It's a wonder anyone was allowed to report what happened.
Reminds me of a story. When I was a young cop working in Bedford-Stuyvesant a wild and crime ridden part of Brooklyn, a “social researcher” came into our station-house asking for an escort and security detail while he interviewed people living in the area. The desk Lieutenant told him to get lost. An hour later the boss called us in to “escort” him to the railroad station and “Put him on the train; he doesn't have any money now and don't leave until the train leaves with him on it!”
It seems this fool had gone into enemy territory anyway and when he was beaten and robbed he ran into an apartment building banged on a door and begged for help. He was then dragged inside beaten again and robbed of his watch which was missed by the first robbers. We never saw him again.