The guy I was biking with, who's name I can't remember, and I were being tailed by a cop on a motorcycle and we slowed to stop at the red light on 23rd and fifth avenue. The cop asked us to stop as well as two of our friends further up the block. A bunch of cop buddies showed up to ticket all of us, and try to get us to tell them the "plan from union square". They generally gave us a hard time, teasing us and that, but ultimately they were alright. They told us if we bought lights by today and brought the receipts to court with us the fine would most likely be waved. The gravity of the situation was totally underminded and the cops clearly didn't care about giving us tickets, it was just about busting up critical mass. PIGS.