[Kirkwood]

Your priorities are out of alignment.

[Leaning Right]

It was an odd situation, to be sure. And let me add a few more details to my post. When I first came upon the situation, I was met by a fifth “youth”, who told me that he had just dropped a contacts lens on the sidewalk. And he asked for my help in finding it.

So like a fool, I started looking for his (nonexistent) lens. It took me a few moments to realize that this fifth youth was a plant, meant to distract anyone who came across the mugging.

That's when I called the police. Would I have done things a bit differently, in hindsight? Probably. But in situations like this one, you don't have a whole lot of time to realize exactly what's going on.