I got inspected the other night at a Regal before seeing "Straight Outta Compton" with my girlfriend. It did strike me as odd but I didn't give it much thought. It just seems to be the way things are going, sadly.

While we're on the topic, there were police waiting outside the theatre after the movie let out. Nobody in the theatre was behaving remotely rowdy or criminal. The only conclusion I could draw was that the officers were there because they felt (indeed they were right) that the movie's audience would be primarily African-American, and therefore might be triggered by the movie to riot (?). Instead of feeling protected, I felt the police presence itself was a move that could trigger an audience walking out of such a movie to behave irresponsible. I know I felt as if the police were behaving at best overzealous, and at worst racist. I still find it astounding that the police would show up and affirm the film's main message that the police are a injustice menace to African-American society. In the end, it helped drive home the film's message even further.