Yesterday, Townhall told you about two horrible crimes in Chicago that happened just this week. In one, a pregnant woman and her child were beaten by a mob of students outside a Chicago school. If that wasn’t bad enough, a 26-year-old woman was set on fire on Chicago’s Blue Line after reportedly getting into an argument with a career criminal named Lawrence Reed.
In the initial reporting, we believed Reed had 22 prior arrests. That’s inexcusable enough, but it turns out Reed had 49 prior arrests, including for arson, as well as ten felony convictions. And it seems Reed’s victim didn’t get into an argument with him at all. Reed just approached her, doused her with a flammable liquid, and set her on fire.
🚨BREAKING: The Blue Line fire attacker has been identified as a repeat offender, Lawrence Reed .
After being arrested for randomly setting a 26-year-old woman on fire, Reed shouted “Burn alive, b***h!”as officers took him into custody.
CTA surveillance footage shows Reed… pic.twitter.com/F7zyXmnqHO
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