One of my new friends is/was a cop. Just found out about it. I genuinely believe ACAB, and this news has me conflicted because my new friend seems really cool and super nice. I don’t know him super well yet, though. He’s a big part of this new friend group and I don’t know how to process this and how to deal with the fact he’s a cop.
I don’t want to look past the fact he’s a cop, but I want to stay his friend and stay in this friend group.
Any advice for dealing with this shit?
I can’t talk to my therapist about it until Thursday.
I’m not sure about being associated with a current cop.
If he was a cop, I would be curious to know why he isn’t any more. If it’s because he genuinely wanted to do good, but he left because he couldn’t change the system, this would earn a lot of respect in my eyes.