News Summary

• AMC apologized after police escorted a civil rights leader from a North Carolina theater because he wanted to use a special chair for his disability.Managers at an AMC theater in Greenville, North Carolina called police on Tuesday during a showing of "The Color Purple" after Rev..
• ""We encourage guests who require special seating to speak with a manager in advance to see what can best be accommodated at the theater to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for the guest and those around them," Noonan said according to WRAL..
• "Noonan said in the statement that AMC welcomes customers with disabilities and "works hard to accommodate guests who have needs that fall outside the normal course of business..
• William Barber II said he needed to use the chair because he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a disabling bone disease, according to the Associated Press..
• "We are also reviewing our policies with our theater teams to help ensure situations like this do not occur again..
• But the department told the Associated Press in a statement that Barber left the theater voluntarily and he has not been charged with any crime..