Chicago Train Burning Shows How Too Much Leniency to the Guilty Is Cruelty to the Innocent
26th November 2025
A young woman is fighting for her life in Chicago with severe burns because of a grave injustice intolerably common in cities across America.
Bethany MaGee, a 26-year-old woman from Upland, Indiana, is fighting for her life with horrific burns she received while riding Chicago’s CTA Blue Line train on Nov. 17. Her story is incredibly similar to several other incidents as of late that have grabbed national headlines.
Lawrence Reed, a 50-year-old man with an astoundingly long criminal record, allegedly doused MaGee with gasoline, chased her through the train, and lit her on fire. He reportedly yelled out, “Burn alive b—.”
The incident was remarkably similar to one that took place on the New York subway a year ago. In that case the alleged assailant was an illegal alien.
Just like in the recent case of the murder of Iryna Zarutska, a woman who was stabbed to death on a Charlotte train, the suspected Chicago arsonist has a rap sheet almost hard to believe.