Fuck the police.
Comments like this, and ACAB after such well rounded arguments and points made throughout this thread about a tragic event are fucking idiotic. A brilliant impactive piece of writing, and then also rationalising your point not all men are to be judged the same then making these comments. I'm a man, I'm in the police I'm disgusted with what's gone on.
The way the met are handling the protests is poor but what are they supposed to do, honestly? They won't win either way. If they leave the protests you'll have other groups asking why they were so soft this time, see the BLM protests and the right wingers.
The police aren't always right but police by consent. We're understaffed and underpaid much like the NHS and are just told to crack on. The police do an awful lot to help domestic abuse victims, with safeguarding, DA charities and signposting, as well as trying as hard as we can to get victims to engage. Again it's not perfect and there's a zero tolerance on domestic abuse to the point you'd be shocked how many people are locked up a day. Gathering evidence and getting it to CPS is another debate
So honestly, not ACAB, some are. Like every other job