Dan-the-man

Sadly the state of our criminal justice system makes it difficult to undertake court proceedings even if there is reasonable evidence of guilt. This naturally makes the Police reluctant to undertake investigations such as witness gathering or other evidence gathering. It's just not logical for them from a cost-benefit perspective. Even if you act as a private detective and get evidence yourself, they can be reluctant and can recommend citizens undertake private prosecutions (which are obviously not an option outside the wealthy). This is a really great summary of why:

If you are able to safely get video footage (i.e. where he can't see you, or if you think you can outrun him if necessary), that could be an idea in order to show police clear evidence. Police are heavily over-stretched so in fairness to them it's hard for them to really carry out extensive investigations. Try and remember to actually press the recording button though.... I was attacked in Peckham Rye Park in late 2018 (not this guy - the perpetrator was a white thug) and whilst sprinting away tried to get video footage. When police came to the park and checked my phone, there was no footage. I'd simply been holding my phone in the air on camera mode without it capturing anything. Slightly embarrassing and very, very frustrating... There was no CCTV in the park (I've checked with park authorities), so the guy got away with it.

Large red helicopter landed on Peckham Rye Park. Near Junction with East Dulwich Road. Could see it from my front window. Some people jumped out and started running in direction of the junction. Looked like paramedics but I may have been wrong. Lots of sirens around too, not sure what the issue is but people around might want to avoid the area.

One simple way they could make the electoral college much better would be for states to award their electoral college votes proportionally i.e. if 60% of state goes to Biden, he gets 60% of electoral college voters for that state, rather than all the electoral college votes. I think only Maine and Nebraska have this proportional voting system (which is why they are marked differently on the electoral college maps). Most states choose for all their electoral college votes to go to the winner of their state (even if it is 51-49). The reason being is that this makes winning their state more important and thus gets them more attention/money spent on them etc. If they were awarding their electoral college votes proportionately, such states would get less individual attention from presidential candidates., as they would rather concentrate their time/resources on flipping marginal states to their side and getting *all* their votes. It is up to states to choose how to approach this issue (which is why Maine/Nebraska have chosen differently), but there is a competitive logic pressurising states to choose all their electoral college votes to go to the winner.

Seems you've acted responsibly by collecting evidence and passing onto the correct authorities. I certainly don't blame you for being angry enough to name the individual. I was a victim of a crime nearly two years ago - if I knew the name of my assailant at the time, I would not have hesitated to name them publicly on every website I could find. Now I do know their name and know they live locally, I still find myself tempted sometimes. Best to try and keep a cool head and hope the authorities do their job.

I obviously condemn any fly-tipping, but you should not be naming people without giving them the right to defend themselves in advance (I say this as someone who has been a victim of false accusations online myself).

The Lordship, on Lordship Lane, was open recently, if that's not too far a walk. Thanks for info re Herne Tavern, I'll try that later this week

Unbelievably, saw the same guy again today (in roughly the same place). He made a beeline for me, and I climbed over the fence to the fenced-off no dogs picnic area. He then starts shouting at some nearby women. I'll notify the authorities, but just warning people on early morning walks in the park to be vigilant.

Upon my early morning walk just now, I saw an incident in Peckham Rye Park (pretty much 7am exactly). It was in the middle of the large patch of grass in the eastern side of the park, in the middle of where football matches are normally played. A man ? mid 40?s with shaved head, dark clothes and small black dog A woman, possibly older, - greenish coat and small brown/orange dog Not sure 100% how it started, but it seems something happened between the dogs. The man gets pretty aggressive and is remonstrating quite a bit with the woman, shouting things I couldn?t hear. She (impressively) seemed to stand her ground, and perhaps argued back. Another male dog walker would have seen the start of the incident, seemed to look at them for a bit, before moving on. I was around the perimeter of the park, but kept in a place where I could see them. I was reluctant to go over, as I?d had a previous incident with the man 18 months ago (long story short- I'd pressed charges which were dropped) and believe my presence would only have antagonised the situation. Fortunately, a park warden (I think he was a warden as he had an orange jacket) went over. It seemed to eventually calm down with his intervention, and I decided to leave. Just to say, I hope the woman is ok. If she wants a witness to what happened, she knows where to find me, as it's completely unacceptable for a man to act that way to a woman in broad daylight. I'll separately mention it to the park warden.

Update - just saw him 10 minutes ago whilst walking at Barry Road and Upland Road intersection. He was on a bike. Seems he had a bit of a shout at a male pedestrian, but nothing developed. He then cycled off up Upland Road and away from me.

Hi gromit, No, I got no sense of that at all - I may even have turned around to check but can't recall. As I said he didn't seem to even recognise me when he saw me about two weeks later, and did not appear to pay me too much attention, so don't think he is a threat to me at least. My sense/intuition was that he could turn aggressive (potentially based on paranoia) and it appears based on what has been written by others that he has done this to lone women/vulnerable people (I'm a 6ft 34 year old male). This obviously means that authorities should be doing something about him.

Hi Saria, Sorry to hear about your experience with him. This sounds like a guy I've seen on two occasions. The first was by Rise and Bloom on Barry Road, about 3 weeks ago so whilst it was still open for coffee takeaways. He approached me as i was waiting outside for the existing customer to leave. He was obviously unaware of the social distancing rules as he came right up to me (not in an aggressive way) and sounding a touch distressed, started a rambling story about someone on the bus who'd been bothering/stalking him (can't remember which). His manner was a bit weird, and he was also a bit over-familiar and matey. He was not at all threatening to me, but I just had an uncomfortable sense so I tried to avoid eye contact etc. He followed me into the shop, where the owners asked him to leave on social distancing grounds. He did this willingly, and the owners/workers mentioned something about having seen him before and not sure how well he was. When I left the cafe, he was down the road and just waved at me. The second occasion was about a week ago, when I was just leaving my flat to go for my daily walk. I live in a block of flats looking out over Peckham Rye, close to the junction with Barry Rd. I heard someone shouting/calling for someone outside as I was going to the front door and when I opened the front door he was standing there. He did not appear to recognise me, but again seemed a touch distressed and pointed towards the park and said there was one/two people following him (can't remember which). Looking out, I could not see anyone who appeared to following him. He then rather dramatically changed the subject, and pointed to some stuff which had been left by the bins and asked if they belonged to anyone. I remember shrugging and trying not to engage with him too much, as he still did not seem right. I notice there was a bike left by the bins as well which I thought might have been his. I walked out into the park, and despite looking back a few times, did not see him, so not sure what direction he went in. In neither of the interactions with him was he aggressive or even unfriendly, but in my non-expert opinion appeared to have either mental health and/or drug issues, and I had a vague suspicion he could have turned aggressive (possibly out of paranoia?). Based on what you've written, I suggest you go online and do an online police report. I will do the same. I thought about this before - more for his safety rather than other peoples. Maybe he only gets aggressive around women/people he thinks he can pick on? It seems like he could be a threat to lone women/elderly, so it should be reported. I've resolved to try and find a police officer (there seems to be a lot around now!) next time I encounter him around.

Just announced: NHS want 250,000 volunteers for this crisis so if you are healthy this is something you should consider. I'll be signing up as I'm young and healthy, and frankly people need to step up. https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/03/your-nhs-needs-you-nhs-call-for-volunteer-army/ Seems they obviously should have done this sooner, but better late than never. I suggest people share this through their networks and elsewhere on social media etc.