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AMC Theatres apologizes for kicking out a civil rights leader for using his own chair
Headline from Delaware Public Media
Bishop William J. Barber III, who suffers from a chronic and painful form of arthritis, was escorted out of an AMC movie theater after he tried to use his own chair in the handicapped section.
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By Olivia LaBorde, CNN (CNN) — A civil rights leader says he was kicked out of a North Carolina movie theater while attempting to see “The Color Purple” for trying to use his own chair in the disabled section.
Bishop William J. Barber III, who suffers from a chronic and painful form of arthritis, was escorted out of an AMC movie theater after he tried to use his own chair in the handicapped section.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II said he has a form of arthritis and was trying to use a special chair in the theater's disabled section for a screening of 'The Color Purple.'
A civil rights leader who said he was asked to leave a movie screening because of a specialized chair he tried to use has called the incident a violation of his 14th Amendment rights.
The Rev. William J. Barber II was trying to watch “The Color Purple” with his mother when theater staff told him he could not use a chair he needs to help manage a painful condition.
