highduc comments on [Video] Australian police violently beat up protester with his hands up at demonstration against Israeli president Isaac Herzog visiting.

[–] highduc@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Well we see here one cop going off the rails and attacking a civilian full force. So we might say ok just that 1 cop is a bad apple but not all of them are like that. Fair.
But what did the rest of them do? Will they report/punish/fire the bad cop? Usually that's not what happens. They defend their own, which makes them complicit.

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[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

By saying ACAB people are stating that community police, highway patrol, detectives, cyber, specialist forces are all bastards. It's a ridiculous statement that doesn't help address anything. So you need to address specifics, gather themes and drive that agenda (e.g. police response in crowd control is excessive and should be condemned). ACAB is pointless and simply an attempt to evoke emotion.

Sure, I agree peer accountability is also important. This comes down to education, training, and culture. But let's not all pretend that in our workplace we pull up everyone. Let's not also pretend that what my peer does is equal or representative to what I do

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[–] core@leminal.space 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

If your peer does something on purpose that kills another person do you call them out and push for accountability or protect them? Cops protect each other, nearly every time. When they don't its either b/c its so egregious or the evidence is so overwhelming that protecting them is worse than accountability.

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