From NJ.com:
The 29-year-old Hoboken cyclist who gained YouTube notoriety after a video showed him being shoved off his bike by one of New York’s Finest during a demonstration last Friday went back to his day job yesterday selling vegetables, his lawyer said.
The “avid cyclist” and environmentalist - who suffered bumps and bruises - works at the Green Market in Union Square in Manhattan. He refused to be interviewed yesterday because he is facing criminal charges, his attorney Mark Taylor said.
Christopher Long, a onetime pedicab operator, was charged with knocking down a cop with his bike and then resisting arrest Friday at around 9:35 p.m. in midtown Manhattan during a Critical Mass cyclist rights demonstration.
But a clip posted anonymously on YouTube.com shows Long absorbing a body block by rookie NYPD Officer Patrick Pogan. Long was charged with attempted assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. In the criminal complaint, Pogan claimed Long rode his bike “directly” into his body, causing him to suffer cuts to his forearms. Long is due back in court Sept. 5, officials said.
Tuesday, the New York police union defended Pogan, saying he was protecting the public from Long, the New York Daily New reported. Pogan has been placed on desk duty while NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau conducts an investigation.
Pogan said in the complaint that Long had been weaving in and out of traffic, forcing “multiple vehicles” to stop or swerve to avoid hitting him.
In the video, Pogan is seen standing in the middle of Seventh Avenue watching cyclists go by him. Pogan then walks toward Long, who appears to try to steer around the officer. But Pogan gets closer and then shoves the cyclist onto the sidewalk.
