Lawrence Reed is the man who has been charged with a federal terrorism offense after allegedly dousing a young woman with gasoline and setting her on fire on a Blue Line train in downtown Chicago.

The attack, described in a press release by the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew S. Boutros as “barbaric” and an “act of terrorism,” left the 26-year-old victim hospitalized in critical condition. Reed, 50, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.

Why It Matters

The attack has drawn intense local and national attention to issues of public safety and criminal justice reform.

It comes after Trump in September called Chicago “the most dangerous city in the world” and sent 200 National Guard troops to the city the next month. The administration said the

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