It doesn’t matter, they did the will of whoever made the call. That’s why we say ACAB, because cops either enforce the will of the ruling class (thus making them bastards) or they lose their jobs and stop being cops.
ACAB has always been a message of class struggle and how all of us have to stand tall and refuse to betray our class interests. Cops betray working class interests for a paycheck and a feeling of superiority.
No, it is, they decide whether to make the arrest or not. They decided to violate the first amendment, and embraced a bad faith request by a cynical and corrupt local lawmaker bought out by the tech industry.
That is no cop out that they were “ordered” from a city council member, they take an oath to protect and defend the constitution, and other laws, and don’t get to cop out to following orders in violating the freedom of speech, and other laws and decency in such a transparent abuse of power in service of tech.
They are not exempt from guilt, but the that is not the point. The point is that this is not just yet another example of random police brutality and abuse of their powers. This is oligarch dictated suppression of dissidents.
It is different and much more serious than just “cops being abusive assholes”.
while I don’t disagree with your statement, I’m certain that it was not the cops who made this call.
It doesn’t matter, they did the will of whoever made the call. That’s why we say ACAB, because cops either enforce the will of the ruling class (thus making them bastards) or they lose their jobs and stop being cops.
ACAB has always been a message of class struggle and how all of us have to stand tall and refuse to betray our class interests. Cops betray working class interests for a paycheck and a feeling of superiority.
If you read my comment, I did agree with the blame being put on the cops. I just wanted to also highlight the politicians who made the call.
No, it is, they decide whether to make the arrest or not. They decided to violate the first amendment, and embraced a bad faith request by a cynical and corrupt local lawmaker bought out by the tech industry.
That is no cop out that they were “ordered” from a city council member, they take an oath to protect and defend the constitution, and other laws, and don’t get to cop out to following orders in violating the freedom of speech, and other laws and decency in such a transparent abuse of power in service of tech.
So they were just… following orders?
yes, and they are to blame. but so are those who gave the orders.
So ACAB+
They are not exempt from guilt, but the that is not the point. The point is that this is not just yet another example of random police brutality and abuse of their powers. This is oligarch dictated suppression of dissidents.
It is different and much more serious than just “cops being abusive assholes”.
You mean like someone hacked their brain stems and was controlling them remotely? Yeah, that is a problem…
while the cops are blame (I agreed with the ACAB statement) I also deserve the higher ups are to be blamed.