A 26-year-old woman was set on fire on a train in Chicago by a career criminal with 72 prior arrests. She fought him off and fled, but he ignited a bottle of gasoline and lit her up.
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00:01:58.240He ignited the bottle, walked towards her, and lit her up.
00:02:02.200She's in critical condition, and I could be wrong about this.
00:02:05.940I believe there are people saying that she's suffering 60% burns.
00:02:09.660That sounds like I don't know how you survive that.
00:02:16.980I don't think people understand how lethal burns on a large portion of your body can be.
00:02:23.740This young woman here in this image, this image is a profile photo that is circulating.
00:02:29.840I have seen this image circulating around.
00:02:32.700It is her with a Black Lives Matter ring around her profile picture.
00:02:37.900And there are many that are mocking her, saying, you supported this, and it was these policies, in fact, that resulted in this man being released from jail.
00:02:52.980No one expects to be immolated alive by pure evil.
00:02:57.560However, and that however is a very strong however, let's get into the truth about responsibility, the banality of evil, and the consequences thereof.
00:03:11.540And I'll start first by showing you the story.
00:03:16.320Bethany McGee, 26, is identified as Chicago victim set on fire on CTA train by serial thug with 72 arrests.
00:04:33.980Because as it turns out, this man with 72 arrests was released because of these policies.
00:04:40.120That our criminal justice system is racist.
00:04:43.000And so that if there's a man in jail, we have to let him go because it's the system that did him wrong.
00:04:48.760In fact, the judge has expressed as such, quote, it is devastating that a career criminal with 72 prior arrests is now accused of attacking 26-year-old Bethany McGee on Chicago's L train and setting her on fire.
00:05:04.140Secretary Duffy said, this would never have happened if this thug had been behind bars at Chicago.
00:05:09.860Let's repeat offenders roam the streets, Duffy said of suspect Lawrence Reed, 50, who is facing federal terrorism charges in connection with a senseless fire.
00:05:18.740Here's an image from Facebook of Bethany McGee holding a cat.
00:05:25.820Chicago's carelessness is putting the American people at risk.
00:05:28.940No one should ever have to fear for their life on the subway, Duffy said, lambasting the Windy City soft on crime policies that let a dangerous convicted criminal roam free.
00:05:38.700Reed approached McGee, who was sitting with her back to the crazed firebug on the train in downtown Chicago around 9 p.m., according to the criminal complaint.
00:05:45.420He then removed the cat from a bottle of liquid, pouring it all over her head and body.
00:05:50.000McGee fled, but Reed caught up with her and set the bottle, which fell to the floor on fire.
00:05:55.200He then retrieved it and used it to set her ablaze.
00:05:58.980Reed was engulfed in flames, but somehow managed to exit the train before collapsing on the platform where Good Samaritan stepped in to help her as she was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
00:06:07.840Reed was spotted on surveillance footage of Chicago's gas station purchasing gasoline, which he put into a plastic beverage bottle roughly 20 minutes before the attack.
00:06:17.280He was arrested the next day and hit with federal terror charges.
00:06:20.320He's in the courtroom screaming, I plead guilty, I plead guilty.
00:07:18.700But I tell you this, there are those of us that at least in our communities, we will not stand idly by and watched demons torture, maim, immolate, and murder our children.
00:07:31.360So I give a warning, as should any strong man, to anyone who dare do this to one of our friends, family members, community members, or otherwise.
00:07:44.200But in Chicago, in Chicago, you're not so lucky.
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00:09:56.940If you choose to go to an ATM at 3 in the morning in a seedy neighborhood and you get robbed, first and foremost, the criminals are to blame.
00:10:11.360But when do we say you make choices that increase your risk and you are responsible for the choices you make?
00:10:18.120If you decided to walk into the woods, smothered in honey, carrying salmon, do you think anyone would sympathize with you if a bear mauled you to death and ate the salmon?
00:10:34.520No, they'd probably say, were you trying to make that happen?
00:10:39.240So why is it that we have this narrative of, well, men should be taught not to rape?
00:21:40.800And I'm not here to pretend like, you know, I got no fight with the guy or anything.
00:21:46.340No, what happened actually was a cop grabbed him from behind, spun around, and slammed him into an iron fence and screamed, not in my town.
00:22:33.100And then this dude came up and pulled my hat off, and I said, something to the effect of, I'm going to knock your fucking teeth out, or something like that.
00:25:06.700Well, I'll tell you this, if you jump into a river full of piranha in the Amazon and you get ripped to shreds, I'm going to be like, someone should have told the piranhas not to maul you.
00:25:22.740When did we live in this world where you could just do whatever you wanted without consequence and there was no expectation of risk or violence?
00:25:28.800So, right now there are people who are mocking her over this BLM post that she made.
00:27:24.160You don't really change the minds of individuals.
00:27:27.560Their politics don't change all that much.
00:27:29.380In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this family's politics don't change all that much either.
00:27:33.880They just rationalize it, say, well, it was one bad guy.
00:27:37.220One bad guy shouldn't, you know, condemn the whole system.
00:27:41.120But there are many young men that are learning about this story.
00:27:46.200And to those young men, you have an option to take.
00:27:50.060Be a Democrat and hide and keep your head down and hope when the demons come, they don't come for you or you're hiding well enough that they can't find you.
00:27:59.240Or you can be a man of action and you can say, I will not live this way.
00:28:06.160With all due respect to myself, I understand I'm not running for office, but I am speaking out in such a way that has resulted in death threats upon me and my family, who are none too happy about any of this and honestly would prefer anonymity and a quiet life.
00:28:24.740Every day I make these videos and I say things that piss people off.