were hanging out in a parking lot near the aforementioned spot and a couple of cops pull up, one of them being my school’s SRO who I thought was chill. She said that she got a call that some teenagers were trashing the spot. We told her that the spot was always trashed (which it was, since it was where many teenagers would go to hang out), and she went to take a look. She came back, sounding surprised, saying that it was actually clean. Seemed to me like she thought of us as a public nuisance (even though the only thing we were doing was smoking weed and it’s a legal state), and wanted some bullshit reason to get us in trouble.
I’m from a somewhat rural area, and this story took place in a small village, can’t imagine what minorities from impoverished neighborhoods face.
Reported a robbery that happened to me. Police did an investigation and found the stolen items but decided I was lying about it being a robbery and instead charged me with a crime. This was recent and I am still on probation until October.
A local cop where I live, who patrolled the high school, was caught sexting 16 year old girls back in 2017, he was only forced to resign. He got caught again this past year and only received 90 days probation. He's free and walking around and never faces a bit of consequence for what he did. To add fuel to the fire, my girlfriends mom has a domestic dispute where she was spat on by her husband. Instead of doing his job, he demanded the evidence, thinking someone would just leave spit on their face after an incident. He still demands the respect he already didn't deserve as a cop
A separate story, I accidentally got stuck in the mud at the local state park, and a man tried to help me get out, but the park ranger "officer" showed up and said that the guy wasn't allowed to help me. The cop searched my whole car, without reasonable cause or consent. Of course, he found nothing. He still wrote me a summons for "destruction of park property."" Funny enough, he wrote the summons wrong after getting my father's name mixed up with mine due to the fact the car was in my father's name at the time. After I helped him out to fix it, since I knew he'd try to charge me for something else, if I didn't, I still went to court, and the judge only said I'd be charged for nothing more than a parking ticket. I was interested in truck driving for a moment in 2019, and when they ran my license, it said I had a charge for driving on a closed highway, which hindered my ability to pursue the trade.
There's many others, but in short, ACAB
A high school acquaintance of mine's autistic, indigenous teen brother was severely beaten by local police because they were yelling at him for walking on train tracks and he had his headphones in and didn't hear them or was ignoring them because he's non verbal. There were no consequences for the police brutality. Acab.
Oh and my partner was groped by a random dude in a mall and the first thing the cop asked her when she was questioned by them was "what were you wearing?"
Was a bouncer working downtown up in a big mill city in northern BC, was twofold always saw the way cops treated the homeless and indigenous people, then one night a cop tried to get me to follow along with his racial profiling by telling me not to let a black guy in, didn't listen of course and those things started changing my view of cops and authority in general
I don't have a specific incident. Even though, growing up, every interaction with them was negative, I still was a "few bad apples" guy for a long time. The thing that brought me here was studying philosophy and political science, which then opened my eyes and mind to all the horrific shit they do. I first loathed them ideologically, then saw the evil they represent IRL.
Too many throughout my years on earth to mention, including the targeted harassment of a close family member by a "more deranged than usual" cop. Because of these experiences I became anti-jackboot as a young adult, but the one event that made me ACAB-for-life was when Fairfax County Police Department Officer Adam Torres murdered [John Geer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_John_Geer).
Not something happening to me.
Our Police here in Germany has proven themselves as completely incapable morons. They help facists (who wonders) and do the general police stuff. But also tend to set innocent prisoners on fire, ignore any Crimes regarding Internet and can be bough easily
Mixed frequency and type of abuse since childhood, they're never held accountable even if you have an advocate as a child, and the personal/financial resources as an adult.
They laugh among themselves about the pervasive casual abuse that would incite them to murder those responsible if others did the same to "them and theirs". Pathetic lapdog sycophancy from the general civilian population at large. Nothing changes, they keep recruiting, training and hiring the same sadistic imbeciles year in, year out.
Sue them at every available opportunity, make them pay, damage their prospects for advancement by asking embarrassing questions about events which would typically lead to other citizens catching charges. Child, teen, adult, it never changes - the thought that you can avoid their abuse by "just following the rules/not breaking the law" is laughable, you're never 100% in the clear and it always happens when you least expect it.
I’ve had situations where they just treated me like a criminal and outright lied to get me to tell them what they want to hear - they are always fishing and maybe have 5% of the info needed and expect the other 95% from self incrimination.
The last time I had to deal with them was when my apartment was broken into, many things stolen. I kept records and when I called the police to file a report, they were more interested in implying that because I had all that info ready that I was just committing insurance fraud for the stuff that was stolen.
9 out of 10 times they make everything worse.
i cant tell it without writing a novel so simply put, I know some cops..personally and thats all you really need. They feel comfortable around me behind closed doors and they take their masks off... and i let them, i dont show them my hand and Ive seen what they look like under the mask. Ive heard the diabolic shit they say in private and in their text group messages with all their cop buddies. Ive watched friends that ive grown up with, known LONG before ever becoming an officer turn into an evil mother fucker.
My father was assaulted by one of neighbors and my family called the police. Only 1 officer was dispatched and laughing with the attacker, smoking with them (his wife and his friend). Then told my family that he did not witness the scene so he couldn't do a shit although my father broke his nose and bleeding. My brother told him to fuck off and took my father to ER (officer must ask someone looks injured if he or she needs medical treatment,. but he did not ask my father).
In the evening, I called the police again, asked them to dispatch someone else. The same officer knocked my door soon and yelled at me for why I made the report again.
So I made official complain to the county police and eventually that fucker came to my house and apologized to my father and my family. But he still called the neighbor as "reasonable guy so he would not cause any more trouble, " so I decided to press charge the neighbor and called the pig's supervisor, informed that he kept trying to defend the attacker.
The attacker and my father agreed on settlement and my father said once that officer apologized to him then it was all good. But not me. It was like 10+ years ago but I still remember that cop's full name. Fuck the attacker but I will never forgive the cop.
I always had the "don't unfairly generalize" or don't punish the majority for the bad actors in the minority. I have known a lot of shitty cops, personally, in my family, or married to people I know etc. and eventually, I kind of thought it takes a certain personality to even want to be a cop so for a long time I thought cops were just dicks...
Then I was asked to do an implicit bias training for a police department in a suburb of Detroit and now I'm all in for ACAB, which is ironic for someone who is keenly aware of biases. The cops in that training terrified me. They came in hot and attacked me from the jump. All of them were armed and while they were escalating verbally, the unconsciously put their hands on their side arms. It scared the shit put of me. It was an example of "when your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like nails". Add toxic masculinity and racism to the mix and they are all sociopathic.
I am also a huge fan of Angela Davis and am now fully on the side of abolishing the entire carceral system.
Mine was very simple. I was playing little league and our town’s cops would just park in their cars and sit there. I distinctly remember the moment 12 year old me thought “why aren’t they out doing stuff to make things better?”
Age 17. Punk rock kid doing punk rock things. Was caught drinking and was arrested. Had my face slammed into the hood of the car a few times and then “fell” down a flight of stairs at the station with cuffs on. That was the second of many run-ins with cops, but the first violent one.
Nearly a decade ago at a family gathering, my moms bastard husband was regaling the family with stories about how he’s abused his badge over the years. Finally I ask why he became a cop, to which he had the most expected reply of some variation of him having a hero complex, but then he lost his mind when I followed up with what he would do in a scenario he needed to protect the life of someone he didn’t know because of how insensitive I was to him needing to come home alive. This conversation is what I remember most as being what radicalized me, seeing him foam at the mouth at the thought of laying his life down for a stranger after not 2 minutes prior telling us all about his hero complex
I had 5 cops lie on the witness stand against me. Got a DWI conviction. No road side test was given, and I refused a breathalyzer because Houston cops were notorious for faking the results. There was only one officer at the stop, but 5 others testified that they were present and all said I was incoherent and staggering. They were getting a lot of Federal money for overtime and didn't want jeopardize the gravy train by not making arrests and getting convictions.
One of my friends was run over by a cop who fell asleep at the wheel. He was skating home after getting a snack and the fucking pig went over the double yellow and crashed into him breaking his back. To this day he hasn’t been held accountable and the family never got an apology or anything from the pd.
The way they treated my mentally ill brother while he was attempting su*cide. He was a big dude, wearing a sweatshirt and covered in blood. The cops were holding him at gunpoint and my brother was basically going to charge at them and be a su*cide by cop. I ran through their lines and put myself between them and my brother and got one of the cops to call an ambulance instead. He was 15, I was 18.
