Identity Politics over Public Safety on the Chicago Transit Authority

Source chicago-contrarian
Original Load Date March 3, 2026, 10 a.m.
Last Updated March 3, 2026, 10 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/identity-politics-public-safety-chicago-transit-authority

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**_The legacy of Jesse Jackson makes all of us less safe_ ** If you ride the trains or buses in this town with any regularity, you don’t worry about microaggressions. You worry about being maced, mugged, shoved onto the tracks — or, in one grotesque recent case, set on fire. That’s the lived expe...