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Etymology

From fuck +‎ 12, of uncertain origin.

• Possibly from 1312, an alternative form of ACAB (“all cops are bastards”) in which the letters are substituted with their position in the alphabet.
• Alternatively, from the American police procedural television series Adam-12 (1968–1975), in which 1-Adam-12 refers to a patrol unit and its radio call sign.

Likely popularized by "F*ck 12", a song by American hip-hop group Migos from their mixtape Y.R.N. (Young Rich Niggas) (2013), which uses 12 in reference to the police while describing a narcotics raid.

Widespread use of the phrase as an anti-police slogan grew following the killing of Michael Brown in 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.

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fuck 12

1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory) Fuck the police: a political slogan protesting against police behavior. Synonyms: 1312, ACAB, FTP
   • 2014 August 17, Ray Downs, “Ferguson Protesters Defy State of Emergency Curfew and Fight Tear Gas”, in Riverfront Times‎[1], archived from the original on 20 September 2015:Vehicles with the words "Fuck 12" painted on the sides and windows drove down West Florissant Avenue, honking in support of protesters on the street as others would chant the straight-to-the-point slogan.
   • 2020 May 7, Tyler Fenwick, “'We're just trying to get answers': Fatal IMPD shooting captured on Facebook Live”, in Indianapolis Recorder‎[2]:Kwame Shakur, deputy chairman of the New African Black Panther Party, showed up with a megaphone and led the protesters in chants of "All power to the people" and "Fuck 12."

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