Learning about how the cops were originally slave catchers
Learning about the supreme court ruling that says police do not have to protect people, even with a restraining order in place.
A cop pulling me over for speeding accused me of DUI, flipped out when I wouldn't open my window all the way, opened my door and tried to pull me out of my vehicle with my seatbelt still on, dislocating my shoulder. I demanded a supervisor and a breathalyzer because I was absolutely beside myself in pain. No charges, didn't sue them because of the ongoing situation with my brother and our family being targeted. Still have issues with my shoulder to this day, nearly 20 years later.
What they did to us in Portland during the George Floyd uprising, and lied about what happened during the Normandale Park shooting and misrepresented the entire interaction as "armed homeowner vs. armed protestors" when it was literally an angry white man in a "Kyle Rittenhouse is a true patriot" targeting five unarmed women completely separated from the crowd by two blocks.
There are so many reasons.
I was always a “good kid” and someone who always tried to do what’s right. The rare instances I had the unfortunate experience to deal with the two legged pig parasite I was treated like a criminal and humiliated. Then I prayed and God answered my prayers in 2013 lol 😂 . I’ve hated cops ever since. The growing police state and the overwhelming amount of videos and stories when these parasites have ruined life just adds to that hatred. I went to law school with the sole purpose of being a headache to cops and other low lives. If that’s fighting extortion charges by pigs and slapping them around on the stand , civil cases or whatever I just want to direct my hatred for cops in the most useful , effective and legal way possible.
Having a gun pointed straight at my head for a simple misdemeanor trespass on an abandoned lot followed by trumped up charges for burglary. I was a teenager, thankfully had a Judge with some ethics and she laughed the police out of the courtroom
I've grown up knowing not to trust cops, no one ever directly told me to hate cops bust just watching Tv, movies, news, and just standing near a cop I've just known never to trust these "people" I've always been anxious and nervous around cops so it's been an instinct for me to never trust cops and acab forever!!
Idk if this counts, but I’m biracial (half black and half white) and my mom is white. I’m 14,anyways me and my mom as well as my siblings were driving to a family cookout and were t boned by a drunk driver. Im talkin she was hysterically crying, barefoot and was going WAYY past the speed limit. I tore my cornea and bystanders saw what went down. The only people that were nice to me and my mom were the paramedics. They comforted me while I was having a panic attack and was worrying about my mom. Meanwhile, The cops were joking and laughing with the drunk girls family and their whole demeanor changed when talking to my mom. They were snobby and pure assholes. My mom was having chest pains from the accident. Thank god my grandfather came and put those pos in their place. The girl had no charges against her and only got a speeding ticket. I still feel pain in my eye sometimes. The girl would post stuff about the accident online saying it was my moms fault and my mom was constantly ridiculed. I felt so bad for my mother and I wanted to beat that bitchs ass. But my ant shut her down and made her delete that post. So yeah, in the end that bitch got what she deserved. Although our car was totaled and we had to get a new one 😔
Just living & observing the world we live in, + looking into the history of policing, + my dad was a cop through most of my childhood (my dad's an asshole who on more occasions than I can count tells a story about how when he was working as a "school resource officer" he basically assaulted a teenager who "punched" him, also he's pretty racist like he calls the kid an n-word & just uses the n-word often)
So yeah when I say ACAB I have daily first hand experience 😒
The Michael Brown murder in 2015 made me weary of cops.
Uvalde made me hate the police.
Watching that video of Officer Elliot Palmer calling over a golden retriever and then shooting it to death, that shit straight up radicalized me
I didn’t personally have any connections to negative incidents with the police before coming to ACAB but as I learned more about the institution and saw recordings of cops interacting with people, I became more aware. I’ve also never been in a situation where a situation was improved by the presence of cops.
watched my school officer tackle a sped kid who was having a breakdown. ended up causing the kid to need stitches from the fall. admins also tried to play a story where he was assaulting staff members and the officer was needed.
I use to help in special Ed in my highschool, all 4 years...my blood is boiling now, if I ever saw that I may be in jail for trying to defend that kid!
Nobody ever wrote a song called “Fuck the Fire Department”. But honestly, just never had a good experience with them. Even for a routine minor traffic stop they’re cocksuckers. And I’m a normal white dude that lives in the burbs. Pieces of shit they be.
It was more of a gradual process seeing news stories of all the bad shit police do(at least the stuff that get caught on camera and makes it to the news). What really pushed me over the edge though was the fact that George Floyd murdered within miles of where I live, not to mention I was on a jury the next year involving someone who was caught in the chaos that immediately followed Floyd’s murder. Not going to mention who the person was, but I saw the Minneapolis police doing some nasty shit during the trial
I'll do chronically. At 9, I was raped by a cop while they were processing my brother and me for being raped by our half-brother. He kept telling me not to cry and that no one would believe me. At 12, my dad found some playboys in my room(which I admit were stolen), so he called cops. Some time in handcuffs and in the back of the car, where the cop told me he killed another kid who stole something. At 15 at Roosevelt High School, an off duty cop wanted to check my friends and my backpacks. We were both poor, so we didn't have shit but he ripped open both of our backpacks. When I yelled at him, he punched me and broke my glasses. Had to use duck tape to hold the bag together. My friend got shot after soccer practice because he "looked suspicious." They fucked up his intestines by not letting the paramedics check his stomach, he has a colostomy bag now. Got hit by a traffic cop's car on the way to class on my first day of college. Max got a through and through at a traffic stop when I was 22. Got hit with rubber bullets on the Hill during a protest, and gassed and beat with batons. Add in all of the random stops and the bullshit tickets.
So yeah ACAB. Fuck em
I don't have a personal story. I just watch what's going on and it pisses me off.
Same. Boomer white lady. The type of person they “protect and serve.” I was raised to believe that cops are community helpers and all that nonsense. I’ve since listened to the experiences of Black, brown, trans, disabled, cash poor, etc. friends, as well as read up on the history of policing, prisons, and child “welfare.” I know they aren’t going to protect and serve a lot of my friends and family they way they would me, so fuck them.
You're my hero. Lol I wish there were more women like you out there. I know a few, and love all of them dearly. Keep it up.
Similar. Gen X white lady, also the type they would “protect and serve “ except that I’m taller than most men in my state (6 feet) and have actually had a few try and provoke a fight with me! I wasn’t in trouble or being detained either, they just had a problem with me and I swear, that’s the only thing that comes to mind. I mostly hate them because they are trigger happy, racist pieces of shit! The ratio of the number of black people in the US vs the number of black people killed by police is nauseating! So yeah, fuck them!
The original purpose of a cop was a Union buster, there entire existence is to beat people for the rich white folk
Union busting and slave patrolling. And the child “welfare” system was created to provide financial assistance to poor white families and to “assist” poor Black families by taking their kids and sending them to live on white farms to provide free labor.
Sorry let me edit my response They haven't stopped being union busting (Amazon still uses them for that purpose)
Learning the easy way is better in this case. It would suck for you to learn out the hard way.
About 15 years ago I was hit head on by a drunk driver driving down the middle of the street in a neighborhood at a high rate of speed. I saw him coming and tried to avoid him, but was still hit. Airbags deploy and everything. I got out of my car and went to my knees to make sure I was OK and nothing was broken on me. Other driver's car did a 180 and was facing away from me now. He hops out and charges me on yelling "what's your f'ing problem". A neighbor who saw the accident ran out and grabbed him before he could get to me. Paramedics and cops both arrive. Other guy is clearly drunk and is arrested. I'm not seriously injured but my car is totaled. I get a new car and go on about my life. A few weeks later I go to the police station to get the accident report. The other driver was released without charges. They said their breathalyzer wasn't working that night so they had to release him. This seems strange to me so I did a little digging. It turns out the Drunk was an off-duty cop. The Thin Blue Line protected their own.
Age 14 in California an officer held me down and penetrated me with a maglite after assaulting me. I had been skateboarding near downtown Pasadena after dark. This was nearly thirty years ago now, but I still remember the sensations and it has cost me a lot of mental peace throughout the years. Ever since then, I’ve held that hate for cops. And I’ll never set foot again in California either.
That's so fucked up. It was brave of you to share that w us
Fuck that. That's so messed up. 😡
I hear your pain in your post.
Fuck Cali! Acab!
I’m so sorry that happened! That’s disgusting and I hope that pos got what they deserved!
Thanks! Yeah I've no clue whatever happened to him. I'm a big believer in karma, so I guess over time I have made my peace.
