The chain has apologized for the incident with Rev. William Barber II, who has a degenerative bone disease.

The incident occurred Tuesday in Greenville during a showing of “The Color Purple.” The Rev. William Barber II said he needs the chair because he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a disabling bone disease.

    • Dankry@lemmy.worldOP
      2541·
      1 year ago

      God I just love the notion that if you ask questions and don’t immediately jump to the conclusion that the company did something wrong youre “valiantly rushing to the defense of AMC” and “blatantly attempting to blame the victim”.

      Lets get the sequence of events in order here, shall we?

      1. AMC staff call police on a disabled civil rights leader suffering from a debilitating bone disease for trying to use a special chair he needs during a screening of ‘A Color Purple.’
      2. AMC admits fault and apologizes.
      3. Bozo rushes to the defense of AMC by suggesting the victim is somehow at fault despite point 2.
      4. I provide a second link settling the matter and call them out for engaging in pointless victim blaming.
      5. You butt-in to defend JAQing off and blatant attempts to blame the victim.
      6. I block the both of you.

      Bye now.

      • alienanimals@lemmy.world
        201·
        1 year ago

        Lol the person you were responding to thanked you for correcting them, asked you nicely not to be a dick, and then you double down on being a dick.

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
        203·
        1 year ago

        Step 3 isn’t correct.

        Nobody rushed to the defence of the AMC. The only thing they did was look at the issue from a broader point of view and mention they don’t have full info on the topic.

        Seems like you are projecting, and can’t handle criticism at all.

        Please, block me too.

      • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.ggEnglish
        131·
        1 year ago

        Was he busting it out in the aisle? If so, yes, that’s against fire code, and it makes sense theater staff asked him to move, because that’s what they’re trained to do. There’s not really enough information here to form an opinion unless you’re just into feeling outrage at the headline

        Block me too. That’s no where near

        Bozo rushes to the defense of AMC by suggesting the victim is somehow at fault despite point 2.