Read the facts. Here's what I got out of the article in question:
A cyclist who, like the bus driver, let his anger get the best of him. "The court was told Mead was biking to work when the bus drove too close to him.
When the bus stopped, Mead propped his bike against the front of the vehicle and exchanged words with Hill, who remained in his cab, according to BBC."
He's possibly a bit selfish as well, since anyone cycling for environmental reasons would not hold up traffic out of spite, as this one did. While he thought he was teaching the driver a lesson, he was purposely inconveniencing all the innocent passengers on the bus, as well as traffic behind the bus. Not a good image for cyclists anywhere. And for what?
The cyclist learned a valuable lesson about choosing your battles wisely. I have said it before, and it bears repeating - choosing to exercise your rights over exercising common sense means nothing if it gets you killed. I am not siding with the bus driver here, but most of you seem to be letting your own outrage cloud your judgment, just like these two guys did. If you are on a bicycle, don't pick a fight with someone in a motor vehicle. You don't know their state of mind, and it's pretty much guaranteed that you will lose every time. The guy driving the bus seemed to know exactly what he was doing, and chose to bounce the cyclist off the side of the bus, rather than running him over. Had the cyclist simply accepted that the bus driver was a jerk, he could have let him pass (which would have allowed him to keep an eye on him) and gone about his ride. Better to keep your ego in check, than nearly get killed.