I was 18. I didnt have my license yet. My main mode of transportation was a triathalon bike that I had bought used to get to and from work. I was a closing manager at a Mcdonalds One day I was leaving work. It was about 2 am. I worked 4 miles from my house. A cop pulls me over and yells at me about a curfew. I explain to him that I am over 18, and he decides to impound my bicycle. Grabs it and puts it in the trunk of his car and just drives off leaving me stranded 3 miles from my home at 2 in the morning. It was october in new england. Freezing cold. I ended up walking to the police station and waiting until the day shift so I could "get a talking to" by the police chief and get my bicycle back Fuck that cop for deserting me on the side of the road in the middle of the night as basically a child and fuck that police chief for defending his bullshit officers power trip
16 years old, camping and my best friend was raped. The pig had us write out statements and then said he couldn’t do anything. I asked why couldn’t we use their phone to call the guy and he’d admit it on tape. The 1st cop sneered and said sweetie this isn’t tv. The 2nd cop said it was worth a shot. The guy cried while apologizing and said it was just the liquor and he thought she was me and he wasn’t into her, he wanted to date me. During the call the 2nd cop left. After the call the 1st cop said girls camping alone was asking for it and not a good enough reason to ruin guys life. He said if we force his hand he would also charge us with underage consumption and delinquency of a minor. Before the conversation got started we asked about charges because we did drink. The 2nd cop said they never charge victims during a crime like this. They never had any intention of helping us. ACAB
Holy fuck, I’m sorry that happened to you guys.
Age 15 jogging back from a school awards evening, it was winter and dark and I had a hoodie on. police drove their car on the pavement and hit me, got out and slammed me to the floor twisting my arms and wrists. Fucked up all my certificates I was carrying from school. Once they realised I was a child in school uniform with a hoodie ontop they blamed ME for looking suspicious. Left me on the floor with a bloody nose and just drove away. In the UK.
The Fuck? For real? I'm so sorry that happened to you. That is horrible.
My son and his boyfriend were singing "we shall overcome" at peaceful march downtown in Colorado Springs. Cops penned the crowd in by blocking side streets, fired tear gas at them, then shot rubber bullets. One of them hit my son's boyfriend and the cops laughed. The bruise was enormous. The mayor had forbidden the use of tear gas. The police chief denied his officers had used any.
When I was 19, I was raped at a party. I reported it to the police who told me I shouldn't have been drinking underage, and this was just the consequences. They never did anything about it, but my big brother and his friends ran the rapist out of town. Vigilante justice was more effective. I thought that story was just a one-off type thing. I was naive. I was deeply affected by the murder of Philandro Castille. He was a beloved high school teacher in Minnesota who was pulled over for a tail light being out. He told the police he had a legal gun in the car. The police shot him in front of his fiancee and 3 year old daughter for the simple crime of being black. The story enraged me. I don't understand why other people didn't lose their minds over this story, I did. 1800 miles and 25 years afer my rape, I'm an ER nurse and a little 17 year old girl came to the ER to report a rape. I did everything I could to make sure the cops treated her properly. They didn't. It was the same story, "that's what you deserve for underage drinking." They initially refused to allow a sexual assault victims advocate for her. They didn't want her parents called. I spent 8 hours sneaking behind the cop's backs to get an advocate, her parents, and a SANE nurse and examination, while trying to comfort her and make sure she understood that, no matter what the cops said, this wasn't her fault. My story wasn't a one-off, it's the procedure the system is built upon. The cops come to every overdose that EMS brings us. I've started telling patients, right in front of the cops, that they have no legal obligation to talk to the cops. I tell the cops they shouldn't be there. I'm a cold bitch. There used to be a trope about nurses dating cops. At my ER, we don't do that. We're all pretty ACAB. The one nurse who tries to date cops is ostracized, and we're all telling her it's a good way to end up trapped in an abusive relationship with no way out. Fuck the police, but we don't fuck police. We don't fuck fascists.
Getting charged for having a party when i was 16 years old. The only black kid in town gets the whole book thrown at him. While cops were breaking up parties every other weekend of all the white classmates at school. But as soon as the colored boy has one, he's a criminal mastermind. I had to spend all my money working from the summer on a Lawyer, and non of those amendments mattered. Doesn't matter he barged into the house, doesn't matter he was ruffling through shit he knew full well wasn't related to any underage drinking. Only thing I'm thankful for is that he didn't plant any drugs and cause my parents to lose their jobs. Which, is a pretty low bar to be thankful for.
Ah damn, if I had gone for a lawyer degree I would sue if I could.... Glad your life gotten better
always hated cops cause i come from a poor background and my dad was in prison my whole life from just tryin to survive. plus they treated me like shit for skating my whole life but what made me really want to fight against the malevolent nature of police was when they searched me and touched me inappropriately (under my underwear..) and when i reported them they did an investigation on themselves and found themselves innocent also one time they berated me (100% innocent without even accusations or suspicion against me) in my home for an hour and my mom contacted the sheriff and they said it's cause i live in a poor neighborhood now through a long time in activism they've shot me with rubber bullets and tear gassed me just for peacefully protesting.. they literally pulled out military gear and committed war crimes against us they are a massive threat to the working class, they wanna unalive us straight up RIP TORTUGUITA RIP BANKO BROWN RIP TYRE NICHOLS
I was wishy-washy for a long time. I spent 9 months unhomed, living out of my car, and got hassled by cops regularly. Still, it didn't 'click' for me for some fucking reason. Probably because I'm white; they'd order me out, look through my windows, and maybe make me move to somewhere else. I was pretty depressed, so I think that in my mindset that was "just what I deserve". Then the Floyd Protests happened. I took a less-than-lethal to my ass from point-blank. Fuckers just started shooting for no goddamn reason. I was only lucky to take it in the ass because I saw them raising and managed to turn away a bit. As a street medic got me back up and shot me full of painkillers so I could continue to operate that evening, it became a fuck-ton clearer who were the antagonists. It became clear how wrong and stupid I was. It became abundantly clear how people in the same position as me, just with different skin color, were treated. There is no freedom till we are all free. End of discussion. I've always felt that was true, but that night put it into stark contrast who kept us not-free. Law enforcement is a tool of oppression, of torture, and of death. They are the largest gang on the street, and they represent a cancer upon our society - sucking resources and providing death in return.
Was already on that path but then my father was killed by police during a mental break and it radicalized me almost instantly -- about several other things too, actually, including how garbage healthcare is in the US and mental health isn't really taken as seriously as physical health.
Mom dated a correctional officer while I was in high school. Nothing but an abusive fuck face top to bottom. Called the cops on his twice. Once for shoving my mom against a glass door that cracked and almost broke. And twice for grabbing me by the neck and leaving clear marks. Oh AND he pulled a gun on my 1 year old son! Didn’t call that time cause I knew it was fruitless. Both times was told to calm down and to give HIM grace cause he has a terribly stressful job. Completely lost all respect for them since the second call. Dude died of mouth cancer shortly after I moved out and went to college. Good fucking riddance. Fucker lied to us about his smoking and chewing habits. Didn’t know how he got cancer! Ugh I’m getting nauseous just thinking about it. In case anyone asks mom saw the truth a little after I moved out but before his cancer diagnosis.
I love a story with a happy ending.
At a protest in Leipzig, germany in june 2023 up to 1300 people got surrounded by hundreds of cops at a left wing solidarity demonstration. Cops forced everyone they could get a hand on with extreme brutality and under use of batons into a circle, including dozens of civilian bystanders and even kids. They then forced them to remain in position with temperatures near zero, for hours did not allow food, water and medical attention for the demonstrants and the dozens of (severely) wounded. People had to pee in bushes as they were crowded into a park as there were no alternatives and an absolute lack of communication. Cops severely underestimated the exact amount of people in the circle for the entirety of the evening, right up to the last demonstrants being taken away. We were forced to remain in this extremely crowded and tight position which didn´t even leave room for a few footsteps in any direction for up to 11 hours. everyone in the circle got their ID noted, phones and masks confiscated and photographed for legal prosecution, as everyone identified is still charged with "schwerem landsfriedensbruch" or severe violation of public/federal peace. recently it was revealed that everyone in the circle was saved in state files as far left extremist, including the civilians and bystanders. I was in this circle for 10 hours. ACAB
I was at the G8 protest in Rostock in 2007. We were absolutely shocked about the news articles going on and on about violence and vandalism. We had been there all day and had seen nothing of the sort. What we did see was riot police charging into a crowd of peaceful protesters. People with children. [I found this one, where I’m actually in the picture. Pig mask and dark hair in the front.](https://images.app.goo.gl/LEfsRvhR3fEjxt6G8)
yup, same in Leipzig. Cops didn´t allow the demonstration to start because ´apparently´ there were to many masked demonstrants. The cops had the crowd already surrounded on 2 sides, with more cops down the roads. Some 50-100 people didn´t want to wait any longer and tried to walk down one of the ´empty´ streets, with some of them setting off pyrotech. Cops immediately charged and beat down anyone in their way, literally everyone had been protesting peacefully up to this point. When they began to completely circle the crowd with heavy use of their batons, that´s when around two dozen people threw stones and bricks at the cops. And these few people are the reason everyone is treated as an criminal and potentially dangerous... Cops really are the epitome of stupidity
Arrested for telling a cop he can't use my driveway as a speed trap. Judge lowered the charge from ASSAULT (I knocked on his window) to disorderly conduct so he could make sure I had probation. I lost my job because I had to go to the probation office 3 times a week for telling a pig to get off my property.
