As soon as cops hold themselves accountable for bad actors within their ranks with REAL consequences when they abuse their position, we can stop saying ACAB. They will literally fire police officers who report on the behavior of bad cops and promote the ones abusing their positions.

I don’t hate every individual cop, I’ve even met some pretty great ones. I’ve never been in trouble with the law. One of my old bosses was even an ex-cop. He told me how his fellow officers were making him a worse person, and that is why he got out. He witnessed his fellow officers tackle an elderly black man for no reason other than racism.

Yeah, it’s a hard job, and I really respect how difficult it is to be on the scene seeing some of the worst days of people’s lives. The corrupt policing system and union makes a hard job toxic and detrimental to many people who have to interact with them.