Copitulate is mash up between a law enforcement officer (AKA cop) and the word capitulate, which is defined as complying. To copitulate (1) is a term used to describe the internal conflict that arises in People Of Color and/or people of poverty who must override their natural instinct to react in fight, flight, or freeze when with threatened by an interaction with law enforcement and/or badged authority figures. (2) can also be used when the perception of being threatened exists after viewing footage or hearing stories of past excessive force as in the tragic deaths of Philandro Castile, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin, Dravon Ames & Iesha Harper (the Phoenix family held at gunpoint over a doll), and a countless number of individuals who's lives are threatened or have been taken unnecessarily and received no justice.
The best way to end police brutality is to copitulate to commands and challenge any racially motivated use or abuse of power through excessive force in the court room rather than from a prison cell or a coffin.
To insincerely concede in a pointless argument, in spite of a perfectly valid counterpoint or factual assertion
After hours of disputing her account of what she'd said & when, he finally just decided to capitulate, as it was clear the actual events had no bearing on her side of the story.
v. To settle a dispute between two parties in which both end up being sleighted
v. To end a fight under pressure of a third party when you never really wanted to end the dispute in the first place and most likely still harbor a considerable amount of ill-wil for the person with which you were fighting
Cornwallias: "So I heard you and Gwendolyn stopped arguing and got backtogether."
Xavier: "Yeah, I still hate her but we crapitulated."