Alec Baldwin was upset the other day after being arrested for bicycling the wrong way on Fifth Avenue near Union Square. Since the star of 30 Rock was not carrying ID and the cops did not fall for the "Do you know who I am?" routine, NYPD procedure mandated that he was taken to the police station. Baldwin lived up to his mercurial reputation, so he was cited both for a traffic violation and a charge of disorderly contact.
When Baldwin was released, he took to Twitter to vent. It is dubious if his social activism will have the popular appeal of #BringBackOurGirls.
A Taiwanese animation studio prepared a tongue-in-cheek concept video chronicling Baldwin's bicycle adventure.
One wonders if Baldwin's bilious blurtations were just an emotional cathartic, if this was a deeper critique of the Nanny State wrought by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the current progressive Mayor Bill DeBlasio, or if Baldwin has finally concluded that big brother government onerously impinges on individual liberty.
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