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Resident not impressed by TinseltownTue, 05/22/2007 - 4:40pm
By: Letters to the ...
I am a resident of south Fayette County and have been for numerous years. I took my wife out to dinner for our anniversary in Fayetteville on May 18. After a great dinner we decided to go to Tinseltown for a movie. We had not been to Tinseltown in quite some time. Going to Tinseltown Theater in Fayetteville was a mistake. The theater was full of young people outside and inside. As we went in to the theater I could not help but think how loud these young people were being and what a mess the theater was in. It seemed like no one swept the floors or brought out the trash in a while. When we got situated in our theater seat, we were amazed at the movie previews with the violence, sexual content and general disrespect they promoted. The movie we selected by default was very poor. My wife and I decided to leave early. We left the theater and exited the building through a clearly marked exit door to the parking lot. As we exited a young black male pushed between my wife and me and attempted to round me in to theater. When I closed the door, locking it behind me, the young man got very upset and confronted me. He demanded of me to answer why I closed the door behind me, not allowing him in. I said this was an exit only door. The young man became more frustrated telling me not to ever to do this again and called me a player that will lose. I said you need to get a theater ticket to see a movie. He replied I got a ticket. I then recommended he use the front entrance door. He said I use what door I want, man. We kept walking and this fellow was staring us down as if he was going to jump us. I said to my wife to keep with me and moving toward the parking lot and car. Another bystander said to us, “What is wrong with that kid?” We said we do not know and do not want to know. We got into our car after dodging skate boarders who seem intent on running us down. As we departed we saw a Fayetteville police car and two officers in front of the theater outside their patrol car. We stopped and flagged one officer indicating to him to please come over to our car. The officer with coffee in hand came over. I proceeded to tell him what just happened and how aggressive this young person was to us, even told him we felt threatened and thought we were within seconds of being attacked. The officer said, “Yes, this is a bad place to be on weekends.” I said we just saw the fellow again, pointing toward the theater. We told the officer he had a black ball cap cocked on his head, large black T-shirt with silver, shiny, thin stripes, big baggy black shorts and black tennis shoes on. The policeman said you just described two thirds of the folks here tonight. I asked what he was going to do if anything with this information. The officer asked me what I wanted him to do. I said we want file a complaint and have this young man answer to his actions. The officer said, “Oh, that changes things then.” He sat he coffee on the hood of my car and took his pen out and asked me my name, address, telephone number and date of birth. He wrote it down and said, “OK, if we see him, we will call and let you know.” I left feeling like my wife and I were violated by some young punk and that I did something wrong [by] telling the police officer. I am sure nothing was done and the police officer went back to his car and finished his coffee. No wonder there are so many problems in society today. No one is accountable. You cannot even to a movie with out someone threating you. I know your paper will never publish this letter, but I feel a lot better taking the time to write it down and sending it. By the way, my wife and I will never go back to Tinseltown movie theater. We may consider not even going to Fayetteville for anything as the police protection seems very casual at best. G. Taber Brooks, Ga. login to post comments![]() |