The bicyclist who was knocked to the ground by a rookie cop last year was arrested yesterday in a drunken incident in Brooklyn, sources said.
Chris Long, of Bloomfield, NJ, was “highly intoxicated” when he damaged a parked car on Bedford and Lafayette avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant just before 1 a.m., authorities said.
Long, 30, allegedly kicked off a mirror on the 2000 Honda as the driver sat inside. The 31-year-old woman got out and a “commotion” ensued, sources said. He was charged with criminal mischief.
Long gained attention in July 2008 when he was riding through Times Square as part of a Critical Mass rally and was knocked to the ground by officer Patrick Pogan.
Pogan charged him with assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. But the charges were dropped when a videotape on YouTube showed there was no provocation before Pogan body-checked Long.
Pogan resigned after he was charged with assault and filing false paperwork about the case.