The sad fact is all these 'special powers' are sold to us for things we see as a problem, in this instance 'gangs' , but people cannot see this is the thin end of the wedge. Once these powers are granted its only a matter of time before they are used on you in some form.
I'm surprised my head has not cleaved itself from my torso from shaking it so violently in disbelief at seeing what the state is pushing ahead with. If I went and demanded items from someone in the street they would cry 'robber'. If I demanded someone should undress in the street they would cry 'rapist' or 'pervert'. If only I knew it was as simple as writing it down to make it legal.
If they want superpowers above and beyond ordinary people, let them obtain them the same way ordinary folk get them in the comic books, a serious overdose of radiation or a cocktail of toxic sludge, oh wait.... thats what they have been exposing us too for years and I dont feel better at all.