The 30-year-old had earlier accused the cop of groping her – yelling the phrase "indecent assault" when she felt his arm on her chest.
But magistrate Michael Chan claimed she tried to use her "female identity" to harm the cop's reputation.
He said: "If I do not hand down a deterring sentence, the public might mistakenly think it is a trivial matter to assault police officers during protests."
A video from the protest – in Hong Kong on March 1 – shows Lai-ying being dragged away from the crows with a bleeding nose.
Ng Lai-ying was sentenced to for three and a half months behind bars but has been bailed pending an appeal.
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