# Fuck The Police "Fuck The Police" (or FTP) is a catchphrase drawn from N.W.A's 1988 rap song that grew into a general anti-authority slogan across graffiti, T-shirts, and internet memes such as the Frog and Toad tandem bicycle Photoshop. ## Overview "Fuck The Police," often shortened to FTP, is a catchphrase used to reject cops and, by extension, any authority figure worth mocking[4]. The phrase shows up as graffiti, bumper stickers, T-shirt slogans, and internet image macros, with roots in gangster rap and a later second life on message boards[1]. What started as a protest song against police brutality in 1988 grew into a broader anti-authority slogan by the 2000s, then moved into meme space where the phrase often gets paired against wholesome or absurd imagery for ironic contrast[3]. ## How It Spread The first Urban Dictionary entry for the phrase was submitted on August 11th, 2003[4]. On September 26th, 2006, YouTuber pizzim13 uploaded a mashup of clips from The Muppets set to N.W.A's track, which has been viewed over 110,000 times[2]. In 2005, artist Dash Snow had already staged a gallery show titled "Fuck the Police" made from 45 newspaper clippings on police brutality, and by 2007 dozens of Facebook groups had appeared under variations of the title[3]. On September 29th, 2010, Redditor RocketRobinhood posted a Photoshop to r/pics of Frog and Toad on a tandem bicycle with "FUCK THE POLICE" beneath the characters, drawing over 790 points before archiving; the Frog and Toad pairing later hit mainstream feeds again in May 2019 when Kelsey Dawn Williamson's Facebook photo of her toddler in a knockoff "Fuck the Police" T-shirt from China drew over 62,000 likes and a Twitter repost by @reginagorrge passed 189,000 likes and 39,000 retweets in two days[3]. ## How to Use The catchphrase works two ways online. As a straight slogan it gets stamped onto shirts, stickers, and graffiti to voice anti-cop sentiment[4]. As a meme format, the words often get Photoshopped over wholesome or unexpected art, with pizzim13's 2006 Muppets edit an early example of the joke pattern[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Fuck The Police? "Fuck The Police" (or FTP) is a catchphrase drawn from N.W.A's 1988 rap song "Fuck tha Police"[5]. ### Where did Fuck The Police come from? It started as N.W.A's 1988 track "Fuck tha Police" on the album Straight Outta Compton[5]. ### What does Fuck The Police mean? It voices contempt for police specifically and, by extension, for any authority figure or institution the speaker wants to reject[4]. ### How do you use Fuck The Police? It gets used as a straight anti-cop slogan on shirts, stickers, and graffiti to voice contempt for police authority[4]. ### Is Fuck The Police still popular? Yes. The phrase kept getting new life across the decades, from YouTuber pizzim13's 2006 Muppets mashup that has passed 110,000 views[2] to shirts, stickers, and graffiti made under the phrase[4]. ## References 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_tha_Police]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiX7GTelTPM]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fuck-the-police]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fuck%20The%20Police]() 5. [https://genius.com/Nwa-fuck-tha-police-lyrics]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/fuck-the-police Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library