Friday, November 21, 2025

Why bother with "laws" they'll never enforce??!!-----Chicago man charged with terrorism after woman set on fire on train.

Police sources and arrest records confirm Reed had been arrested 71 times in Cook County prior to Tuesday’s arrest, and convicted in 13 of those cases.
CHICAGO — A man with a lengthy criminal history is facing a federal terrorism charge after authorities said he set a woman on fire in an unprovoked attack on a CTA Blue Line train Monday night.
Reed is no stranger to the Cook County criminal justice system, with arrests dating back to the mid-1990s for various charges including domestic battery and other batteries on public properties.
  • He was on pretrial release for an aggravated battery charge, which court records show stemmed from an alleged assault in August on a social worker at MacNeal Hospital. The victim was hit so hard she lost consciousness, court records show.
  • Reed was also convicted in an April 2020 case of aggravated arson after he used gasoline to start a fire at the Thompson Center, located at 121 West Lake Street, court records show. According to court filings, he was sentenced to two years of mental health probation, which he completed by December 2023...

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