Do not under any circumstances listen to the advice of Mickey and Lithium.
If you engage in vigilante justice (or hire someone to do it on your behalf), you're exposing yourself to criminal prosecution. In Mickey's proposition, what if the big bad biker goes too far and beats the guy to death? Congratulations, you're now an accessory to murder and could even be charged for hiring a hitman.
The best thing you can do (as other's have said) is to call either the domestic violence unit of the police department or social services and explain the situation you're in, leaving out details like the victim's name and address at first until you're comfortable telling them. I'm sure they deal with incidents like this all the time (concerned family/friends speaking up for a victim) and are in the best position to handle this professionally. Absolutely contact the authorities, though. Your husband is right -- if you do nothing and the violence gets worse, you'll feel an immense amount of guilt for not speaking up and preventing it when you had the chance.
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