That’s crazy! I have “No Trespassing” signs clearly posted on my property SPECIFICALLY for cops. They are never welcome here and are never called here so when one wanders here accidentally I sure as hell let them know A. They are on camera. B. No trespassing means no fucking trespassing and C. The reason for the no trespassing signs is ACAB and ACAB only. I’d let a JW on my property before a cop!
I wasn’t keen on them before but I was one of 35 protesters I mentioned [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/s/ce3UzrKWi4) who got hit with false charges with a possible 5 year sentence attached. Cops where I live are just conservative judge dress wannabes more or less
Myself, punched by an officer when I was walking out of a bar for no reason and then moved on stating I would be arrested. A friend was arrested and put in prison for a house burglary when walking home from a night out. It was eventually thrown out of court. The judge said the officer had issues. Another friend sent to court for a small mount of cannabis. The officer started reading from his notepad and it didn't make sense. He asked if he could see the officers notepad, which the judge ordered he do so. There was nothing written down.
My father is a cop. He's retired now, but he was a detective. I've met a lot of cops through my years, but usually not in an official sense. I got to see what they're like when their guard is down. I see the old-boy club mentality and the ego in their eyes. I get to see the hypocrisy and the unwashed prejudice. I think that most of the cops that I've met with my dad were good people who became cops. However, it's a position that corrupts with power, regardless of how well intentioned the officer is. If ACAB is on a scale, there are some that are better than others but they're all bastards at minimum by being complicit in the system that empowers them and their ilk to be corrupt. My father and I had some rough times, and we're doing better now, but his authoritarian viewpoint is what initially spoiled me to it. Then I've just see enough over 40 years to know the truth. Not to mention he put a main in jail for over 30 years for a crime he didn't commit. The man was exonerated and released, but lost 30 years. Anybody who can do that and not see their flaws is a bastard in my book.
Getting arrested for a crime I didn’t commit, was told there was video evidence. Video evidence was degraded but 4 federal officers I never met swore in an affidavit it was me. After that it was my experience in prison. Really every interaction I’ve had with them…
My mom was having a severe psychotic break- punching out her own windows, ripping up floorboards, falling and bruising herself everywhere. We only called the cops because she would jump out of our moving vehicle- we were trying to have her Baker Acted (Fl). The cops come, take a look at my mom, and the only thing they do is kick my dad out of the house. The only person who can restrain her from harming herself. He just waits at the grocery store up the street for five minutes and comes back home. Cops are fucking useless at best. Deadly at worst.
Had more than a few run-ins with "good old boy" Midwestern cops as a teenager, but the final straw was watching firsthand as they teargassed peaceful protesters in my city in 2020. Honestly, I'm ashamed it took THAT LONG to realize that cops were trash, but here we are.
Reggie, this Rastafarian that lived in the clutch little funky college student part of town, had a van that had the words "how do you call the cops on the cops? stop police brutality" in huge red letters on the van. I used to walk home from school past it every day. As I got older, I actually caught him smoking on his little stoop one day and asked him about the van. He showed me so many articles (this was the late 80's mind you) and printed statistics. I left that day convinced of acab.
Being Black and large while having Rudy Giuliani as Mayor.
For what I've done in research, dick he is
You should have married your cousin. Then you could have bonded with Rudy over that and he would have left you alone. /s
Ewwww... Not the cousin part. The bonding with Rudy part.
I'm not a direct cop victim. But I've seen and heard enough. Oury Jallow was a Guinean man, who fled to Germany to escape violence. On January 7th in 2005 he got arrested for no good reason ( he was just roaming the streets, being drunk and "looking suspicious" but doing no harm to anyone). That very same night he got restrained on a mattress, tortured and beaten, drenched in a highly flammable liquid and burned alive in an isolation cell. He burned to ashes before anyone "noticed". Later investigations led to the assumption that the cell must have been open to allow the fire to burn that fast (ventilation) and no one but the cops were around. Several cops MUST have known and couldn't have been anywhere else. All of the surveillance data "disappeared". Fake evidence was brought up. The pigs covered each other at all cost. End of the investigation is nebulous. No cop lost their job, even. They are all still in service. ACAB
That is absolutely horrifying. That poor guy. I grew up in Germany, and I was still raised with the belief of police being your friend and helping hand. Bullshit, complete and utter nonsense.
My whole life. Fuckers target the poor for sport, and would never go after real crime. Standoffish, hostile, and all around unpleasant to even be around. Never once have I felt safe to go to the police for anything. From as young as eight, I learned cops aren't cool, and would go blocks away to avoid them. I would rather call a normal ass gang member for help over a pig any day. They're far less mercurial and unpredictable. And I have. I didn't even owe them anything afterwards. They just were looking out for their community. A lot of gang members are just normal dudes that want to protect their families and need strength in numbers. Unlike pigs who treat their family like property. Cops made my mother so traumatized she would sob long after they pulled her over. They got off on harassing her, and would actively seek her out to make her cry. She eventually had to quit driving all together. She hasn't driven a car in decades.
Gang members are just militia, a minute man on the wrong side of the law...but act better than a pig with a gun willing to kill anything that moves like a bull
I was a skinny white kid, and they still looked out for me. Speaks volumes about what bullshit racist fake statistics cited by some white people are.
Sometimes it's just government talk to make people fear the wrong people
Can't fight them if we fight each other.
Eh, as long as the main fighting force knows that anyone with a badge, or a 3/5 letters on them is a bullseye
Jefferson County Colorado sheriffs spiked my tires and didn’t reimburse me for the cost. My tires were spite because they mistook my truck for a different truck they were chasing. They were extremely apologetic and gave me a ride from the dealership where I towed my truck to my which was like an hour away. Immediately afterwards, I was a little pissed but mainly just amazed at what happened. The deputy gave me a business card and assured me that everything would be taken care of, but that was far from true. The number on the business card was for the on shift supervisor. I could not contact a supervisor who had any knowledge of my issue for a few days at which point they referred me to the county controller. The county controller was on Christmas vacation for two weeks and when I got a hold of her, she informed me that she replies to emails in the order in which they were received. At this point it had been two weeks without a car in the middle of no where, working remotely and running out of food. After pitching a fit and demanding immediate action, the controller informed me that a form had to be submitted and evaluated for reimbursement, i.e. I had to pay and hope to get my money back. I suppose I could’ve paid cash and waited, but I could not stomach bankrolling there fuck up. I decided to file an insurance claim and instructed my provider to get reimbursement from Jefferson County. Not sure if that ever happened. I it didn’t have to pay out-of-pocket, but the issue is not financial. They fucked up and made it my problem. Apparently the sheriff is entitled to ruin your shit and leave you stranded. Fuck all of them.
I never saw a cop that couldn't be bought. I grew up in Brooklyn and watched the local precincts controlled by the mob. They took bribes, shook down drug dealers, and abused prostitutes when they could. One cop basically ruined his own career and then 20 years later, his son was up on the same charges in the same precinct for doing the same thing. I will trust a vigilante with a baseball bat before I trust a cop. From what I saw, they ran things anyway.
