ACAB
A.C.A.B. is an acronym meaning "All cops are bastards" It is used as a slogan and written catchphrase in graffiti, tattoos, and other imagery. It is sometimes numerically rendered as "1312", after the alphabetic order of the letters. The slogan is associated with dissidents subjected to political persecution and police brutality.
The term is a response to police actions that have historically been abusive, obnoxious, corrupt, and vindictive
Director Sidney Hayers used the phrase as the title of his 1972 crime drama All Coppers Are..., and the Dictionary of Catchphrases states that while the initialism — later seen in 1977 by a Newcastle journalist written on the walls of a prison cell — may be no older than the 1970s, the full phrase may date back as far as the 1920s. The 4-Skins, a British Oi! punk band, popularized the initialism A.C.A.B. in their 1980s song of the same name
The acronym is often integrated into prison tattoos in the United Kingdom, commonly rendered as one letter per finger, alternatively sometimes seen as symbolic small dots across each knuckle.
In Germany, usage of the term is a criminal offense when it refers to the honor of an individual, however when use to describe a large group of people, it is permitted. The acronym is meant then, not as a personal insult, but a commentary on the institutional role of the police. Some police officers may be "bad apples," but the term refers to the police as an institution. When an individual joins a police force, they become bound by their profession and their employer. It has also been shown that the job of a police officer tends negatively affect the individual, sometimes causing PTSD and negatively affecting them. The police as an institution hold power over the people they patrol, helping to maintain social order of the nation-state, which may be against the interests of the public. This social order may be maintained through force or violence and can be seen in the origin of modern policing.
In certain contexts, the Anti-Defamation League categorizes the phrase as a hate symbol and describes it as "a slogan of long standing in the skinhead culture," while noting the phrase is used both by racist and anti-racist skinheads
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