#of all the criminals that warrant vigilantism it's pirates and slavers

[azrealini]

'ACAB applies to Garrus' is so funny to me because he's literally so anti-cop both in portrayal and practice. He spends his entire introduction to the series criticizing the police for refusing to act, letting serial killers get away to avoid bad publicity, and taking bribes to look in the other direction. The character with the strongest sense of justice, and he openly talks about how much he hates law enforcement on the citadel. The game goes out of its way to tell you C-Sec is awful with moments like:

Garrus quits C-sec because they're shitty (also daddy issues) and goes to Omega to kill pirates and slavers because no one else is doing anything else about them. Is his logic massively flawed in thinking vigilante justice would have a lasting effect? Yeah. Were they ever going to be brought to justice, though? Probably not.

If we want to talk about applying ACAB to any character in the Mass Effect franchise, the character with qualified immunity on steroids is probably the one to point at.