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by mindslight 30 days ago
First, the obvious difference being that none of these students were armed or violently assaulting the driver. Being asked uncomfortable questions while people get in your way is not is not a reason to fear for your life.

Second, each incident has a completely different action that is the focus of criticism. Here, it's the hitting of a person with the car, as that is as far as it got. Whereas with Renee Good, the action being criticized is the subsequent killing - we wouldn't still be talking about Good if she had merely been arrested at some later time. If one of these students had a gun and had shot the university president in response to the vehicular assault/collision, that would be analogous to what was done to Good.