It's definitely worth a few phone calls, I personally have some connected people I could turn to if I ever had to deal with something like this, but I didn't al

It's definitely worth a few phone calls, I personally have some connected people I could turn to if I ever had to deal with something like this, but I didn't always. What makes violence a viable option is the fact that you're dealing with one person and not an organization. If it's more than one person's efforts you have to counter, then yielding is the better recourse. A group of people will have a goal in mind when taking action against you, all you have to do is help them reach that goal and they'll bugger off. You can fight a group effectively but it's generally not worth it.