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[+] -65 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (20 children)

while I don't disagree with your statement, I'm certain that it was not the cops who made this call.

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  • [–] 75 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    So they were just... following orders?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    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".

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  • [–] 47 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    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.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    I never indicated that that cops did anything right here, did i?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    You dismissed their agency in the matter, thus giving them a pass.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    I agreed with the acab, but also asked for credit for those who ordered it

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    You didn't ask for anything though, you made a statement. If your intent was to ask for something, then you should restate it as a question.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Who gives a shit? You don't give a Nazi a pass because they were "just following orders", do you?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    You did, by dismissing their agency in the matter. Again, who gives a fuck if they weren't the ones who made the call? They enforced the draconian measures, they are just as to blame.

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