CTA Blue Line Attack Suspect in Court Friday on Terrorism Charge

Pritzker suggests he’s open to tweaking SAFE-T Act after train passenger fire

(The Center Square) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is suggesting he would be open to amending the state’s SAFE-T Act after a man with a long criminal history was charged with setting a Chicago train passenger on fire.

Pritzker suggests he’s open to tweaking SAFE-T Act after train passenger fire

(The Center Square) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is suggesting he would be open to amending the state’s SAFE-T Act after a man with a long criminal history was charged

Pritzker defends Safe-T Act after CTA burn attack

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker again defended Illinois Safe-T Act bail-reform law, following the arrest of a suspect in a burn attack on a CTA train. Authorities say the suspect had been arrested more than 20 times.

CTA Blue Line attack suspect in court Friday on terrorism charge

Lawrence Reed is accused of setting a 26-year-old woman on fire on a CTA Blue line train, goes before a judge Friday.

Mayor Brandon Johnson urges state to expedite transit funding after woman set on fire on Blue Line – CBS2 (Chicago)

Johnson said his administration is eyeing changes to address housing and mental health, but stopped short of committing to deploying more officers on the CTA, or efforts to ensure fewer unhoused users riding the CTA only for short-term shelter. "I think it's too early to speculate about what that absolutely looks like, but again the funding from Springfield is the most important thing. Without that funding, then none of this would be visibilized…

Mayor Johnson says 'absolute failure' of justice, mental health systems led to fire attack on Blue Line

Mayor Brandon Johnson said Thursday that an “absolute failure” of the criminal justice and mental health systems allowed a “seriously disturbed” man with a history of dozens of felony charges to douse a woman with gasoline, authorities say, and light her on fire aboard the CTA’s Blue Line.A day after Lawrence Reed, 50, was hit with terrorism charges never before brought to Chicago’s federal court, Johnson tried to reassure passengers and the pub…