Yeah, having seen the satellite map, it does seem that the accident was the officer's fault. But again, if the injuries are minor, and this was simply a bad move on the officer's part, ie a momentary lack of common sense, rather than outright malice, I think removing the guy from active duty is a bit extreme, and I don't think "not really serious" is an offensive way for the police to have put it ( or for the newspaper to have rendered the quote ).
And again I'll point to the NYC case. The cyclist was deliberately attacked, and would be in jail right now for it if some bystander hadn't caught the whole thing on video. That's "really serious" and reminds me a bit of Rodney King, who was also saved by a video camera. This is a case of stupidity, and likely a little bit of negligence to boot. But we've all done something stupid at some point; to err is human.
Poetic justice would be to have the cop spend the next year on bike duty, though.
