We were walking our bikes down the sidewalk, looking for a way to get through the police barricades, then I stopped and was just looking around (standing up next to bike). A Lieutenant points his finger at me and yells for my driver's license. He said I didn't have a REAR light, which was true, but I was not riding at the time. Just standing there. Then he passes me off to a subordinate officer who never saw a thing and she writes me the ticket for the FRONT light (which didn't exist either) not being on at all times. I went to four different precincts the next day (with new lights on the bike) and none of them had any clue what my violation number even meant. Never heard of it before. I'm convinced the lieutenant made up the phantom violation, knowing I couldn't get it dropped with a replacement light (it's not an 'equipment violation') and passed it off to the other officer so he wouldn't have to face me in court and tell the truth about how it happened.