At 9:24 PM on November 17, a 26-year-old white woman named Bethany MaGee was sitting on a seat in the middle of a Chicago Transit Authority train car. She was looking through her phone, not paying much attention to her surroundings. At the same time, a 50-year-old black man named Lawrence Reed, who had 72 prior arrests and 15 prior convictions (including nine felony convictions, for crimes including arson, aggravated battery, and drug trafficking), was seated at the far back of the CTA car.
Credit: United States District Court Northern District Of Illinois Eastern Division/Chicago Transit Authority security camera/HighSentry360-34
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