Yesterday, I was assaulted in affluent Noe Valley, San Francisco, in the middle of the day, in an unprovoked attack by a person who I think was having a drug-induced mental health crisis. He was being chased by someone else who he had assaulted, but he managed to take a swing at me as he passed by. I am perfectly fine. Just a bit of a bloody swollen lip. But I was pissed off when it happened and my initial response was to chase after him, too, thinking I'd catch him and give him a few good punches in return. But when I caught up to him, he was already face down on the sidewalk, surrounded by cops. Two of them had shotguns aimed at his head.

The cops said he had assaulted several other people, too, during his rampage. They asked me if I wanted to press charges. When I realized he was having a mental health crisis, I said no, even though I still angry about being punched.

What would you have done?