ACAB

ACAB, or "all cops are bastards", is a political slogan associated with those opposed to the police. It is typically written as a catchphrase in graffiti, tattoos or other imagery in public spaces, including online spaces. It is sometimes numerically rendered as "1312", representing the position of the letters in the English alphabet.

For other uses, see ACAB (disambiguation).

Austrian band released on their album Libertatia (2014) a song with the title "A.C.A.B.", in which the acronym is interpreted as "All Cats Are Beautiful"^[27]

Ja, Panik

German punk band released the song A.C.A.B. on their influential 1979 album Slime I; it, along with the band's other anti-police songs "are still anthems of the leftist movement" to this day.^[28]

Slime

German band in the lyrics of the song "Angst vor Punk"^[29]

The Incredible Herrengedeck

German rapper in the song "A.C.A.B." on the album Planktonweedtape (2015); in the song "A.C.A.B. II" on the album Krabbenkoke Tape/SftB (2017); and in the song "A.C.A.B. III" on the EP Planktonweed EP (2022)^[30]

Sun Diego

German satirist with his song "Ich hab Polizei" (2015),^[31] but negating it by adding an N in front.^[32]

Jan Böhmermann

American band in their song "1312", the lead single from their 2018 album Written in Blood.^[33]

the Casualties

The abbreviation was often used musically in the 1980s. The 4-Skins, a British Oi! punk band, popularized the initialism A.C.A.B. in their 1980s song of the same name.^[26] The term has also been used elsewhere in music:

The 2012 Italian drama film ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards follows the work of a group of riot control force policemen and tensions within the community.^[34]

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