Chicagoist: Man Injured in Mid-day Red Line Stabbing

tonyspdx

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:09:59 -0600

I think Chicago should ban knives. They banned everything else. I think this would make the streets safer. By all current logic of city government, this should work. Oh, I think Chicago should ban stupid people too. They voted for the city government.

matty

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:01:19 -0600

I had a gun pulled on me on the redline in, like, 1996. But I haven't had a problem in 13 years of riding since then.

The Curmudgeon

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:07:43 -0600

Was there blood spraying everywhere? That'd freak me out.

more_human

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:01:00 -0600

hahah @Von Erich the Stand By Me comment. Yeah. I would figured you just watched the movie.

truthandfactz

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:51:02 -0600

I was on this train, in this car! People did try to intervene but it escalated so fast! And we all tried to get into the next cars but the doors wouldn't open. We had to leave through the regular doors and run along the emergency ledge to the next platform. The couple with the knife was one person behind me and was screaming "Run or I"m going to kill someone!" And yes, they were obviously crazy and they were wielding the knife over their heads etc . it was impossible to intervene, people were just shocked and running

Von Erich

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:13:05 -0600

Look what happened to Chris Chambers in Stand By Me.

Stealth

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:05:27 -0600

Whew, just got here... did I miss the concealed-carry argument? As for the passengers rising up en masse and pounding the assailants, I don't blame them. Anyone bold enough to stabb someone on a crowded train in the daytime is pretty much crazy. Maintain your safety, try to get an accurate description of the suspect and then call a cop when it's safe. What good is a dead witness?

BlueFairlane

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:04:04 -0600

I'm with you, Tower. It will take that much longer for the train to get to a platform and get the guy help. Call the conductor, yeah, but don't stop the train outside a station.

Tower18

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:55:26 -0600

Yeah because if you pull the brake, now you're stuck in a small train car 20 feet in the air with a crazy guy with a knife. Just change cars and press the call button. Aside from intervening of course. And if there's a weapon being used, and I don't have the next weapon higher up the hierarchy of weapons (if there's a knife out, I want a gun), I'm not intervening. If no one's armed, that's a different story.

mich

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:36:23 -0600

omg I saw someone run into the grocery store today after a cop and tell this story about someone with a knife on the redline, but didnt know what happened.

jennyblur

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:29:41 -0600

Right? I would just quietly change cars at the next stop.

Tower18

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:25:30 -0600

Honestly, pulling the emergency brake is about the last thing I would do in this situation.

archie manning

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:23:28 -0600

Surprised this didn't happen on the Orange line. I am always astonished that I arrive un-stabbed when I see the characters on the ride to Midway.

Bronto

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:13:30 -0600

Yeah, I'm going to intervene and get stabbed then sued for intervening. Reality doesn't favor heroes. It may be the right thing to do fundamentally but unfortunately in our culture you get no reward for good deeds done.

mickcube

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:12:12 -0600

here's where everyone shames the other passengers for not instinctively forming a gang and jumping on every crazy motherfucker who rides the L

UTV

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:57:23 -0600

I lived on the Red Line for two years before moving to Lincoln Square. The difference between Red and Brown is night and day.