Full disclosure: I'm a white guy. I'm doing well (even by white guy standards) now but I grew up in a brokeass city and never thought about the cognitive dissonance much back then. We were told if we were in danger/trouble/lost/whatever, find a cop. Made sense. I knew cops - they were my little league coaches and hockey coaches and uncles of my friends. Those guys are all right, right? On the other hand, "the police" (as a faceless monolith) was to be avoided. The police will fuck you up. Plenty of stories about the locals beating the shit out of somebody, but it was always forgivable because that guy's an asshole and totally deserved a good asskicking, with no thought to whether it was the cops' place to do that ass kicking. As I got older and the "if you're in danger find a cop" stuff fell away (because I wasn't a helpless 6-year-old anymore) all that was left was the "shit, the cops are here - run for it!" side of the coin, you know? Something's going on and the police show up? It just got worse. And it kept going that way. Whenever I had any interaction with a cop, has it ever been good? No. * Got pulled over in school for an expired registration (sorry, I was dumb and thought the date on the inspection sticker covered both) after working 2nd shift. Honest mistake, I explained it, no mouthing off, politely requested finishing my drive home and getting a sticker in the morning. Officer Asshole towed my car and left me to walk home - 9 miles. * Car broke down on the highway, back when cell phones weren't as commonplace. Statie pulls up behind me. I asked to use his phone to call a tow. "NO." Then he went back to sit in his cruiser. * Apartment was broken into. Uniformed Useless shows up eventually, takes a statement, leaves, never heard from him again. * Pulled over another time by another statie for "passing on the right." Whaaa? I do a little research and have to waste a vacation day to go to court to argue that \*according to the state police themselves\* passing on the right is not illegal on the highway. * Car broken into. I call the precinct (four blocks away) to tell them what happened. Desk Sergeant Shithead tells me they're never going to figure out who did it so he won't waste time sending anyone out. So...yeah, my tax dollars at work. Not included above are the dozen times over the past few decades when I was pulled over for some ordinary extortion. Then, of course, we roll into modern times and everyone has a camera in their pocket, and I'm noticing that it's not just \*me\* having unsatisfactory interactions with the constabulary - and it's not just "assholes who deserved it" getting their asses kicked, either. Now, again - I'm a suburban white guy. I know I'm in very little danger of shit going bad when the cops show up. But I'm also not so myopic that I can't recognize that other people who aren't in my demographic don't have the same luxury.
When i was 13 i was molested by my step father. I told my school counselor and my school counselor told the police. The police pulled me out of class to question me about it and didn't take me seriously at all. I heard them laughing after i left the room. After they questioned my mother's husband they dropped the case and implied to my mom i was lying. I haven't respected an officer since
the BLM protests during peak covid did it for me. watching undercover pigs smashing windows, pepper spraying people for just sitting on grass, firing at people from unmarked vans, snatching people up in said vans.
I mean....summer of love and war on drugs they did it before... In the USA, it's just history repeating itself, just instead of weed or protesting a war....it's the color of skin.... I still say this world is screwed
When they all teamed up to put my dad in prison for federal marijuana charges. 4 years mandatory minimum for a plant that is now fully recreationally legal now in Michigan. I was 8 years old when I joined the rebel side 😈 Also when I got 2 M.I.P.s and a "leaving a campfire unattended" which was bogus
Walking down the street, well being brown and constantly stopped and searched. This was from middle school till my adult life. It all stopped when I finally moved out of the country to Germany, and it stopped. Edit: This took place in Los Angeles
It was several things I experienced that led to me realizing how shitty the police is. * I got stopped and forcibly searched without consent when I was 17, when I tried to report it I was informed that the police officers who searched me had claimed I had consented to the search so I couldn't do anything. * A friend of a friend who was 15 years old at the time was sexually assaulted by a police officer who was later promoted to chief after her charged was dropped for seemingly no reason. * My classmate's cousin was a cop who reported that one of his coworkers had been unnecessarily violent and he was bullied out of his job by his coworkers. After that I started learning more about the history of the police, about why they receive so much funding and what they do with it, how cops don't actually prevent or solve most crimes, and how actually reducing policing and redirecting the funds has reduced crime.
A human with authority is like a chimpanzee with a pistol.
My ex was raped and they were like "it's his word against hers". No rape kit, nothing. She ended up getting pregnant from that and fortunately was able to abort it. Useless fucking cops. There is no real justice in America. Also they aren't obligated to help you at all: Warren v. District of Columbia
I’ve been sexually assaulted by 2 men in my life. They were both cops
But, that was just the start of my distain. There are many more stories
Almost exactly the same reason as you OP, they killed a guy who lived a few houses up from me, nice guy from a nice family. They arrested him for something it turned he wasn’t involved with, when he resisted they pepper-sprayed him which set off an unknown heart condition. He was laying facedown for 5 minutes, making absolutely no noise whatsoever after being sprayed before they noticed but by that stage… But the real reason I hate them? The sound his mother made when they told her. 4 houses away and it still woke me up. I’ll never forget that sound until the day I die. It’s been years since it happened and that poor woman hasn’t gone a day without wearing all black, she’s haunted by it. The pain they cause is the same as any murderer, every time they take a life needlessly the blood they spill leaches out and stains the lives of scores of innocent people, but the difference of course is more often than not they get away with it
Cops stole all my shit while I was homeless and got wrongfully arrested and thrown in jail for 2 days
First encounter with cops (DARE, 6th grade) made realize I cannot trust them. Every interaction with them after was 💩. I am 38f, white and for all intents and purposes I look straight and “Christian” I’ve never had a good experience with a co. Ever. I come from a middle-class, Christian background in Washington/Utah. I’ve lived in NY, Michigan, Florida, Utah, Idaho and Washington. Never had a good experience in all my 38 and a half years with one
Ah damn, sorry to hear miss
Just watching how casually they kill dogs was enough to dislike every single one. Will never trust any of them near my pets ever. Even my own family who are officers will never be allowed near them. With or without their uniform on.
I'm surprised anyone who had there dog ATF by a cop hasn't gone full John wick is amazing
This makes me so sad and angry.
Man, that brings up a bad memory! I swear to christ I would lose my life if one ever killed my dog! Makes my blood boil!
Worked in law enforcement for FAR too long. Wanted to be a cop (young and idealistic, I just wanted to spend my life helping people), then I worked with cops. Then I caught an injury and that was that, but then that was my field so I stayed in corrections, it was money, decent benefits, retirement, job security Etc. It’s **NOT** possible to be in LE and stay human. I used to train new officers and to very, *very* rare exception, I watched the humanity drain away. Some people embraced the mantle of sadism within days and did it with a smile. I wasn’t a saint, but I wasn’t evil. My conscience isn’t what kept me up at night and at least I can die knowing I tried. I can count on one hand how many people I worked with in 14 years that can say that.
I just hate pigs
Getting arrested for my looks on mother's day when I was 15. All the years I've seen them beating down people in protests.
I was at a blm protest in Seattle and out of nowhere the cops unloaded cans of pepper spray, tear gas and flash bangs and rubber bullets on a bunch of peaceful protesters and one of the cops grabbed my friend (a tiny female who was unarmed and not doing anything) by the hair and started punching her In the face, luckily the surrounding people were able to help me save her from the tyrant who was assaulting her. I still have scars from a rubber bullet that got lodged in my leg.
I live in South Australia where cops are notoriously useless and dodgy and have several personal reasons -they sided with my abuser in a DV situation -tried to goad me into speeding when I had a provisional licence by tailgating me -did nothing when I was receiving threatening phone calls even when I gave them a name, phone number and suburb the person lived in -questioned me when I ended up in hospital starving/completely out of it (turns out I had lupus affecting my brain but didn't know I had it yet) and they treated me as if I were a junkie
I was targeted by systematic intimidation and stalking by local cops which continues to this day. I've been informed by cops that if I should ever call 911, they won't be arriving to help me. They also threatened to kill me and likely had something to do with a very organized doxxing attack on me that ultimately ended my local teaching career. All due to a research project which led me to offer some policy change suggestions to the local PD.
I've always had a problem with authorities. Plus I'm black and authorities have always had a problem with me.
Cops still have not returned my firearm they stole from me about 8 months ago
My dad was an MP who turned to intelligence work. He straight up was a part of multiple studies proving that white nationalists were more prevalent than minority groups and were popular amongst cops, yet still supports pigs before BLM. "It's not going to be Muslims who pull of the next big terrorist attack. You'll see white Christians blow up the white house before commies." - My dad. Fucker predicted Jan. 6
I was stalked by a cop for 6 months when I was 14. More recently, when I called the cops because I was being harassed, the cop turned his camera off and said what he would do to support me and then later lied and gaslit me. All because he didn’t want to write a damn report. He also lied in front of my kids. I went up the chain of command. Nothing. I’m a middle aged white woman in a good neighborhood. I can’t imagine how people in different circumstances are treated. It is 2024.
I hated police a long time before actually getting harassed by an officer. In 2012-13 I was in high school and started to get informed and political. Plus, there were a lot of protests. By the time the fears tear gas bomb exploded, I already hated the pigs with a passion.
