Posted on 08/19/2016 7:04:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A Johns Island man is recovering from what he says was a group ambush after giving a stranger a lift home.
Brandon Reiter has 13 staples on his scalp, a black eye and plenty of other bruises from the incident last Friday morning.
Reiter says he was driving home to Johns Island after a night out when he saw a woman frantically waving her arms on the side of the road. He pulled over and offered her a ride. “Just last week some guy was stuck in the middle of an intersection so I helped him out,” said Reiter “I automatically will stop to help someone.”
Reiter drove the woman to a neighborhood he had never been to to before. The 37-year-old claims when he stopped the truck, the passenger grabbed the tip money he had on his dashboard and ran away. “That’s when I actually got out of the car – which wasn’t a smart idea,” said Reiter, “and in doing that.. people kind of came out of nowhere.”
Reiter says two black men approached him and then robbed him of his money and phone. The younger man led Reiter to the back of a building at gunpoint. Reiter tried to hit the gun out of his hands then ran back to the truck. Reiter says a gang of men were waiting there and proceeded to beat him down.”It was a setup,” said Reiter, “There’s no way that many people would have been right there and it would have been so planned out.”
Reiter does not remember exactly how he survived, just that the gang beating stopped and he got back in truck and drove away. “I floored it,” said Reiter, “I thought I was going to get shot.”
Reiter first drove home where he recorded a Facebook video about the ordeal. His fiance took later took him to the hospital.
The 37-year-old admits he should never have stopped to pick up the person, let alone get out of the truck. However, Reiter says he was just trying to do a good thing. “We shouldn’t have to sit here and be talking about things like this,” said Reiter, “it should be like oh it was really nice to help somebody out and they thanked you.”
The Charleston Police Department is investigating the incident.
I was right.
And I always called the Harlem Globetrotters to beat the Washington Generals:)
"Anyone seen anything? No? Okay."
....Neighbors....sigh
There is no such thing as a “stranded” motorist or pedestrian anymore. Stop for no one. Call 911 and report the location of the “stranded” person.
This young man will die a lonely death because he has not developed a gift of fear. If he doesn’t have it at age 37, it’s not coming.
(10) Thus, while always attentive to the particular qualities of individuals, on the many occasions where you have nothing to guide you but knowledge of those mean differences, use statistical common sense:
(10a) Avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally.
(10b) Stay out of heavily black neighborhoods.
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Sadly, this is all too true.
Good Samaritan killed after helping pull SUV from ditch. According to the article a couple of teens were arrested.
Chicago's downtown expressway traffic used to be notorious for that sort of sucker trap. A car pulled over with a "Damsel in distress" and two or more bad guys hiding behind the snow bank.
Never pull over for any reason. You stand to loose your car, phone, cash & credit cards, and any form of self defense you're carrying. To add insult to injury, they'll probably stump the crap out of you for being so inexcusably dumb.
Regards,
GtG
He doesn’t sound very smart.
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