ACAB


acab, or a.c.a.b. = all coppers are b-st-rds.

originated way before the punk & oi appropriation of the abbreviation. references to it go back to the 1940s in the uk. often as a tattoo on those who’ve had unpleasant dealings with the british police.
acab tattoo across the hands/fingers/knuckles.

occasionally seen as tattoo on the forehead during the punk/oi era.
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1. acab (a.c.a.b).
all coppers are b-st-rds / all cops are b-st-rds.
origionally used by strikers in the uk, spread to prison inmates who often tattoo’d acab on themselves.

in the 70’s became popular in the punk/oi scenes after the band 4-skins used it as the t-tle for a song.

alternative defenitions are often used to avoid getting in trouble when quized on its mening, for example a march in germany had a banner proclaiming all communists are beautiful.

2. acab – anti cuts action bristol, a local campaigning group fighting against austerity cuts and their root causes; capitalism and hierarchy.

3. -ssociation of community access broadcasters, a group of new zealand community radio stations.
i’ll sing you a song it won’t take long, all coppers are b-st-rds.

acab – not from a bunch of white power tw-ts, not from california.
stands for all cops are b-st-rds.
the coppers beat up on a kid holding up a sign that read “a.c.a.b.”
stands for all cops are b-st-rds
the policeman got p-ssed off by john’s a.c.a.b-shirt.
all cops are b-st-rds
that cop pepper sprayed those peaceful demonstrators. man, acab!
acronym for all cops are b-st-rds. great oi! band from malaysia (now defunct). also a song from 4-skins lp ‘the good, the bad & the 4-skins’ from 1982, pre-dating any white power nonsense.
a.c.a.b. got their name from a song but they were still a great band!
all cops are b-st-rds

a.c.a.b

punks write it on stuff
acab is true

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