Originally Posted by
njkayaker
I'd say that was an unusual situation. It also doesn't appear that the cyclists where targeted specificallly because they were cycling.
Here's a link to an infamous video of a cyclist who was targeted by a New York City police officer because he was cycling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWjSOVDyUJ4
There are lots of jerks out there. Some cyclists are jerks. Some law enforcement officials are jerks. If someone hadn't happened to be filming when this officer decided to abuse his authority, the officer probably would have gotten away with it.