CTA Red Line suspended after woman stabbed to death on train

fox32chicago.com ^ | 6/23/2016 | Unknown

[rktman]

A woman was stabbed to death on a Red Line train Thursday afternoon in the South Side Grand Boulevard neighborhood, and trains are experiencing delays, authorities said.

The female, in her late teens or early 20s, was stabbed in the neck on a southbound train in the 200 block of West 47th Street at 12:33 p.m., according to Chicago Police. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

[rktman]

Prayers up for the family. In any case, a "mere" stabbing in chitown? The only reason this is news is because a firearm WASN'T used.

[BenLurkin]

I wonder if the CTA uses snort dogs and random checks of passengers to make sure the trains are gun free zones.

[Slings and Arrows]

Just think, the watermelons want us all to use public transportation.

[Steely Tom]

Just think, the watermelons want us all to use public transportation.

It's not fair that some people are safe from this sort of thing.

[henkster]

Well the Cubs are on the road so you don’t have to worry about not being able to use the Addison stop.

[vette6387]

Chicago won’t change until they elect a Rudy Giuliani Look Alike for Mayor and run the Teachers Union leadership out of town.

[RegulatorCountry]

That’s actually a rationale that I’ve heard used.

[Larry Lucido]

If I’m not mistaken, Illinois CPLs are not allowed on the trains.

[jonrick46]

If they took all the guns and made them into man hole covers, knives would be the weapon of choice. A victim can be dead before they can cry out for help. Just look happened to Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.

[MeganC]

“It’s not fair that some people are safe from this sort of thing.”

You don’t really think that actual liberals should use the public transportation in one of their liberal hellholes, do you?

[NonValueAdded]

Ban assault knives now! I hear they can stab 700 times a minute.

[Mears]

“If they took all the guns and made them into man hole covers,”

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Tough gun laws here in MA but a lovely young schoolteacher was killed here not too long ago————by a manhole cover,

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[defconw]

Have the Democrats taken to siting on the House floor over it yet?

[econjack]

[Lisbon1940]

All the anti-Chicago postings just make New York and Los Angeles look good.

[CopperTop]

"..Tough gun laws here in MA but a lovely young schoolteacher was killed here not too long ago————by a manhole cover.."

Huh? You got a link for that? My curiosity is piqued. d:^)

[Mears]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2016/02/12/woman-struck-flying-manhole-cover-inside-neill-tunnel-suffers-fatal-injuries/Okpvg6Jx6VF86xsYrA2ZRN/story.html

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[Boogieman]

They do not. There are security dogs at some stations from time to time, but they aren’t “sniffers”, they are just there to scare people.

[cookcounty]

Isn’t Grand Blvd just north of the Loop rather than “south side?”

[Boogieman]

That's an assault knife!