I think you’re doing your perspective a disservice by railing against what is effectively a strawman in this case, at least per my reading. In general, it’s entirely valid to highlight discrepancies between opinions about troops and opinions about cops, but ascribing that discrepancy to OP for this thread seems disingenuous. One can make the point you want to make without misrepresenting what OP actually said and is saying.

I haven’t seen anyone dispute ACAB, nor by extension all troops. The question seems to be whether all bastards are beyond redemption.