ULPT request: aggressive men harassing me that live next door in a sorta halfway house thing?

Posted by Relevant-Task3306@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 12 comments

A building that isn’t a halfway house for like, people who have done time? But is sorta like a halfway house in that it’s an organization that houses unsociable people who may have had drug issues or maybe criminal involvement and teaches them how to re-enter society. Almost exclusively men around 30-60 live there. For a year and a half I had no issues aside from some cat calling from the men there that I just ignored. Then one started actually harassing me after I asked him to lower the volume of his speakers during the middle of the work day (he stands outside blasting music and smoking, he is unemployed, I work from home). I was really polite because I am a timid small-stature person who is generally anti-conflict and super anxious. He freaked out at me. I called the building to complain and now they are not allowed to play music at all (fyi, other people in my apartment building have also called to complain, and other women have experienced the cat calls). Now this person stand outside and stares me down when I walk to work (I work half-in the office, half-from home). And he has his scary friends standing outside doing the same, just intimidating stares and one took his shirt off while staring at me. I called the cops to ask what to do and they said harassment and intimidation is not a crime and if I don’t have a crime to report I can hang up the phone. There are cameras on their building directly outside so I can’t do anything to the property without being seen. What can I do that won’t harm people, but will be inconvenient enough to be some payback for all the trouble they are causing me?