#bart gallows

You know the scary part, Americop? When you call yourself "the future of law enforcement"? ...part of me believes you. Captain America 429

Oh god I had forgotten I knew about you. Americop, every single nightmare any of us have ever had about the worst kind of cop using the trappings of superheroism to avoid his already minimal accountability. And trust me, he's worse than he sounds. Captain America 428

Now a lot of us instinctively want to call foul. Isn't that exactly what Cap and people like him are doing? No. Not really. Cap and other, real superheroes like him do what they have to to save lives and end the threat of violence in the moment. No more, no less. They put the threat on the floor and they hold it there so no one dies. And then they get up, offer a hand, and make sure the villain gets their day in court. Half the time it's the hero testifying to extenuating circumstances on the villain's behalf! Superheroes don't take the law into their own hands, they take the monopoly on violence OUT of the hands of state agents with guns and 4 weeks of training. Captain America 430

And this is the panel that...made me sit with this comic a while. These kids, like he said, teenagers, were caught in the middle of a homophobic assault on a group of other kids. The exact kind of violence that I can, have and probably will receive at points in my life. ...and this is still wrong. A hateful, bigotted asshole he may be. But he's also 16. And disarmed. And surrender. He's being shot, intentionally cripple by a more well armed, more powerful, more protected agent of the law. Like a dog in the street. Even if the kid was a shit pipe...this isn't right. This kind of indiscriminate violence in the name of punishment solves nothing, creates further pain, heals no wounds... ...it's been a while since a comic stopped me this hard in my tracks. Captain America 429

Ma'am you can either unlock the superhero or you can deal with Crypto-Fash Robocop. And one option keeps you breathing! Captain America 430

What part of "he is the Indestructable Man" didn't get through your jackbooted skull?! My god, you're not just a fascist you're a stupid fascist. Captain America 430

Maybe, just maybe "officer" everyone in the diner made themselves scarce because you rolled up in a Humvee dressed like jackboot Robocop! Captain America 428

And there it is, folks. Right there in black and white. Americop is a conservative crypto-fascist who, when confronted by the actual social justice and principles Cap represents, lashes out through the use of heavy handed violence. Captain America 428