Movie shut down due to 'suspicious person' in theater

Exactly. Better safe than sorry.

Glad to hear that nothing happened and everyone is safe.

I'm a bit surprised that the theater would even allow someone inside with a duffle bag.  Most theaters don't allow anything bigger than a purse, mainly to prevent people from bringing in their own food and drinks.  (The theaters make most of their profits from the consessions rather than the movie itself.)

I went to see the Hobbit on Christmas and partway through the movie a guy wearing military fatigue pants got up...probably to use the bathroom...it's a long movie....but you can imagine it got my attention.

Sad that we no longer feel safe anywhere....

I think your daughter's lack of concern is simply innocence...which is probably a good thing honestly....

I often smuggle in a small backpack filled with water, apples, bananas, and trail mix.  Can't stand the idea of buying the stuff in the theater.  I could easily smuggle in a small weapon, but then again in our area it's probably already legal with a concealed gun permit....

Brian

In fairness to the moive ushers how could they, I mean with having to respond to text's and view your friends FaceBook updates, I think that is expecting too much.

That's actually kind of encouraging. With the high rate of mental health problems among people who end up homeless, I'm glad they found him and got him help. Many law enforcement agencies have only in the last decade started providing training on how to constructively deal with people who experience mental illness.

and I'm VERY glad that's all it was.

Yes. It's called "the new normal." Get used to it.

We're scanned and patted down when entering a stadium these days, won't be long before this is extended to movie theaters and other public gathering places..

You mean by taking them to the hospital so they can be released in a day or so?  Yeah, it's very constructive.

I'm comparing it to when Officer Schmuckatelli beat-up the mentally ill homeless guy, threw him in jail for a day to "sober him up" (when he's not drunk, he's bipolar or schizophrenic), THEN released him to the street. Maybe the hospital can help for a day or two. I know it's not a long-term solution, but it's an improvement over what's been done in the past.

No, it isn't.  I've been a cop for 27 years.....it's a joke.  You have no idea what you are talking about.

I'm sorry, not trying to be rude....you just don't know.  This country better wake up and get a handle on what to do with the mentally ill among us....it's a much more pressing problem than gun control, or anything else you can think of, when it comes to serious crimes against persons.

Funny how the crazy gal who threw a person in front of the subway train in New York barely makes the news........I guess it would have been different if it would have fit someone's agenda.

It is not my intention to start another "gun thread"....but the fact is, NOBODY has the stomach for a "mentally ill" thread.  Unfortunately, there are those among us who need to be separated from society......no matter how politically correct, touchy-feely you want to be about it.  

Sadly, I agree.

You probably need to stop gathering in public toilets and strip clubs, kreepy Fil.

FIFY,,,,,

@ phil, see you at the Spearmint Rhino this afternoon?

Happy New Year to everyone!!