Victim describes attack by armed mob in Falls Park - Crime in Grenville (Greenville: school, activity)

[j7r6s]

Originally Posted by ausrutherford

It doesn't appear to me that this is a gang or that there will be repeat crimes around Falls park. I think that's the reason why the police didn't tell the media. If they told the media on every drunk, punch and crime in the downtown area or the whole city, the police would spend all their time reporting instead of investigating.

I think armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon goes a little beyond a drunk throwing a punch downtown.

[Valien]

ok, am I the only one wondering why on earth is someone biking alone on the trail at 10:40 PM? By themselves (he had friends but left them behind).

I mean I don't even go out to parks after dark. No good reason to IMO. Maybe I'm too old school.

[bikeoid]

Originally Posted by Valien

ok, am I the only one wondering why on earth is someone biking alone on the trail at 10:40 PM? By themselves (he had friends but left them behind).

His friends had a mechanical problem - maybe he had a pressing need to meet someone or get home by a specific time?

[bikeoid]

Originally Posted by g-man430

Something seems fishy about this whole thing. The story just doesn't seem to be adding up right.

That might be the real reason they delayed in reporting it - to double and triple check the facts.

[bikeoid]

Originally Posted by Art123

It's REALLY hard to get and accurate idea of crime in the city of Greenville. The police do not post crimes, which means you have to go digging for any info. What are they hiding?

I wondered about this myself. But the Greenville City PD just launched a new crime reporting web site within the last week. It's at Greenville SC Police Reports.

Media story at Greenville Police Launch Tool to Track Crime in Your Neighborhood

[bikeoid]

Originally Posted by ausrutherford

If they told the media on every drunk, punch and crime in the downtown area or the whole city, the police would spend all their time reporting instead of investigating.

I doubt this - reporting to the media is as simple as generating a report with the public summary details and sending it to the media periodically, or just having a public web site that gives public summaries.

But if they really don't report everything, that gives credibility to the Spartanburg claim that their PD reports everything in the interest of public disclosure and awareness, while some other municipalities do not.

[ausrutherford]

Looks like this possibly for misreported. I was told that it was close, but outside the park.

[furmanpals]

Originally Posted by bikeoid

That might be the real reason they delayed in reporting it - to double and triple check the facts.

I watched the guy on the news. There is reason to be skeptical. I will be the first to apologize if I am wrong.

[g-man430]

Originally Posted by Toto7SC

Because....

The timing of events in his story from his friends going missing to a mob attacking just seems way too coincidental. Also, nobody else saw the attack and there are no suspect descriptions. It just doesn't pass the smell test at all.

[Mohtalim]

But 10-12 teens waiting to ambush a lone biker is a quorum, making this attack sanctioned as an after school activity.