And the law absolutely does matter, as does the distinction between public and private.
Public universities are typically owned by the state, not the federal government. And they are typically policed by campus police or municipal police, not even by state police.
The government's response to the Malheur protest was: give them free heat and electricity, allow them regular parcel service and trips into town for supplies, give them access to press conferences and public forums, let them do whatever they want.
The protestors' response was: not only will we do whatever we want, we will destroy property too, plus we expect to be immune from traffic stops - we want special rights that no one else has.
There is no way federal law enforcement could have been more accomodating or lenient. You're basically arguing that Finicum was entitled to draw on a peace officer during a traffic stop. That makes less than no sense.
OWS did not just happen in your community. It happened across this country, including Denver.
How about the government turn off utilities and back off. If you watch the video, this wasn’t a simple traffic stop. They followed them with swat dressed officers in vans.
Simple traffic stop - oh, gee, one cop, one car, and I violated a traffic regulation.
You are wrong on this, and you know it. Defending this over-reaction by the government just empowers them to be more egregious next time.
Next time it might be you. And where will your defenders be? Remember that.