• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Cops is not just a synonym for “police”.

      A “copper” is anyone who seizes something.

      People used it for police because they seized goods and people.

      They were literally copping people, so people called them cops.

      So ice are 100% “cops” even if you never knew what a cop was.