It’s not about the few good cops that don’t get enough recognition - that’s not what ACAB means. ACAB means that the police as an institution is flawed on a foundational, systemic level and a few good actors don’t cancel that out.
It’s just not fruitful to discuss what a few outliers do well if it’s a failure of the government on a systemic level to have reasonable police officers. The job itself invites power-tripping men into it who want to abuse power, and they get away with it because there’s not enough disciplinary measures taken from higher-ups and the government to counteract that.
It’s like when women talk about their bad experiences with men and that they’re afraid to be around them and a man chimes in to say “but not all men are like that”. Yes, people know - it’s obvious - but it just doesn’t add anything of value to the conversation. It doesn’t change the fact that the majority have these tendencies, and it’s not a surprise when people are not fans of either.
It’s not about the few good cops that don’t get enough recognition - that’s not what ACAB means. ACAB means that the police as an institution is flawed on a foundational, systemic level and a few good actors don’t cancel that out.
It’s just not fruitful to discuss what a few outliers do well if it’s a failure of the government on a systemic level to have reasonable police officers. The job itself invites power-tripping men into it who want to abuse power, and they get away with it because there’s not enough disciplinary measures taken from higher-ups and the government to counteract that.
It’s like when women talk about their bad experiences with men and that they’re afraid to be around them and a man chimes in to say “but not all men are like that”. Yes, people know - it’s obvious - but it just doesn’t add anything of value to the conversation. It doesn’t change the fact that the majority have these tendencies, and it’s not a surprise when people are not fans of either.