Fuck the police: Explained
With the shootings in Greece it may be time for me to give my thoughts on what this controversial saying means to me and why i think it its a good saying but often mis-used
IT IS NOT a person stating that they dont want a law enforcement agency that prevents people from infringing on peoples rights
IT IS NOT directed specifically at police but at everyone who exercises authority over you
IT DOESNT specifically tell people to attack police
RESENTMENT OF THE POLICE
These are many of the stereotypes that people think of when they hear this phrase but this isnt what the attitude is about. The attitude is of a person who resents interference by the state in their life un-necessarily and or excessively. For example when you are driving a car and because you happen to be a minority or even just young you are stopped by police and treated like a criminal. If you happen to resent this being stopped by what are after all your fellow people then you become "hostile" to police.
ANGER AT THEIR POWER
In many countries (happily not in the UK where i reside at the moment although not for much longer) this can lead to someone being taser-ed or even worse losing their lives at the whim of a police officer. This is resentment at the authority that one person has to be judge jury and executioner and the fact that there are those who abuse it.
I am personally heavily against arming police because while i know that most police are responsible there can be and will always be bad eggs. And because of this we musnt arm the majority. Middle england in their safe little houses with no contact with the police dont understand the fear that the next policeman could be a bad one. Giving one bad policeman a gun adds the possibility of a fatality into the equation.
For example the other day because my ticket wasnt working at a train station because of the barriers being broken and i was in a rush to go home i jumped over the turnstile where i was accosted by the ticket man, understandably thinking id been jumping barriers without a ticket. I explained i had a ticket and their barriers weren't working (not quite in those polite words i have to say but neither was he particularly polite and was rather smug about it like he enjoyed harassing young people). Because i commited a minor offence and came into contact with the authorities and had the nerve to argue my case, this to many would make me a rule-breaker. I resent the implication that this would justify giving a policeman the mere CAPABILITY to end my life over this justifiable if ever so slightly naughty situation.
Other cases include the much vaunted "Dont tase me bro" videos on youtube where slight dissidence towards the authorities received a totally excessive and brutal response and many many other cases.
In greece this has come to a head because citizens are forced to live in fear of being shot by incompetent police who in the end are only people like themselves who have flaws. Which would be ok except adding the probability of these flaws ending in your own death is much more serious an issue.
WHY FUCK THE POLICE?
Because the police and authorities who act like the police hold a monopoly on power over each and everyone of us. And when this power is used against you and your life is interfered with in a way you feel is unjust you are automatically in the wrong untill proven otherwise when as two citizens you SHOULD be perfectly equal.
Police should not trivialise their interference with people as they are the heavy hand of the state bearing down on the tiny speck of the individual. Fuck the Police and resentment of interference remind them of this. This to me justifies resisting arrest if it is wrong and it is up to the courts to decide whether you as the individual or the policeman as an individual acting on behalf of the state is right.
Unfortunately at one end of the spectrum many people think this means theres no responsibility clause and at the other end of the spectrum are the sheep-le who assume that the police and the state are always right and will come down with revulsion on anyone who DARES to resent interference in their life hence the "im innocent ive got nothing to hide" argument in the ID cards identity debate but thats for another time.