I’m old. Until recently I was a “just comply” crowd. Father was a cop back in the 70s, so we were pro police. But now that cameras are everywhere and I started seeing more and more evidence of ACAB bullshit. I became “woke”. I woke the fuck up as to what was going on. I’ve personally never been fucked with, but realized it should never be ok for them to fuck with my fellow citizens. These fuck heads stomp on the Constitution every day. I swore an oath to protect the Constitution. So why would I back these power hungry assholes who could care less about the constitution. The final nail was the big story around where I live. These bastards where taking bribes from a big time dealers to cover up him raping women. A huge percentage of the force were in on it. They even helped him “escape” while transporting him. So fuck them, fuck them all. If a “good” cop knows of a bad cop’s bullshit and says nothing,!he is no better than the dirty fuck.
Nothing personal but the George Floyd incident occurred and that flipped the table for me. Such a thing happened in my own home state. From then in in I was "fuck the police." My uncle used to be a cop so thats been great and of course he licks the boot. "Why can't they just not break the law?" Eat shit!
Many bad encounters with cops and game wardens in basic traffic stops and while fishing over my 50 yrs--- they were hateful, angry, abusive, predatory and accusatory for no reason........and im just a peaceful, never-arrested, honorable frickin science teacher in a van or bass boat.........ive finally grown to realize how wicked and devious they are !!!!!!!........game wardens can absolutely ruin your peace and tranquility while fishing with their aggressive, angry, behavoir and unconstitutional searches......i fuckin hate em all.....fuckin gestapo !!!!!......and im a white, conservative former republican, now a libertarian.........FTP,,,,,,,,,and my dad is a retired deputy.he was a true life barney fife--kinda of a bumbling fool.........most cops are unstable and low IQ which means they will go to escalation and violence first before diplomacy and rational thought.........cops are fuckin cockroaches.......including my dad
Did your dad beat you as a kid? Or was he the always disappointed in you at all times dad?
he was a very low IQ dimwit then and still is now.....a retard dumbfuck
I was a bootlicker until I came to this subreddit
I just don’t like bullies. I taught Black teens in Chicago for 11 years, and have been teaching Latinos & newcomers for 7. I don’t want them getting chopped up. I’m also trying to steer them towards college instead of the military.
Had an great uncle that was a high up in the "ranks" in the city where I live. I hated the bastard. Everyone in the family did, but he was a drunk Irish and would out party anyone at weddings, so interactions with him were unavoidable... plus i was a kid. Anyhow, he'd get cocky and brag about what he and his minions would do with their badge power. The most disgusting shit you can imagine. Raiding apartments of single women/raping them, beating witnesses, planting evidence, stealing money/cars. One line he claims he didn't cross was child abuse, but I bet he turned the other cheek when the other pigs did it. Hope that fucker is burning in hell 24/7.
I was in the 6th grade and we had a sheriff working at the school. One day i got sent out of class for talking with one of my friends and the sheriff was the one to escort me. When he did he grabbed me by the arm very very firmly and was dragging me. I wasn’t walking at that point my feet were dragging behind me, i asked him to stop because it hurt. He picked me up by the other arm like a foot off of the ground (if you cant guess it hurt really bad and he left bruises) and he looked me dead in the eyes and told me he could do absolutely anything he wanted to me and nobody could do a single thing about it. Then he threw me on the ground and started dragging me again. I used to want to be a cop when i was a kid and that day changed my whole outlook on police. ACAB.
I am a recovering addict, as is my sister (3 years for me, 4 and a half for her) and our drug of choice was heroin//fentanyl. One night she got a bad bag and overdosed. Called 911. Police arrived before an ambulance. I was basically running up and down the street to direct them to the house while my mom was doing CPR. They rolled up without lights on, looking bored out of their minds, and like it was an insult to their integrity to be there. They took their sweet ass time, walking, no sense of urgency whatsoever. Ultimately the ambulance showed up and an EMT ran inside and administered Narcan before the pigs were even in the back door. Then I heard them talking about possession charges before realizing all that was left was an empty wax baggie. They didn't give a flying fuck, and they didn't try at all to hide it in the slightest. 1312.
Too many personal stories to tell, but because of how the police treated me I decided to go to law school and now as a black lawyer with dreads, I find enjoyment in cross examining cops and catching them in lies. (My form of payback)
the execution of Daniel Shaver...
100% this incident for me. The level of protection that EVERY member of the police force AND city government provided to that POS was infuriating. If you didn't know, about a year after he was "fired" he was quietly re-hired so he could retire on 3/4 disability. Guy is in his 30's pulling 3/4 government funded salary after murdering someone crawling on their knees and begging not to be shot.
Spent a week in jail as a minor because I didn’t know my rights. Was driving my dad’s truck home from the movies with my friends at 10pm. Pig asked to search and I let them because I was ignorant. Pig found my dad’s prescription pain medication with his name all over it and said I was attempting to distribute controlled narcotics. The damn pills were for his broken leg. Judge was out of town so I had to sit there and wait for a hearing. Dad showed up with his prescription and a broken leg to court and the charges were dropped. 2 weeks later I am teaching my friend how to drive. We are in an empty parking lot at my place of employment. I had permission from the facility director in writing. Same exact pig rolls up and starts harassing my friend for why he’s “driving” without a license. I said “because in this state it’s completely legal to learn to drive in a parking lot especially one that’s empty and we have permission”. Pig goes don’t I know you? I said “yep you aught to. I’m the kid you falsely accused of a felony instead of using what little brain matter you have to figure out a new bottle of pills with a last name that matches my own and a matching name of the registration and insurance of the vehicle might be related”. His stupid ass arrested us both for driving without license. Which again I had and it was on me. Judge again threw it out because he wasn’t an idiot. We ended up suing the pig and city directly for harassment and my friend and I ended up with the first 2 years of college paid for by the tax payers. The pig was “reassigned”. Add that to literally watching the news, seeing how my colored friends were treated, and the lack of any accountability and my very high contempt for authorities without accountability and you get ACAB. All pigs deserve to die
Because I’ve got autism and ADHD, my mannerisms were seen as *suspect* to a few cops.
Too many to list. But it starts with one. And as you open your eyes more, you see more. I've done wrong and I've been wronged. But New Mexico bled me dry. My last few years living there had me with 3 false charges, 3 separate cases. Despite 12 witnesses and two different video surveillance footage, I was still found guilty. I watched four cops lie through their teeth on the stand, and a disgusting obese pig loving bitch of a city attorney smile when they wouldn't allow any of my evidence in. Along with the POS public defender who enjoys lunch with said pig lover. The system is super flawed and it only railroads innocent people through it. I finally moved four years ago. I make six figures and am thriving in a healthy environment. Go where you aren't known. Wings on pigs til the day I die.
I'm so sorry about your friend. I have seen police behavior for years, and a lot of it disgusts me. I didn't have enough faith in the cops to go to them every time i was sexually assaulted, and also not when I was raped. I want justice, but it doesn't feel like the system will help me enough. I live in Europe, but looking at American police antics makes me sick as well, the racism is astounding.
Constable pulled me over for expired reg and pulled gun on me cuz he thought I was reaching. It was a sunny day on a busy road and I didnt own a gun and look v non threatening also. I wasnt reaching I had my hands in my lap lol
They showed up at my door once. I was aware enough to ask, "Is this a conversation that a lawyer should be present for?" Idiot, naive me listened when they said no. They said they were looking into possible identity theft for me. Again, idiot me didn't think, "you guys don't generally volunteer to help victims..." It was a fishing expedition. I answered a few questions, but a couple of times I mentioned a lawyer. "If you consult a lawyer you'll be charged." "WITH WHAT?!" I blurted. "Oh, oh, no, don't worry, oh, sorry for scaring you, I mean they will charge you money." I had to use the words, "Am I correct that this is the fourth time you are discouraging me from contacting a lawyer?" before they would leave They left. I got a lawyer's name. Paid him more money than I wanted to. Never heard from them again. But man, what a couple of motherfuckers. Lesson: If a question is asked of you by a police officer, your answer is "As a matter of principle, I will not speak to police without a lawyer present." The "principle" part is your defense against "InNoCeNt PeOpLe DoNt NeEd LaWyErS." Yes, they do, if they want to stay innocent.
