Schoolyard bullies are not the same as costumed criminals! There is an enormous difference between a child with a few social issues and a pair of high-tech crooks who are ruining countless lives. Their's is an elevated level of danger, and it deserves an elevated level of response.

And it does not matter what they did to my lenses; that only accelerated an inevitable confrontation. I was going to shut down their operation one way or another - they chose the path of violence.