China News Service, August 11. According to the US "World Daily" report, "I have not dared to take the MRT for a year." Before the epidemic, I had been taking the red line MRT (subway) from Chicago's Chinatown to downtown Lake Street Station. (Lake St.) Ms. Huang, who is commuting, said that because of work, sometimes she has to arrive at the company early in the morning, and sometimes she has to work overtime and get off work later. Previously, she was worried about being infected by public transportation because of the epidemic, but now there are too many bus robberies, Harassment, I am very worried about becoming a victim, so I dare not take the risk.

　　Ms. Huang, who couldn't take the MRT, said that she had troubled her family to pick them up before, but as the epidemic eased, she has switched to taking the bus to commute to get off work in the past six months. Waiting for the bus, especially when there are few people, is particularly dangerous.” And sometimes there are few people in the carriage, and the ride is quite nervous.

　　Mr. Chen, who witnessed someone's wallet being robbed the moment he got off the bus at Chinatown Station, said that the robber was a teenager and was quick. "It was around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and there were not many passengers, but these robbers were unscrupulous and hateful."

Mr. Chen said he had tried to hunt down the robbers, but had no choice but to let him run away.

Are you afraid that the other party has a gun?

Mr. Chen said that he really didn't think about it that much, but now he is indeed afraid.

　　Alex, who works at a restaurant in Chinatown Plaza, said that except for weekends, the number of people entering and leaving Chinatown Station on the Red Line is significantly lower than before. Even for the big event of the Chinatown Summer Festival, most tourists or people come by car. The ongoing violence on the MRT is terrifying."

　　Although the Chicago Police Department also distributed flyers on the Chinatown Red Line MRT a while ago to promote information on how to pay attention to safety when taking the MRT, but with the frequent reports of MRT cases, "it is difficult to convince passengers to have the courage to take the risk." .

　　As for how to improve the current situation of MRT?

Ms. Huang said that although the police have installed a lot of surveillance camera equipment, if the perpetrators are not arrested, it means that they are "helpless" in such cases. She hopes that the police station can strengthen patrols and increase the arrest rate, otherwise install more cameras. I'm afraid it has almost no other function other than taking photos of suspects.

(Huang Huiling)