I have seen 3 genuine posts of ACAB and defund the police lines in the past few days. Either FBI Agents or Antifa are trying to use disinformation tactics to get us to fight off the police.

Let me explain who I am first, I am a college student who has a liberal sister, a based father, and a paranoid mother. My grandparents survived the Holocaust. Of course, I probably have enough history in my posts to figure out who I am and I bet you that the FBI could figure me out in a couple of hours. My goal is to apply a little bit of non-anonymity to try and build credit I am not an member of those groups.

Please upvote this if you can, as I want to make sure people are aware that this is a thing.

Let me be clear, three years ago, I got into a really bad car accident. Some cops were really helpful with me in resolving things out. I had a lot of adrenaline in my system and they helped work things out. I was also friendly with the cop at my high school. My high school class president got an internship working with police (we had a weird program for getting high school internships), mostly doing paperwork and drive-alongs. He was real based and me and him would kind of talk a lot.

These are all good stories about police officers. There’re more good stories about police officers than bad ones. Stories of police saving peoples lives, catching thieves and criminals, etc. The truth is that you don’t hear about the good, you hear about the bad and with COVID-19 police are forced to enforce mask mandates.

The criticism of the “just doing my job” line is that the idea that those who are doing the job are doing major sins. People yelled at nazi soldiers who knowingly killed Jewish people and put them in the gas chamber and tried to play it off as doing their job. Excessive force like tazing someone for not wearing a mask is a problem, do not get me wrong, but it is a problem with that cop in particular. Some departments also have internal issues with punishing officers due to heavy paperwork and administrative costs.

There’re problems with holding police accountable, but you don’t really become a police officer if you really don’t want to serve. Why would you put your life on a life for a job that barely pays and is thankless? Some say it is because of power and they are stupid, but if you wanted power and aren’t smart enough to become a businessman, why wouldn’t you become a politician, instead?

Look, to summarize: most cops are good folk, some cops and police departments can suck. Don’t hate them for enforcing the stupid laws politicians write. Focus on the real enemy. Talk with cops who probably have more perspective than me on how their entire system works and where changes could be made legally wise to make things more fair. Be part of the party of law and order.