NYPD's finest

Since I've rediscovered the joy of cycling I became interested in participating in New York's Critical Mass. While Critical Mass is viewed as a monthly political protest-rides, I couldn't imagine the situation would escalate to this.

The NY Times has an article about the incident. Bike Snob has a interesting take on the situation, "And one of the most important truths I’ve learned is that where there are crowds there is stupidity. When large numbers of people get together, stupid things happen, and you’re almost always better off simply getting as far away from the crowd as possible."