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I would say the law's primary job historically is enforcing property rights - its role is obviously expanded at this point. BUT, cops on the beat are more involved with maintaining social order and that OFTEN involves a huge proportion of their job being positive interactions with people who are in a bad place. In New York many cops spend a lot of time working on getting homeless people to resources because that's their actual job and why they're on the street. It does not benefit anybody to have homeless, mentally ill, or addicted people starving or freezing to death on the streets.

I would imagine most cops would say they got into the profession because they wanted to help people.

There's unemployed and then there's living on the street. You're not exactly spare labor when you don't have clean clothes for an interview, a permanent address, or regular access to a shower. Or if you're off your meds. Corporations benefit a lot more from underemployed people in relatively stable situations who are willing to take second part time jobs without benefits for minimum wage.

At the end of the day, who is called in to break up a strike? The police. Who is called in to smash anti-capitalist movements like Occupy? The police. However nice they are as individual people, there job makes them tools of the 1 percent.

Or maybe I'm just glad there were police to respond when a neighbor couldn't handle his addiction and broke into the three neighbor's houses that surround my house while my wife was home alone because I was 7000 miles away in Afghanistan. I guess I'm also glad there were police around to respond when my mom and step-dad were mugged at gunpoint a few years back.

At the end of the day, who is called in to break up a strike? The police. Who is called in to smash anti-capitalist movements like Occupy? The police. However nice they are as individual people, there job makes them tools of the 1 percent.

It's newsworthy because for once the cops aren't beating people up.

they were also called in to save my asparagus at one in the morning when the guy who had just robbed me started banging my head into the sidewalk. whoever they were tools of that night, i'm real forking glad they were out on the street doing their job.

It's totally true that not all cops are dicks. But I think their main job is enforcing property rights and the resulting economic inequality. So they're a reactionary force as a whole. And they broke my glasses at Occupy! But I was mostly being snarky.

OKINAWA, JAPAN- Japanese Navy officials have released the first ever photo of the UFO that crashed off the coast of Okinawa yesterday. The photo appears grainy and somewhat unclear since the vessel is submerged underwater but clearly shows a power source still glowing brightly atop the aircraft’s dome.

“We wanted to release this photo to the world and confirm the reports issued yesterday,” said Japanese Navy spokesman Yoshido Hari. “This picture will give credence to what some of our citizens living on Okinawa witnessed yesterday. We clearly still have many days of salvaging ahead of us but we will take our time and bring the aircraft up in one piece. We must preserve the object as much as possible.”

Numerous reports began to circulate around the globe yesterday about a possible UFO crash off the coast of Okinawa. Many people, including the mainstream media, believed the reports to be false or an elaborate prank. The picture snapped by Japanese Navy divers will put those thoughts of falsity to rest.

“This is not a joke,” said Hari, speaking candidly to reporters. “We have clear evidence at the bottom of the ocean that indicates UFO presence. What the world once thought virtually impossible is now a reality. It is up to us to preserve that reality in order to study the structure of the vessel and perhaps even the alien lifeforms inhabiting it.”

Several scientists from the United States have already been dispatched by the U.S. government and will arrive in Tokyo sometime today. It is unclear, however, if the vessel will be moved to the capital city for further study and research or if it will remain housed in a hangar on Okinawa.

“At this early junction, we can’t say for sure where we will be conducting our studies,” said Hari. “Our main objective at the moment is salvaging the giant aircraft in one piece. We must get it out of the water before saltwater eats away critical pieces. Obviously, keeping the structure intact would be optimal.”

Asked if the Japanese Navy had any intentions of releasing future photos of the downed UFO, Hari commented, “At this time we have no other photos to release. The water is somewhat murky and the picture released to the world this morning is the best quality available at this time. We will try to produce other photos of the vessel as conditions improve.”

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is expected to arrive on the small island sometime tomorrow to speak with Navy representatives regarding the salvaging of the UFO. Needless to say, the Japanese government has a huge interest in preserving the aircraft as it will be used for future research endeavors.

Please keep checking back for further updates as they become available.

Interesting, apparently the US government wasn't quick enough to stop that story? That photo is pretty bad too.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I've seen a UFO close up and I'm pretty sure they are man made. Impressive but man made. Not that I think we are alone in this universe but saying things are UFOs is easier than saying we have technology that we'd prefer you not know about.