Maine's Bangor Police Department posted the photos on Facebook along with a message encouraging "conversational kindness"

'Cops Suck:' Police Get a Laugh Out of Man's Ironic Tattoo After Peaceful Encounter

Police in Maine got a kick out of a man’s not-so-cop-friendly tattoo.

Officials with the Bangor Police Department took to Facebook on Monday to post a photo of a smiling officer standing next to a man with a “Cops Suck” tattoo.

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The post detailed two officers’ weekend encounter with a man identified only as “Russell,” noting that they asked the man to “move along from his chosen location.”

“Russell was not arrested or charged with violations,” the post states. “We like it that way.”

Officer Jimmy Burns noticed the tattoos on the knuckles of Russell’s left and right hands, according to the post. And Russell allegedly told the cops that he had gotten the tattoo a few years ago, and now regrets it.

“They all shared a laugh and Russell agreed to let Burns get a photo of the ink,” officials wrote in the post. “[Officer Keith Larby] stood in for comedic effect. A cop in the frame of this shot just makes it better.”

In the post, officials praised the officers and Russell for the calm encounter, noting that if the situation had been handled differently, “it might have led to the handcuffing of our friend, Russell.”

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“Handcuffing would have necessitated placing the man’s hands very close together,” the post continued. “Two words could have become a sentence. A sentence that would have confirmed exactly what Russell might have believed at one point in his past.

“That would have been too bad.”

Officials ended the post with a call for kindness.