You are getting old..... Calling the police is NOT the right way to handle the situation.... He will be clowned and screwed with for years.....
Exactly, bigtexxx understands the primal nature of people. The worst thing the OP can do is forget about it or call the police.
Honestly. It's mentally, physically and emotionally healthier to just forgive, don't forget and learn from the experience. You aren't the first to get jumped/robbed and you won't be the last. The truly only option you have with the greatest upside is just disposing all of this negative energy.. You harping on the situation is already going to attract like-events whether you're the cause of them or not. It's just a case of wrong place, wrong time. You replace yourself with any other kid playing alone on that court the same thing would have happened. Even though you know the person, don't take it personally. Life will catch up to them. When Mother Teresa was asked to take part in an Anti-War movement she declined every time adding "But invite me if you ever start a Pro-Peace movement." Point is: you're directing all of your focus and energy in all of the wrong places. Just move on. People get their CARS stolen and live to see nothing come out of it. You were lucky to just lose 30 bucks.
He can forget about it, just be smart enough to not place yourself in the same position. Any one can adapt to anything, period.
Solid advice, Dub. Basically, get a gun, bro. Either take the measures to not put yourself in that position, or at least be prepared if it does happen, again. I was walking down an alley one time, and got held up at gunpoint. I was a junior in highschool. What did I do when they pulled the gun?! Mannnnnn, I rannnnnnnnnn so fast. I figure, I'm unarmed, so it will be harder to shoot a moving target, than a stationary one! That was 6 years ago. Have I gotten held at gunpoint since? No. Do I walk down that alley? HELL NO.
Welp, Jesus would turn the other cheeks. WWGD? What Would God do? Fill the streets of Houston with blood of those perps from a wrathful Old Testament thrashing! LOL.
More importantly, WWDDD? What would DD do? He'd create multiple personalities and have one of them pop a cap (do kids still say that these days?) in them's arses.
This is the solution to a lot of problems with bullies. To just stand up for yourself. But, from what OP described this isn't just some school bully, he said they had "guns & knives" which takes the situation to a different level.
In all seriousness, what makes you think that somehow these guys won't find out if you attempt and/or successfully pull off a ass beating towards them. If, they are half as "tough" gangsters that you have made them out to be, won't you think they will escalate things far more stupider than you did? Some of these trash bags have nothing to lose. Shake it off take it as a lesson, karma my friend, become a believer.