[ In light of that situation, Hawks understands all too well that she is not wrong. Not about that - however this situation with Shadow is likely another matter. He does think she jumped the gun there. Without any knowledge or evidence of a crime, forcing someone into submission is the plain wrong thing to do. ]

Your hero has the responsibility to protect people from the villain. That's basic, standard procedure. Why does it end at the defeating the villain? Especially if this happens multiple times, I'd start asking questions and investigating ties this hero might have with the villain.

[ Repeat villains like this just aren't a thing in his world, not once they've been caught. They've had bad villains, who do atrocious things, but once they've been caught it stops. A pass on a misdemeanor that leads to something more sinister is given the punishment it deserves, no matter how severe it may seem. It doesn't sound like their world has those standards. ]

I'm not in disagreement with you, actually, some heroes are not meant to be heroes. If they take their position and leverage it to cause harm, I would say they're not very heroic at all. In my world they'd be stripped of their licenses. [ That, or assassinated, but he doesn't get into that. ]