Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24467536-20140413124430/@comment-24467536-20140413161456

While S.H.I.E.L.D. would be the appropriate answer to HYDRA, S.H.I.E.L.D. should learn to work with law enforcement when bringing in the bad guys, superpowered or not. All they're doing is giving HYDRA lawyers the ammunition to walk their clients:  failure to give the Miranda warning, the accused having a lawyer present during questioning, getting tuned up while in custody. In the first mid-credit scene from Captain America: The Winter Soldier Baron Von Strucker says S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA are two sides of the same coin. The Woman in the Flower Dress throws to Coulson that S.H.I.E.L.D. uses un-kosher methods to get the job done. Law enforcement officers have to go through the court system when they mess up, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents should be no different.

As for the Avengers  the solution that comes up in Civil War as I read is ridiculous. The Registration Act as it's called reeks of racial profiling. You need to be monitored because you're different from the majority. When they cross the line have that superbeing answer for it in court with the assistance of legal counsel like anyone else. Even the worst of human criminal were afforded rights. If Loki stayed on Earth, he would have been afforded a lawyer for his attack on New York, as disgusting as it sounds. Talk about show trial; it would have been a mess. Having a superpowered adversary presents its challenges, but don't cross the line to meet them. It leads to overeaction and creating worse problems with the solution.