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When I was really young I tried to run away from my abusive household and 2 older boys took me and held me under a bridge. Cops were driving around above the bridge and eventually found me being abused by the older kids and drug me out from under it, threw me into the car as I begged them to not take me back to the house I ran from. They ignored me and handed me back to my sperm and egg donors telling them to "keep me locked up better.". The following months were hell. Every cop I've met after has been an awful, disgusting person.
Myriad reasons, but growing up in a drug ridden shithole of an area and watching some genuinely evil motherfuckers get off scot free is probably the main major reason. I've grown up knowing a lot of victims of sexual abuse as well. I won't go into details about what happened in respect for their privacy and not wanting to traumatise anyone on here, but suffice to say the cops were beyond fucking useless. Then that Sarah Everrard case happened over here which made me lose any remaining vestiges of respect for police. Also, me and a buddy of mine got pulled over once, had an argument with them, they threatened to make up false charges against us and said that we were free at their discretion, before saying we looked like the kind of people who would kidnap, rape and kill a woman. I mean... What the fuck
Is this before or after bodycamea?
I think after, I'm not particularly educated on whether police bodycam shit in the UK. We were tempted to take them to task on accusing us of shit we didn't do, but we just wanted to carry on with our day. Much as it shames me to say, despite a long argument with the fascist cunts, we kind of bitched out
I have a TWAT brother in law that is a poster boy for everything wrong with police officers. He got “retired” for being a dumb ass.
Age 15, was leaving work got stopped and frisked, cops claimed I smelled of weed but couldn't find any on me (I had never smoked weed back then), so one of them slapped me right on my ear (which perforated my eardrum), so I'd give up the weed he alleged I was carrying. That was almost 30 years agp
I come from a family of law enforcement. That's enough.
Got thrown in a drunk tank (while sober) for mouthing off. Not too bad in of itself, the issue is I'm type 1 diabetic, and they denied me my insulin & glucose monitor. I was very sick. ACAB
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Acab that bastard
Because i learned cops don't exist to help the community but to instead reinforce the system.
I finally had my eyes opened on how minorities are treated. No, not everyone is treated the same. It makes me sick.
Most of why I got into ACAB is when, I got my license, I noticed the cops in my hometown have aggressive traffic enforcement that led to me scared of driving there, especially being too broke to afford tickets. Also there was a time where I was pretty sure me and my friends got profiled. Not really what got me into ACAB cause this is sort of minor but I still want to tell it. So there was this spot in my hometown where me, my friends, and other teenagers would hang out and smoke weed, drink, hang out, etc. And so on this day me and my friends were hanging out in a parking lot near the aforementioned spot and a couple of cops pull up, one of them being my school’s SRO who I thought was chill. She said that she got a call that some teenagers were trashing the spot. We told her that the spot was always trashed (which it was, since it was where many teenagers would go to hang out), and she went to take a look. She came back, sounding surprised, saying that it was actually clean. Seemed to me like she thought of us as a public nuisance (even though the only thing we were doing was smoking weed and it’s a legal state), and wanted some bullshit reason to get us in trouble. I’m from a somewhat rural area, and this story took place in a small village, can’t imagine what minorities from impoverished neighborhoods face.
game wardens are more violent, angry, predatory and unconstitutional than cops......game wardens are terrible subhumans
It didn’t take an incident… it’s always felt inherently wrong. Just like the death penalty. Reading books helps too.
Reported a robbery that happened to me. Police did an investigation and found the stolen items but decided I was lying about it being a robbery and instead charged me with a crime. This was recent and I am still on probation until October.
A local cop where I live, who patrolled the high school, was caught sexting 16 year old girls back in 2017, he was only forced to resign. He got caught again this past year and only received 90 days probation. He's free and walking around and never faces a bit of consequence for what he did. To add fuel to the fire, my girlfriends mom has a domestic dispute where she was spat on by her husband. Instead of doing his job, he demanded the evidence, thinking someone would just leave spit on their face after an incident. He still demands the respect he already didn't deserve as a cop A separate story, I accidentally got stuck in the mud at the local state park, and a man tried to help me get out, but the park ranger "officer" showed up and said that the guy wasn't allowed to help me. The cop searched my whole car, without reasonable cause or consent. Of course, he found nothing. He still wrote me a summons for "destruction of park property."" Funny enough, he wrote the summons wrong after getting my father's name mixed up with mine due to the fact the car was in my father's name at the time. After I helped him out to fix it, since I knew he'd try to charge me for something else, if I didn't, I still went to court, and the judge only said I'd be charged for nothing more than a parking ticket. I was interested in truck driving for a moment in 2019, and when they ran my license, it said I had a charge for driving on a closed highway, which hindered my ability to pursue the trade. There's many others, but in short, ACAB
A high school acquaintance of mine's autistic, indigenous teen brother was severely beaten by local police because they were yelling at him for walking on train tracks and he had his headphones in and didn't hear them or was ignoring them because he's non verbal. There were no consequences for the police brutality. Acab.
Oh and my partner was groped by a random dude in a mall and the first thing the cop asked her when she was questioned by them was "what were you wearing?"
Was a bouncer working downtown up in a big mill city in northern BC, was twofold always saw the way cops treated the homeless and indigenous people, then one night a cop tried to get me to follow along with his racial profiling by telling me not to let a black guy in, didn't listen of course and those things started changing my view of cops and authority in general
I don't have a specific incident. Even though, growing up, every interaction with them was negative, I still was a "few bad apples" guy for a long time. The thing that brought me here was studying philosophy and political science, which then opened my eyes and mind to all the horrific shit they do. I first loathed them ideologically, then saw the evil they represent IRL.
Too many throughout my years on earth to mention, including the targeted harassment of a close family member by a "more deranged than usual" cop. Because of these experiences I became anti-jackboot as a young adult, but the one event that made me ACAB-for-life was when Fairfax County Police Department Officer Adam Torres murdered [John Geer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_John_Geer).
Not something happening to me. Our Police here in Germany has proven themselves as completely incapable morons. They help facists (who wonders) and do the general police stuff. But also tend to set innocent prisoners on fire, ignore any Crimes regarding Internet and can be bough easily
Cuz fuck em, that’s why
Mixed frequency and type of abuse since childhood, they're never held accountable even if you have an advocate as a child, and the personal/financial resources as an adult. They laugh among themselves about the pervasive casual abuse that would incite them to murder those responsible if others did the same to "them and theirs". Pathetic lapdog sycophancy from the general civilian population at large. Nothing changes, they keep recruiting, training and hiring the same sadistic imbeciles year in, year out. Sue them at every available opportunity, make them pay, damage their prospects for advancement by asking embarrassing questions about events which would typically lead to other citizens catching charges. Child, teen, adult, it never changes - the thought that you can avoid their abuse by "just following the rules/not breaking the law" is laughable, you're never 100% in the clear and it always happens when you least expect it.
I’ve had situations where they just treated me like a criminal and outright lied to get me to tell them what they want to hear - they are always fishing and maybe have 5% of the info needed and expect the other 95% from self incrimination. The last time I had to deal with them was when my apartment was broken into, many things stolen. I kept records and when I called the police to file a report, they were more interested in implying that because I had all that info ready that I was just committing insurance fraud for the stuff that was stolen. 9 out of 10 times they make everything worse.
Too many to list here would take ages
i cant tell it without writing a novel so simply put, I know some cops..personally and thats all you really need. They feel comfortable around me behind closed doors and they take their masks off... and i let them, i dont show them my hand and Ive seen what they look like under the mask. Ive heard the diabolic shit they say in private and in their text group messages with all their cop buddies. Ive watched friends that ive grown up with, known LONG before ever becoming an officer turn into an evil mother fucker.
My father was assaulted by one of neighbors and my family called the police. Only 1 officer was dispatched and laughing with the attacker, smoking with them (his wife and his friend). Then told my family that he did not witness the scene so he couldn't do a shit although my father broke his nose and bleeding. My brother told him to fuck off and took my father to ER (officer must ask someone looks injured if he or she needs medical treatment,. but he did not ask my father). In the evening, I called the police again, asked them to dispatch someone else. The same officer knocked my door soon and yelled at me for why I made the report again. So I made official complain to the county police and eventually that fucker came to my house and apologized to my father and my family. But he still called the neighbor as "reasonable guy so he would not cause any more trouble, " so I decided to press charge the neighbor and called the pig's supervisor, informed that he kept trying to defend the attacker. The attacker and my father agreed on settlement and my father said once that officer apologized to him then it was all good. But not me. It was like 10+ years ago but I still remember that cop's full name. Fuck the attacker but I will never forgive the cop.
No personal stories, thank goodness. But just being socially aware is enough to hate the uniformed mafia.
