How would you process the fact that a new friend of yours is a cop? (USA) - eviltoast

One of my new friends is/was a cop. Just found out about it. I genuinely believe ACAB, and this news has me conflicted because my new friend seems really cool and super nice. I don’t know him super well yet, though. He’s a big part of this new friend group and I don’t know how to process this and how to deal with the fact he’s a cop.

I don’t want to look past the fact he’s a cop, but I want to stay his friend and stay in this friend group.

Any advice for dealing with this shit?

I can’t talk to my therapist about it until Thursday.

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    392·
    27 days ago

    i use to work with the police, and many i considered my friends. i know they were good people, but i also knew those on the force that were not.

    part of the acab movement is about how the general public can never know which is which, so it is in our best interest to assume we are always facing the worst of the worst. your intimate knowledge of the person can be held separately from the movement.

    i do understand that those good cops allowing those bad cops is a huge issue but thats really on them, not you. officers who attempt to ‘fix’ this issue arent officers for very long.

    • moonlight@fedia.io
      7·
      26 days ago

      officers who attempt to ‘fix’ this issue arent officers for very long.

      I think this is the crux of it. ACAB because any cop with morals and integrity doesn’t keep their job. Those who are left are either monsters or enablers.