Armed Guards At The Screening Of The Butler!

If you wanted armed security in a movie theater, I would of thought it would have been in the city of Aurora, Colorado.

Nah, it's in a suburban Washington, D.C. area movie theater. A predominately Black area in the state of Maryland.

And the controversy has even the good folks in the junk food media wondering....

Why did they have to have armed guards at the showing of Lee Daniels' The Butler?

Oh, that's the movie with media mogul Oprah Winfrey and actor Forest Whitaker. It's features Robin Williams, Mariah Carey, Vanessa Redgrave, Terrence Howard, Jane Fonda, Lenny Kravitz, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and rapper David Banner (born Lavell William Crump).

Mariah Carey, Jane Fonda, Lenny Kravitz and David Banner are entertainers and musical performers.

The movie showing at Regal Cinemas in Sliver Springs, Maryland was uncomfortable for some patrons.

They claimed that the armed police guards were checking the tickets twice and standing in the audience's way making sure things go right during the movie showing.

Again giving me the notion that the movie theater management were expecting riots (i.e. fights in the stands).

Many people took to the social networks to show anger towards this.

Wonder what the WHITE CONSERVATIVE EXTREMISTS are thinking about the armed guards at the Regal Movie Theater?

Here's some reactions to the movie theater's decision to use armed guards!

Bruh all I did was google "The Butler" and I have to be shown armed guards put ppl just watching a movie under heavy surveillance... I cant
— Chopin jr. (@TheNewThinker) August 19, 2013

@RegalMovies (Silver Springs MD) management confirmed there weren’t arned guards at any other films but 'The Butler'. http://t.co/WoblGmPoLp
— Candace Brown (@CandaceTX) August 19, 2013

I'd like to take this time to express my utter disgust with @RegalMovies cinema in Silver Spring, MD. You all should stay away from here.
— Tiffany (@MsFlowersTweets) August 18, 2013

The almost entirely black audience of #TheButler was subjected to watching the film while armed guards faced the audience. Why? @RegalMovies
— Tiffany (@MsFlowersTweets) August 18, 2013

Tiffany Flowers.

Many people who reacted to this have called upon a boycott of Regal Movies for this.

Again, why would you want to boycott a company? You may hurt the people who work at the movie theater. Some are people of color that work at the theater.

The woman woman, Tiffany Flowers took to Twitter on Sunday to express her 'utter disgust' at the treatment of movie-goers.

It appeared to her that the police activity was confined to the showing of 'The Butler' at which the majority of the audience was black.

Through her Tweets she explained that the theater checked customers tickets twice before being met by a police officer who told them where to sit.

Regal Cinemas is under fire for having armed guards at the showing of The Butler.

But the police activity didn't end there. Ms. Flowers went on to add that armed guards faced the crowd whilst the film was being shown.

'The almost entirely black audience of 'The Butler' was subjected to watching the film while armed guards faced the audience,' she wrote. 'Why?'

Spanning more than 50 years of history and a series of presidents, The Butler spotlights the US civil rights struggle through the life and career of a White House servant.

Inspired by Eugene Allen, who held the post for 34 years, the film is already seen as a serious contender for the Oscars.

Keep it classy America.