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ACAB is a slogan. It's not factual in the strictest sense but it captures a truth. Statistically speaking, there is at least one good cop. Maybe even two. Real Andy Griffith, Carlton Lassiter types. Their existence does not change the fact that the system is rotten to the very core, and their tacit support for that system makes them bastards, even if they themselves have never abused anyone or covered for a colleague's malpractice. Good cops exist, but they don't last very long.
And as the sibling comment pointed out, institutionally speaking the RCMP is a god awful example if you're trying to make a case for good cops.
Good cops get fired.
Or “friendly” fire accidents happen.
And then random people are chatged for the murder. Never the cop who fired the shots.
The "good" cops that you are talking about are just the ones that don't actively molest, rape, and murder people.. but still turn a blind eye and give stalwart defense to those that do.
Actual, legitimate good cops don't stay cops for very long before being run out or their deaths arranged (Just look at Frank Serpico. who still gets death threats and harassment to this day). because actual good cops don't turn a blind eye to the violence or corruption.
And a cop that shakes my hand and treats me with respect, but will ignore and lie to defend his partners beating me and shooting me for no reason, is not in any way a good cop.
Well, no. There are no good cops because they work within and prop up a broken and corrupt system. How many cops are you seeing stopping the vanishing of civilians and tourists, for example? If you were to step in and try to stop it yourself, how many cops would be by your side, defending you?
It works because these heinous ideas are boiled down into simple orders, and people follow orders. There were well-meaning people within the nazi party as well. I'm sure there were even well-meaning people in the concentration camps, leading people to their deaths, but they weren't good.
That's why all cops are bastards.