Man on push bike knocked on door

[Playfield]

Evening all - just had a young black male on bike knock on our front door. All lights were off. By the time my partner got to the door, the man had started the cycle away from the house and shouted back 'wrong house'. Anyone else had a knock close to Colwell this eve?

[Whiterose]

Please please please dial 101 now and report this.

As someone who was burgled yesterday, I can't tell you how upsetting it is and the Police told us any suspicious behaviour should be recorded. Takes 10 mins.

[ratty]

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[skibunny21]

This happened to me last year (at tge end of last summer) & I reported it. A young black male dressed in black with a black high topped baseball cap & sitting on a black bicycle (with no markings on it) knocked on the door very loudly & persistently. I eventually answered the door to find him banging his bike against my side gate, whilst trying his best to get in. He said he was looking for his friend Anthony & said it must be the wrong house. He then sped off.

It was pretty obvious what his game plan was!

[Whiterose]

Yes, that's the same game plan that the police think is part of a "scouting out" gang. The OP was right to question it, it's not just EDF paranoia.

[Wottajoke]

On the other hand the guy could have knocked at the wrong house.

[Prunella_Gatsby]

Yes those young black male hoodlum hoodies do tend to get on their bikes and search for an easy opportunity, whether it be an empty house or a vulnerable person (but usually do it in gangs, as they are basically cowards) - don't give them any chances! I had my mobile phone snatched by one of them on a bike a couple of years ago in broad daylight ago and now i don't speak on my phone in public if i can help it.

[ratty]

Wtf?

[ClareC]

Wottajoke Wrote:

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> On the other hand the guy could have knocked at

> the wrong house.

Pigs could fly.....

[Chips56]

ClareC Wrote:

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> > On the other hand the guy could have knocked at

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> Pigs could fly.....

Why? The guy was walking away from house as they opened the door . Maybe it was just the wrong door .

[northlondoner]

Chips56 Wrote:

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> Why? The guy was walking away from house as they

> opened the door . Maybe it was just the wrong door

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Course it's not the wrong door. He was a "young black male".

[Loz]

northlondoner Wrote:

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> Course it's not the wrong door. He was a "young black male".

You can never quite tell tone of voice from the written word, can you? Sarcasm or racism? Hmmmm.

[ClareC]

"the man had started the cycle away from the house and shouted back 'wrong house'. Anyone else had a knock close to Colwell this eve?"

How would he already have known it was the wrong house?

Suspicious behaviour, behaviour being the issue!

[Sue]

Loz Wrote:

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> > Course it's not the wrong door. He was a "young

> black male".

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> You can never quite tell tone of voice from the

> written word, can you? Sarcasm or racism? Hmmmm.

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Sarcasm in this case, surely? That was how I read it, anyway.

[jack_G_S]

Prunella_Gatsby Wrote:

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> Yes those young black male hoodlum hoodies do tend

> to get on their bikes and search for an easy

> opportunity, whether it be an empty house or a

> vulnerable person (but usually do it in gangs, as

> they are basically cowards) - don't give them any

> chances! I had my mobile phone snatched by one of

> them on a bike a couple of years ago in broad

> daylight ago and now i don't speak on my phone in

> public if i can help it.

This is one of the most ridiculous things i have read in a while. 'One of them'. Pffft.

Lumping all black, teenage, hoody wearers together is definitely a backwards step towards encouraging unity in the community. Pure xenophobia.

EDIT: .... And stereotyping

[charlesfare]

Jesus Christ. None of you ever ring the wrong doorbell before?

[PokerTime]

It has to be said, that reading some of these comments and some of the threads on this forum don't show East Dulwich in a very good light. Whether it's people venting outrage at scruffy doorsteps and a whole bunch of other inane stuff, to displays of outright rudeness and the outrageous comment by PrunellaG on this thread. I'm dismayed that there seems to be no logical moderation by the admin.

[charlesfare]

It makes the people who live here look like a bunch of out of touch, pearl clutching Hyacinth Bucket types.

[Jessie]

The comment from prunella up there about young black males is the most racist thing i think I've read on here. It should be removed. For shame.

[mickeymonkey]

I would politely ask the administrators of this forum to consider Prunella-G's post or block this thread completely.

I rarely post on this forum but, on this occasion, I do not feel as though I can ignore such a shocking coment.

[PokerTime]

I agree mickey.....it doesn't say anything positive about this forum, or the Administrator of it, if that post remains. I've hit the report button. We'll see if that prompts any action.

[El Pibe]

"it doesn't say anything positive about this forum, or the Administrator of it, if that post remains"

Really? rock and a hard place innit. Comment gets removed and admin is accused of censorship.

The forum is made up of all it's contributors, they do not necessarily reflect the views etc.

In this case an iffy comment has earned rebuke by the community, and I would rather the forum was by and large self-policed than heavy handed moderation.

A quick look at posting history of prunella revelas her to be (at least ostensibly) a self-confessed little old lady who has posted rather obsessively about crime since experinecing her own 'a couple of years ago'.

I'd probably try to enlighten rather than suppress, no?

[El Pibe]

still, five 'outraged from Orford' reports in 15 minutes is the forum equivalent of Jerry Springer: The Opera, so perhaps admin will take heed.

[DonGee]

PokerTime Wrote:

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> I agree mickey.....it doesn't say anything

> positive about this forum, or the Administrator of

> it, if that post remains. I've hit the report

> button. We'll see if that prompts any action.

Snap, I too have hit the report button.

[NewWave]

I also find it offensive, narrow minded and racist.

I can't help thinking poor bloke did make a genuine mistake, after all he WAS cycling away when the poster got to the front door..not trying to break in.

Often at night its hard to see door numbers from the street and mistakes can be made.