Don’t feel too badly about what happened. A lot of guys out there these days are nothing but a bunch of low-lives, raised with little or no moral values, by parents who act like kids themselves. You see them everyday on the street, mannerless, ungentlemanly goons and doofuses, disrespecting honorable citizens, the police, and anyone else who happens to be better than they are. They are filled with jealousy, anger, and a lot of hang-ups in their lives. To me, they are nothing but a bunch of losers. I think it was admirable how you helped your friend, and how you tried to protect him from those marauding jerks. Even if the law doesn’t punish them, they will get their just desserts in the end. What comes around, goes around. Bad habits die hard, and one of these days, their anger and stupidity will catch up to them, and they will pay dearly for it.