I was so hoping Mom would show up and ask, "excuse me, why is my son hogtied on my lawn with a busted eye?"

What do you expect...speak against Israel, or for Palestine, get harassed, arrested, beaten, strangled, hogtied, and 'disappeared'. His face already looked horribly swollen and miss-shaped as they shoved him in the truck...probably the last time we'll ever see him. I would guess we'll see an announcement that he committed suicide in jail in the next few days.
It seems to me that Israel itself is doing it's utmost to give it's detractors ammunition in their argument against supporting Israel's actions. I can't say I have ever heard of a move by Israel I could agree with, or that wasn't antagonistically bullying it's neighbors, then whining and crying like a 3 year old spoiled rotten little girl if anyone returns the favor.
For a group of people that were viciously attacked and decimated, they certainly have no qualms about doing the same to others. They long ago lost the moral high ground, as their insistence on doing to others what they complain was done to them has made them the 'bad guy' consistently.
I'm not an anti-Semitic, but I am totally an anti-Zionist. I don't feel at all alone in that sentiment.

Actually, if they gave her a command to leave the area and she instead started to try to debate them, she was doing something illegal. Failing to comply with a legal command from a law officer is a crime in most states. The cops can come up with a 'legal' reason for the command (in this case she may have been off the sidewalk or, more likely, was doing something to antagonize them before the video starts, making her the prime target).
If she was kicking them as they claimed (hard to tell) then they used restraint by not tazing and/or hogtieing her and slamming her to the ground.
I don't agree with those things, but I do see them as the normal reality.

>> ^HollywoodBob:
You know I really can't wait for the first group of protester to be properly prepared, and take down the mob of police.
Who wouldn't love to see an army of storm troopers hogtied and left squirming in the street?


Im telling you, a phalanx meets a Plexiglas shield wall.

You know I really can't wait for the first group of protester to be properly prepared, and take down the mob of police.

Who wouldn't love to see an army of storm troopers hogtied and left squirming in the street?

I like *Hogtied myself...

Maybe I'm missing it (if so, please point it out so I can go into spectator mode...), but is there really that much "abuse" on the Sift?

If we're really talking about ABUSE (some examples may be of use) then I see no problem with it. I might suggest that a time limit be placed on it so that members would come back, revisit the issue and assess whether this practice is really achieving what it is meant to achieve...