Critical Mass bicyclist knocked over by NYPD

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/

"One of the things that make cycling so great is that it enables you to avoid crowds and pointless delays. Few things are more satisfying than effortlessly weaving your way through a traffic jam.
*"So while I’ll begrudge nobody his or her Critical Mass, personally I don’t understand the appeal of forming a crowd and creating a pointless delay. And it is a delay, whether you’re in a car or on a bike. *
*"I once accidentally got caught in a Critical Mass ride while out riding. I felt like a dolphin ensnared in a tuna net. One second I was sailing along, and the next I was trapped among a bunch of people with rickety bikes rolling on wobbly, rusty brown steel rims on the verge of collapse. *
*"It was like watching a Beatles “Yellow Submarine”-esque cartoon LSD sequence where all the bicycles were rolling on pretzels. Sure, they had taken back the streets, but I wish that as a cyclist they might have saved a small sliver for me so I could get to where I was going." *

The guy doesn't look like he's riding anything rickety or rusting. Is bikesnob suggesting that the police should have only targeted the 'hippies'? I agree with his sentiment that antagonising people by slowing them down is pointless but the method of frustration by the policeman is not on.

Although am I surprised? He probably accused him of being a terrorist.