Geez...Glad I missed this one...with my Fixie with no lights, no bell, no brakes, no refelcters...I would have been locked up for life!
Good idea writing the mayor. Its very apparent that you are an articulate person and with that I would also write to the Chief of Police and perhaps even contact the people at City TV...
How cool would it be to have one/or some of their people along on a Critical Mass Ride with a camera, acting as one of us plebes and then reporting on the antics...One good story could really do a lot for the cyclists.
I know for a fact that there are a LOT of great cops in Toronto who have defended cyclists over the motorists and upkept the law rather than harassing the cyclists for the simply fun of it...But I think that the cops who tend to show up for the Critical Mass nights must be the guys who are being punished for shooting their partner in the foot or something...