When police arrived, the assailant grabbed a guitar from the platform and smashed it, then struck an officer with the instrument’s neck. The man then attacked a CTA worker who had witnessed the altercation, slashing him multiple times and breaking his jaw. On November 14, a man got into a fight on the Jackson Blue Line platform, and then went onto the tracks to retrieve a knife and bicycle he had thrown during the fight, prosecutors said.The man was hospitalized in fair condition.
She confronted the employee, and during the ensuing altercation she stabbed him in the side of the neck. On July 28, a male CTA worker was power-washing the State and Lake station platform when he accidentally sprayed water on female customer, police said.On June 10 in West Pullman, a man who was angry because a bus driver turned him away away for refusing to wear a mask fired a gun at the bus doors.This disturbing incident was only the latest attack on a transit employee this year, with two other attacks in recent weeks. The driver was hospitalized with minor injuries and released in good condition. The assailants somehow left the train and ran onto the highway, ABC reported. According to witnesses, when the operator turned to walk away from them, one of the riders kicked him in the back, causing him to fall and hit his head on the door. When the driver left his booth gauge how much longer they’d be delayed, two female passengers got into an argument with him. After about an hour delay, during which passengers were unable to leave the train, riders were understandably frustrated. But on Wednesday morning, December 1, passengers assaulted an ‘L’ operator, sending him to the hospital.Īccording to an ABC Chicago report, the Red Line train left the 63rd Street stop at 8:45 a.m., only to get stuck behind another train on the tracks in the Dan Ryan Expressway median. Usually the targets of this aggression are bus drivers, customer assistants, and maintenance personnel, who have the most exposure to the public. Particularly troubling is the fact that attacks on CTA workers have become commonplace this year. Some of these incidents have been linked to mental illness, so it’s somewhat encouraging that the city’s 2022 budget includes an additional $6 million for mental health services. There has been an epidemic of stabbing cases on the transit system this year, and multiple cases of seemingly random violence against passengers.
Perhaps we wouldn’t be beating the drum on this topic so frequently if it wasn’t for constant reminders of the problem in the headlines. The most pressing challenge is a sharp rise in the violent crime rate, which more than doubled on the ‘L’ last year. Streetsblog Chicago has published several articles on the need for effective and humane solutions to the public safety and quality of life issues on the CTA that have become more prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when many Chicagoans have been experiencing economic and mental health crises, and ridership has plummeted. A 15-year-old boy was arrested and charged for the assault.
#Chicago bus driver beaten update#
Update 12/6/21, 9 AM: After the publication of this article, on Saturday, December 4, a 9 p.m., two people randomly beat a CTA bus driver on the 100 block of North Michigan in the Loop, police said.
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