Microblog Memes

I wouldn't necessarily call it civilized world, but yeah for basically every country that belongs to the so called "1st world" except the US it is and it takes a few years to become a police officer.

The duration of the training in the Police Academy varies for the different agencies. It usually takes about 13 to 19 weeks on average but can last up to six months.

https://golawenforcement.com/articles/how-long-does-it-take-to-become-a-police-officer/

Up to six months... Yikes.

In the software engineer industry, if you spent a year in a coding bootcamp, I still wouldn't trust you to know what you're doing.

Sorta, kinda, depends on the jurisdiction. This is one of those things where you almost have to treat the US as 50 separate countries rather than one big one.

There are 2 year associate degree programs for police. A full degree or masters also gets you better placement, like going plainclothes detective day one. Federal level, like FBI or Marshalls, generally require higher education. Average beat cops in some 'burb, though? May or may not require anything more than a High School degree or GED.

If your police system prioritizes protecting its own over serving the public, and you choose to join it anyway, then you are a bastard, so in that sense ACAB is true. The problem is that a lot of people have started using it to claim that all police, everywhere, in every system are bastards, and that just undermines the whole movement and ensures that we'll never have progress.

Yeah, whenever I see videos where cops tell them that they are not cooperating when being silent after pleading the fifth, I get furious.

You are NOT compelled to answer any questions until a lawyer is present. Not answering questions does not and in no way constitute being uncooperative. Cooperative simply means following lawful orders, so even refusing to follow unlawful orders is not obstruction, uncooperative or whatever excuse they want to put on you.

Sadly, it's probably better to let the manchild have his power trip and complain about it afterwards. Prevents acute lead poisoning.

ACAB as an actual term is a bit more ideological in nature, specifically, in regards to the task the police actually do, which is primarily protect the state and private property, no matter whether it's good or bad.

If the state tells the police to disrupt a protest about climate change? Then that is their job, and if they don't do it, they're effectively not doing what they're supposed to.

Here in the US, good cops don't last very long. They either die suspiciously or get bullied off the force.

At first when I heard the ACAB slogan, I thought it was rather judgemental. All cops are bad? Then I learned that the American police are hired primarily on having low IQs and receive only few weeks of training. Now I understand why Americans hate them. Not all American cops are bad, but majority of them probably are. What can we expect from hiring low IQ folks with minimal training and arm them to the teeth? No wonder the American cops are memes themselves.

And when they do get things wrong, they rarely get punished.

The slogan probably wouldn't be quite as prominent if the police that made mistakes like that were held accountable.

someone graduated from grammar nazi school with honors

Unless it pays well and you recognize the need for law enforcement on some level, and don't have to worry about the corrupt system because it's already been gutted by this change.