Do you think he could justify pulling a pistol and firing it near or at them in this case? Because I am not sure he can.
Claims of self defense need to be held to a higher standard than a wholly subjective and non-falsifiable claim of "feeling threatened," otherwise it devolves into nothing more than selectively allowing assault and murder.
Posting here before this politicized content gets autoremoved.
In the first video on this page, the video that the university posted to exonerate the driver, it sure looks to me like the white shirt black backpack person is standing stock still until the car starts moving, at which point they back up. They did not step into the path of a moving vehicle. Nor did they bang on the windows as the president claimed.
(I say this despite mostly supporting the political cause that the students are championing. I wish they were smarter and more disciplined, so that they would win more battles.)
I’m not sure why this is hard for you to understand, but I hope you don’t operate motor vehicles if you can’t grasp this.