Article: Nu Metro beefs up security

Security will be beefed up at Nu Metro Cinemas throughout the country after a cinema shooting in the United States, the company said on Wednesday.

"In the wake of this terrible incident in the US, we will be reinforcing our security procedures with our teams at cinema level around the country," said content executive Mark Harris.
 
What a lame attempt at publicity in light of this tragic incedent.
 
short of frisking everybody there is nothing to prevent an attack like that. if someone wants to cause mayhem, they can and they will. you only hope the idiots miscalculate. although that guy had ice in his veins. to shoot so many people. and a shotgun suggests a close range.

sick sob.
 
sheesh where do i stash the pies, pizza and even once a bunny chow smuggled into a cinema lol!
 
This ain't america, we cannot go to our local store and buy whatever type of weapon we need.

There will be no terror attacks. In america terror attacks are so frequent.
 
Ag please.Another publicity stunt.Did a school decide to beef up security after the Columbine shootings.
Besides all the dangerous Jokers are in Parliament and don't go to movies.
 
Fight breaks out in the cinema. Everyone rushes for the exit.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories...-during-the-dark-knight-rises-showing-645763/

Audience anxiety in the wake of the Aurora massacre came to a head on Sunday in West Homestead, where a crowd watching "The Dark Knight Rises" made a panicked dash for the emergency exits when a fight broke out in the theater.

"There were two people who got into an argument, and one person yelled something that induced people to get into a panic," said Colin Marks, 25, of Shadyside, who was in theater 12 at the AMC Loews Waterfront 22 when the audience began to run.

Mr. Marks, who was with two male friends, said he was relatively calm as he made his way to the emergency exit, pausing to hold up the crowd of people behind him to prevent others who had fallen in the aisle from being trampled.

"There were some people that were very scared though," he said.

An emergency dispatch supervisor said a 911 call came from the theater around 6:15 p.m.

A man, who asked not to be identified, said he doubted moviegoers would have reacted the same way if news of the Colorado shooting wasn't so fresh in their minds.

"It would've just been a fight at The Waterfront, which I'm sure has happened before."

Homestead police Chief Jeffrey DeSimone, whose officers were called in to provide crowd control, said it's possible that moviegoers were extra jumpy because of the Colorado attack, but the reality is that tragedies can strike anywhere.

"It happened before and it will probably happen again," he said. "Unfortunately, that's just the world we live in."

The West Homestead theater was the site of a fatal shooting in November 2005, when two men exchanged gunfire in the lobby.

Dionne Okafor, 26, of Highland Park, said she was hesitant to go see the Batman movie at all and chose an afternoon showing on Sunday that gave her a sense of safety.

She wasn't in the theatre that moviegoers fled, but she was alarmed when her film ended and she saw police officers with dogs in the lobby.

"After what happened, it makes it a little more frightening," she said. "It's always in the back of your mind."
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Jonathan Freedman, a social psychologist at the University of Toronto, said he assessed several media violence studies and concluded there was no connection between violent movies and aggression. Freedman wrote a book on the subject sponsored by the Motion Picture Association of America and published in 2002.

He said the Colorado movie theater shooting was the first he'd ever heard of, but that the movie itself didn't make alleged shooter James Holmes pull the trigger this morning. The theater showing "The Dark Knight Rises" was just his venue of choice.

Holmes, 24, reportedly told police he was "The Joker," the villain in the previous "Batman" movie. He even dyed his hair to resemble the character.

"I think it [choosing a movie theater with a violent film] is perfectly reasonable if somebody is going to commit this kind of a crime and just wants to go and shoot up people," Freedman said, adding that this person would probably be mentally disturbed. "He's not going to go into a romantic movie and dress up as a romantic character."

The following is a list of selected movie theater shootings nationwide:



1955 (Chicago): Ex-con shoots rookie cop in a movie theater four miles from the Loop.

1985 (Chicago): Movie-line quarrel ends with one man dead of a gunshot wound to the back of the head.

1989 (New York): Bronx man kills 20-year-old for buying the last bag of popcorn at "Batman" premiere.

1989 (Southfield, Mich.): Man opens fire in parking lot on opening night of Eddie Murphy's "Harlem Nights."

1990 (Queens, N.Y.): 15-year-old dead and three others wounded when a shootout erupts during "The Godfather Part III."

1991 (Los Angeles and surrounding area): "Boyz n the Hood" sparks shootings that leave 11 injured, one critically.

1993 (Brooklyn, N.Y): 19-year-old man shot to death during a late screening of "Judgment Night."

1998 (Bakersfield, Calif.): Eight people injured after shooting during "I Got the Hookup."

1999 (Seattle): One man shoots another in the stomach during "Analyze This."

2002 (Philadelphia): Janitor shot twice in the head in movie theater bathroom.

2006 (Baltimore): Man sits behind victim in movie theater, shoots him in head, hollers for everyone to stay down, fires three more shots.

2006 (Pittsburgh): A screening of "Get Rich or Die Tryin" ends when one man fatally shoots another in the lobby after a trip to the restroom.

2008 (Philadelphia): Man enraged by noisy family in movie theater throws popcorn at son, shoots father.

2008 (Raleigh, N.C.): Masked man tries to rob theater, fatally shoots owner.

2010 (Daly City, Calif.): A man shoots three people outside a Bay Area movie theater, including a pregnant woman.

2011 (Tuscaloosa, Ala.): Teen shoots another teen in movie theater parking lot.

2012 (Aurora, Colo.): Man opens fire at midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," killing 12 people and injuring 59 others.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-shooting-recalls-history-theater-violence/story?id=16823347&page=2#.UA_yc2FwWlU


I have to pirate my stuff because theatres just aren't safe anymore.

:twisted:
 
Rosaudio said:
Strange how everyone thinks it could happen again.
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If almost did happen again, a copy cat was caught. American is a strange place where people will copy mass murderers. Those few minutes of attention seems to be worth death or life in prison.
 
killadoob said:
If almost did happen again, a copy cat was caught. American is a strange place where people will copy mass murderers. Those few minutes of attention seems to be worth death or life in prison.
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USA is all about your 15 sec of fame or infamy, that and a public dead scared by the government and media with the constant predictions of death by terrorists. Living under that kind of pressure must make you nuts, well in some cases, more nuts.
 
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