Hi! I'd like to point out that ACAB is a generalisation that doesn't take into account the different jobs within the police force. My father is an ex-cop in NSW, and his dream job was crash investigation (of which he was in for several years), and even had to do several crash related stuff whilst he was in general duties due to the lack of people in crash investigation. He made sure to check through everything and get as much information as he could, but generalising that 'All Cops Are Bastards' is plain wrong. He didn't go to crash investigations with body parts strewn across roads, or an incident late at night with black ice that killed two sisters who he was heartbroken for, just to be called a bastard by people who generalise. Yes, police have more power than the average person, but as a queer person, it feels the same as calling all queers pedophiles. It's incorrect and a tiny minority, of which seems to be massive at times due to the incidents that are heavily publicised. If my father, as an ex cop who retired due to PTSD and other issues is a bastard, then why did he make sure to capture some beauty like a sunset in the background of his crash investigation photos when he could? He didn't have to, wasn't told to, but he did it so in court where he provided evidence, not everything he would show would be suffering. He did his best, was a kind man where he could be, and even asked people if he could pray over them for their loss, saying he was religious and even if they didn't believe, he only had one person in his 32 years in the police force who said no.
It's people who generalise, and don't see others as humans that makes the situations worse. Not all cops are bastards. It's a small few who get that power and abuse it, and it's saddening because I hate seeing posts like this where people generalise a massive group of people. I know that in Australia, our First Nations people have higher deaths in custody, and police brutality does exist here, but not all police are evil. He has spoken about how some police would rile up some drunkards occasionally after they say a thing or two to get them to snap back so they can arrest them, and he would be disappointed. Not all cops are bastards, because if my father was, he wouldn't have joined the police force, because my father loves everyone. Even as a Christian man, he doesn't care about race or gender identity, and he understands that some people have a different religion, and that's okay, but he still loves them all and wants the best for everyone.
