Pritzker defends Safe-T Act after CTA burn attack

SKOKIE (WBBM Newsradio) — Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is again defending the Safe-T Act bail-reform law against new allegations that it’s allowing potentially dangerous people to be released.

The comments are his first following Monday night’s burn attack on a CTA Blue Line train that left a rider with critical burns. Federal prosecutors have charged 50-year-old Lawrence Reed in the case.

A federal magistrate on Friday ordered Reed held in custody as he awaits trial on terror-related charges…

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