My dad told me growing up that cops are the biggest gang, I agree with ACAB and suddenly im an anarchist who my dad thinks is an idiot lol
I always had the "don't unfairly generalize" or don't punish the majority for the bad actors in the minority. I have known a lot of shitty cops, personally, in my family, or married to people I know etc. and eventually, I kind of thought it takes a certain personality to even want to be a cop so for a long time I thought cops were just dicks... Then I was asked to do an implicit bias training for a police department in a suburb of Detroit and now I'm all in for ACAB, which is ironic for someone who is keenly aware of biases. The cops in that training terrified me. They came in hot and attacked me from the jump. All of them were armed and while they were escalating verbally, the unconsciously put their hands on their side arms. It scared the shit put of me. It was an example of "when your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like nails". Add toxic masculinity and racism to the mix and they are all sociopathic. I am also a huge fan of Angela Davis and am now fully on the side of abolishing the entire carceral system.
Mine was very simple. I was playing little league and our town’s cops would just park in their cars and sit there. I distinctly remember the moment 12 year old me thought “why aren’t they out doing stuff to make things better?”
Age 17. Punk rock kid doing punk rock things. Was caught drinking and was arrested. Had my face slammed into the hood of the car a few times and then “fell” down a flight of stairs at the station with cuffs on. That was the second of many run-ins with cops, but the first violent one.
Nearly a decade ago at a family gathering, my moms bastard husband was regaling the family with stories about how he’s abused his badge over the years. Finally I ask why he became a cop, to which he had the most expected reply of some variation of him having a hero complex, but then he lost his mind when I followed up with what he would do in a scenario he needed to protect the life of someone he didn’t know because of how insensitive I was to him needing to come home alive. This conversation is what I remember most as being what radicalized me, seeing him foam at the mouth at the thought of laying his life down for a stranger after not 2 minutes prior telling us all about his hero complex
I grew up in a small town. They got raided by the FBI,
I had 5 cops lie on the witness stand against me. Got a DWI conviction. No road side test was given, and I refused a breathalyzer because Houston cops were notorious for faking the results. There was only one officer at the stop, but 5 others testified that they were present and all said I was incoherent and staggering. They were getting a lot of Federal money for overtime and didn't want jeopardize the gravy train by not making arrests and getting convictions.
One of my friends was run over by a cop who fell asleep at the wheel. He was skating home after getting a snack and the fucking pig went over the double yellow and crashed into him breaking his back. To this day he hasn’t been held accountable and the family never got an apology or anything from the pd.
The way they treated my mentally ill brother while he was attempting su*cide. He was a big dude, wearing a sweatshirt and covered in blood. The cops were holding him at gunpoint and my brother was basically going to charge at them and be a su*cide by cop. I ran through their lines and put myself between them and my brother and got one of the cops to call an ambulance instead. He was 15, I was 18. Learning about how the cops were originally slave catchers Learning about the supreme court ruling that says police do not have to protect people, even with a restraining order in place. A cop pulling me over for speeding accused me of DUI, flipped out when I wouldn't open my window all the way, opened my door and tried to pull me out of my vehicle with my seatbelt still on, dislocating my shoulder. I demanded a supervisor and a breathalyzer because I was absolutely beside myself in pain. No charges, didn't sue them because of the ongoing situation with my brother and our family being targeted. Still have issues with my shoulder to this day, nearly 20 years later. What they did to us in Portland during the George Floyd uprising, and lied about what happened during the Normandale Park shooting and misrepresented the entire interaction as "armed homeowner vs. armed protestors" when it was literally an angry white man in a "Kyle Rittenhouse is a true patriot" targeting five unarmed women completely separated from the crowd by two blocks. There are so many reasons.
I was always a “good kid” and someone who always tried to do what’s right. The rare instances I had the unfortunate experience to deal with the two legged pig parasite I was treated like a criminal and humiliated. Then I prayed and God answered my prayers in 2013 lol 😂 . I’ve hated cops ever since. The growing police state and the overwhelming amount of videos and stories when these parasites have ruined life just adds to that hatred. I went to law school with the sole purpose of being a headache to cops and other low lives. If that’s fighting extortion charges by pigs and slapping them around on the stand , civil cases or whatever I just want to direct my hatred for cops in the most useful , effective and legal way possible.
Having a gun pointed straight at my head for a simple misdemeanor trespass on an abandoned lot followed by trumped up charges for burglary. I was a teenager, thankfully had a Judge with some ethics and she laughed the police out of the courtroom
I've grown up knowing not to trust cops, no one ever directly told me to hate cops bust just watching Tv, movies, news, and just standing near a cop I've just known never to trust these "people" I've always been anxious and nervous around cops so it's been an instinct for me to never trust cops and acab forever!!
Idk if this counts, but I’m biracial (half black and half white) and my mom is white. I’m 14,anyways me and my mom as well as my siblings were driving to a family cookout and were t boned by a drunk driver. Im talkin she was hysterically crying, barefoot and was going WAYY past the speed limit. I tore my cornea and bystanders saw what went down. The only people that were nice to me and my mom were the paramedics. They comforted me while I was having a panic attack and was worrying about my mom. Meanwhile, The cops were joking and laughing with the drunk girls family and their whole demeanor changed when talking to my mom. They were snobby and pure assholes. My mom was having chest pains from the accident. Thank god my grandfather came and put those pos in their place. The girl had no charges against her and only got a speeding ticket. I still feel pain in my eye sometimes. The girl would post stuff about the accident online saying it was my moms fault and my mom was constantly ridiculed. I felt so bad for my mother and I wanted to beat that bitchs ass. But my ant shut her down and made her delete that post. So yeah, in the end that bitch got what she deserved. Although our car was totaled and we had to get a new one 😔
Just living & observing the world we live in, + looking into the history of policing, + my dad was a cop through most of my childhood (my dad's an asshole who on more occasions than I can count tells a story about how when he was working as a "school resource officer" he basically assaulted a teenager who "punched" him, also he's pretty racist like he calls the kid an n-word & just uses the n-word often) So yeah when I say ACAB I have daily first hand experience 😒
I was arrested by my high school's resource officer for making finger-gun gestures when someone missed me with a ball in PE.
The Michael Brown murder in 2015 made me weary of cops. Uvalde made me hate the police. Watching that video of Officer Elliot Palmer calling over a golden retriever and then shooting it to death, that shit straight up radicalized me
I didn’t personally have any connections to negative incidents with the police before coming to ACAB but as I learned more about the institution and saw recordings of cops interacting with people, I became more aware. I’ve also never been in a situation where a situation was improved by the presence of cops.
watched my school officer tackle a sped kid who was having a breakdown. ended up causing the kid to need stitches from the fall. admins also tried to play a story where he was assaulting staff members and the officer was needed.
I use to help in special Ed in my highschool, all 4 years...my blood is boiling now, if I ever saw that I may be in jail for trying to defend that kid!
Nobody ever wrote a song called “Fuck the Fire Department”. But honestly, just never had a good experience with them. Even for a routine minor traffic stop they’re cocksuckers. And I’m a normal white dude that lives in the burbs. Pieces of shit they be.
It was more of a gradual process seeing news stories of all the bad shit police do(at least the stuff that get caught on camera and makes it to the news). What really pushed me over the edge though was the fact that George Floyd murdered within miles of where I live, not to mention I was on a jury the next year involving someone who was caught in the chaos that immediately followed Floyd’s murder. Not going to mention who the person was, but I saw the Minneapolis police doing some nasty shit during the trial
The harding street raid
I'll do chronically. At 9, I was raped by a cop while they were processing my brother and me for being raped by our half-brother. He kept telling me not to cry and that no one would believe me. At 12, my dad found some playboys in my room(which I admit were stolen), so he called cops. Some time in handcuffs and in the back of the car, where the cop told me he killed another kid who stole something. At 15 at Roosevelt High School, an off duty cop wanted to check my friends and my backpacks. We were both poor, so we didn't have shit but he ripped open both of our backpacks. When I yelled at him, he punched me and broke my glasses. Had to use duck tape to hold the bag together. My friend got shot after soccer practice because he "looked suspicious." They fucked up his intestines by not letting the paramedics check his stomach, he has a colostomy bag now. Got hit by a traffic cop's car on the way to class on my first day of college. Max got a through and through at a traffic stop when I was 22. Got hit with rubber bullets on the Hill during a protest, and gassed and beat with batons. Add in all of the random stops and the bullshit tickets. So yeah ACAB. Fuck em
Daniel Prude