Tonight, I was spending some time at friend's house in a barrio in Higuey. Around 12 midnight a person (a driver of a tourism van) sparked up a conflict with me because HE thought my car was badly parked. He started using very nasty words, and later it got physical. He hit me to the head and hit me with a rock at my back. I did seek medical attention and have my medical report.
Now, I have quite some local pull and can have him arrested for battery and prosecuted. The problem is he has several brothers living in the very neighborhood of his, and they all live on the same street as my friend does. If I get this guy arrested, his brothers may retaliate later on, either there in the barrio when I visit my friend's house, or they can find out where I live (I am quite known in the area and the city).
What would you do?
1) Would you prosecute,
2) would you let it calm down give it some time and then do "it" the "wild west vengance" way, or
3) would you forget about it for fear of retaliation?
Now, I have quite some local pull and can have him arrested for battery and prosecuted. The problem is he has several brothers living in the very neighborhood of his, and they all live on the same street as my friend does. If I get this guy arrested, his brothers may retaliate later on, either there in the barrio when I visit my friend's house, or they can find out where I live (I am quite known in the area and the city).
What would you do?
1) Would you prosecute,
2) would you let it calm down give it some time and then do "it" the "wild west vengance" way, or
3) would you forget about it for fear of retaliation?