Aint gonna let nobody make me take my chair home.
I got a right to a seatings the place.
Until then Im fighting.
Rev. Dr. William BarberTwitter
Bishop Barber, 60, has long suffered from a form of arthritis known as ankylosing spondylitis.
He travels with his own chair and almost always uses it instead of the seating provided in public spaces.
Only wheelchairs were permitted, he was told.
He was asked to leave, police were called and Rev.
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The Bishop said he has since been in contact withAMC TheatersbossAdam Aron.
I am encouraged [by] Brother Aron, the CEO and Chairman of AMC.
He asked if he could come and meet with me in Greenville to talk extensively.
Aron, according to Rev.
Barber, made it clear this is not the way AMC is supposed to work.
Ive actually talked to him several times since.
I believe hes sincere, that hes serious, Rev.
Barber told assembled media.
It doesnt do him any good to have people acting out in his theaters.
No CEO wants people going around making his or her organization look foolish.
Asked by a local reporter if he was ready to move on after he got an apology, Rev.
Barber said, Ive already accepted the apology.
The apology is the beginning.
My first goal is to meet with the president directly, the Bishop announced, because: This.
It should have never been a police escalation situation.
Never to have been threatened to be charged with trespassing…The law is clear.
Title 3 prohibits discrimination based on disability in the activities or places of public accommodation.
Asked if he was blocking the aisle, the Bishop said he was not.
Asked what he will say to Aron when they meet in person Rev.
Barber indicated he would keep that private.
But were not there yet, he said.
