1312 undercover anarchists discovered within Metropolitan Police - Sensationalist Headlines

News, Last week the Undercover Policing Inquiry revealed that, since at least the 1970’s, the anarchists have been infiltrating London Metropolitan Police. Estimated 1312 undercover anarchists were discovered within the Met’s ranks so far, with some still active. AFed, SolFed, Freedom Collective and The Wombles refused to disclose the names of infiltrators, instead providing the Inquiry with their numbers: ranging from ACAB0001 to ACAB1312. They have also refused to say how many are still active, or what is the purpose of the undercover operation. One member of Freedom Collective, who prefers to remain anonymous, said: “We will be issuing a statement at some point, but first we need to have a number of very long meetings and argue on Libcom. I guess we better start doing more illegal raves in order to gather funds we will likely need if the Met choses to take legal action against us. Also, for the record, there is no leader of this operation: it was purely self-organized.” Feeedom exclusive

The Wombles? I always knew that Uncle Bulgaria was up to no good!

That's pretty fucking awesome. Sounds alot cooler than it is I guess though.

What does "anarchists" mean in this context? Is being an anarchist illegal in the UK? that wouldn't make sense.

"Those were good days. I thought ‘PC Bulldock’ is my friend, I trusted him. I even invited him to partake in a cover-up operation after we had a death in custody back in 2008. I’m destroyed by the recent discovery and I don’t think I will ever get over the trust issues it created." What heartless anarchists. A man helps you cover-up a death and you betray him. Anarchists get shot. :V (this is an april fools joke article, btw, but I think you already knew that.)

Being an anarchist is legal. It means those who wish to remove the system of the state and have a self-organised society - what they see as democracy in its purest form. In this context, it's seen as an infiltration because anarchists are inherently anti-police; to an anarchist, the police are agents and enforcers of the state. To say that anarchists dislike police would be an understatement. This is very embarrassing for the Metropolitan police.

I mean I am not sure if this is an april fool's article or something

The most serious issue is whether the undercover anarchists engaged in intimate relationships with genuine police officers in order to gather information. This claim is strongly debunked by London anarchists, with one commenting: “We hate the Met, but that kind of practice would be disgraceful. When we say fuck the police, we mean it purely figuratively. Besides, that would be rape.” Pretty sure this is a joke.

anarchists are ridiculous tbh

Fun fact, 1312 is a famous European slang, it translates to A.C.A.B (All Police Are Bastards) in the alphanumeric alphabet (A=1, B=2, C=3 and so on). https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=1312