Young Women Are Sitting Ducks Under Progressive Rule

Another innocent, beautiful young woman was viciously attacked by a career criminal on public transportation, this time in Chicago. Twenty-six-year-old Bethany MaGee was set on fire and critically injured by a mentally ill menace who reportedly had — prepare to be appalled — 72 prior arrests. What’s next?

The attack comes just three months after the horror of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska’s brutal murder on North Carolina public transit, allegedly by Decarlos Brown Jr., who had been arrested and institutionalized more than a dozen times. The details of the Chicago attack are tragically similar: On November 17, MaGee was quietly reading on her phone on the Blue Line train when a man doused her body with gasoline. She tried to run away, but the maniac chased her down, with the bottle already on fire, and set her ablaze. The young woman was engulfed in flames but somehow escaped the train before collapsing on the platform.

About the Author

Caroline Downey

Caroline Downey is a staff writer for National Review.

Featured Tags

Another innocent, beautiful young woman was viciously attacked by a career criminal on public transportation, this time in Chicago. Twenty-six-year-old Bethany MaGee was set on fire and critically injured by a mentally ill menace who reportedly had — prepare to be appalled — 72 prior arrests. What’s next?

The attack comes just three months after the horror of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska’s brutal murder on North Carolina public transit, allegedly by Decarlos Brown Jr., who had been arrested and institutionalized more than a dozen times. The details of the Chicago attack are tragically similar: On November 17, MaGee was quietly reading on her phone on the Blue Line train when a man doused her body with gasoline. She tried to run away, but the maniac chased her down, with the bottle already on fire, and set her ablaze. The young woman was engulfed in flames but somehow escaped the train before collapsing on the platform.