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‘ALL COPPERS ARE BASTARDS’

... ‘ALL COPPERS ARE BASTARDS’ The tattoo just above George’s hairline reads, Made In Falkirk. He has a spider’'s web pattemn sprawling across his skull and the letters ACAB emblazoned on his forehead. What do they stand for? He blushes, ‘All ...

Published: Sunday 17 September 1989
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 229 | Page: 86 | Tags: none

Bedfordshire on Sunday April 22 1990 10 The loneliest place in the world ALL coppers are bastards the phrase used

... the judge At the last it is examined by the jury The police are the mirror of society warts and all That there are bad coppers bent coppers and evil coppers is beyond dispute In my experience they represent a very small percentage but any percentage is ...

Published: Sunday 22 April 1990
Newspaper: Bedfordshire on Sunday
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1991 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Public opinion and the police

... I think your policemen are wonderful. Ask one of the criminal fraternity his view and he is likely to answer: All coppers are bastards. Where between these two extremes does the policenan rate in public opinion? The question is an interesting one ...

Published: Friday 30 August 1968
Newspaper: East Kent Times and Mail
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 88 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Sabotage

... in Brixton. are thought to be linked with a Belgian terror group. The Bristol-based group ACAB —which stands for All Coppers Are Bastards call on their followers to attack expensive cars. Their leaders often visit lan Bone at his council flat in Hackney ...

Published: Sunday 04 May 1986
Newspaper: Sunday Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 129 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

The tattoo

... a num, ber of ocrta-lions during the trial to a tattoo on Jeffs's hand, reading A.C.A.B. Tony. The letters mean: All coppers are bastards. Jeffs said that he was about 13 when he had the tattoo. He claimed that he w.ts going to have a different tattoo ...

Published: Thursday 09 November 1972
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 110 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

Higher

... Higher “The days that I thought that all coppers were bastards have gone now. In fact now I have many friends that are policemen. And those people who do hate them had better stop and remember one thing: they’re the first people we run to. When your kid ...

Published: Wednesday 27 June 1973
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

`Ziggy-zaggy' youths defied seaside police By MIRROR

... the court. Another police witness said REPORTER that one group of youngsters kept running-, up and down shouting All coppers are bastards and Let's get them. Seven youths, aged eighteen to twenty-four, were before the court variously charged with ...

Published: Tuesday 29 August 1967
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 127 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

football matches

... ”’ the father argued: The boy told the court that he was not one of those jumping about. He admitted shouting ‘' All coppers are bastards” but he did not direct this statement at anyone in particular. “‘He did not even see Pc Woodham at the time. The ...

Published: Wednesday 30 August 1972
Newspaper: Kent Evening Post
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 376 | Page: 12 | Tags: none