Posted on 11/24/2025 5:57:19 AM PST by Red Badger
s Metro Long Island Politics World News Search Type to Search Search US News Bethany MaGee, 26, is identified as Chicago victim set on fire on CTA train by serial thug with 72 arrests By Chris Nesi Published Nov. 23, 2025, 3:53 p.m. ET
1.8K Comments Man faces terrorism charge after allegedly lighting woman on fire on Chicago train
01:41 / 01:57 The 26-year-old woman who cops said was set on fire by a lunatic with a lengthy rap sheet on a Chicago L train earlier this month has been identified as Bethany MaGee.
“It is devastating that a career criminal with 72 PRIOR ARRESTS is now accused of attacking 26-year-old Bethany MaGee on Chicago’s L train, and setting her on fire,” US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on social media Sunday.
“This would never have happened if this thug had been behind bars. Yet Chicago lets repeat offenders roam the streets,” Duffy said of suspect Lawrence Reed, 50, who is facing federal terrorism charges in connection with the senseless fire attack.
Bethany MaGee has been identified as the victim in the violent attack. Facebook/Bethany MaGee
He then removed the cap from a bottle of liquid, pouring it all over her head and body. MaGee fled, but Reed caught up with her and set the bottle, which fell to the floor, on fire, but he allegedly retrieved it and used it to set her ablaze.
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START INDICTING THESE DEMOCRAT STUPID JUDGES!!!
I do not see this ending in any form that could be construed as a psotivie at all. I pray that I am wrong.
You actually think our court system will punish the DEMs?
We’ll have to check with your moral superiors as to whether noticing the vastly higher rate of black violence constitutes racism and deserves a serious Tut Tutting.
Furry?
I wonder if the thug was heard saying as he walked away from the crime scene “I got that white girl, I got that white girl,” just as the Charlotte transit murderer did.
Poor girl. She has learned a bitter lesson about espousing certain causes.
That’s if she even survives and recovers. Last I heard, she’s still in ICU and will be there a while.
Black males have declared open season on White females.
Let there be no wonder why babies aren’t being born and society is collapsing.
“How ‘bout those Bears?”
He will be declared mentally unfit to stand trial and be sent to a mental hospital where he will be treated and released in a couple of years. Rinse, Lather, Repeat..............
HORRIBLE. 72 times? LEO do their jobs and others let this POS back on the street?
Poor girl. She has learned a bitter lesson about espousing certain causes.
??
I missed which ‘causes she espoused’.
(Yes, I did scan the article.)
God bless, heal and keep this beautiful young lady.
The judges who let both the Charlotte and this perp free were minority female. Rule of DEI and compassion, not law. Females need to wake up.
Daniel Penny and Kyle Rittenhouse are penalized for trying to help. Females need to wake up.
If she survives she should sue the City, the Mayor, the Judge, the Prosecutor, the Democrat Party and the GOVERNOR................
“She has learned a bitter lesson about espousing certain causes.”
What causes? I see nothing in article referencing causes.
You don’t even have to know about fractal geometry.
Dem judges need at least 12 pages of rap sheet before sentencing to jail.
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