BLM activist Deray McKesson, fresh off a meeting with Bernie Sanders, tweeted about a threat received at a theater in Baltimore showing a Black Panther documentary:
I'm in Baltimore at the screening of the @panthersdoc and it's being evacuated as a threat was received via Twitter. America. 2015.
— deray (@deray) September 19, 2015
We're at the Charles Theater in Baltimore and I was to facilitate the discussion w/ the director of the @panthersdoc earlier.
— deray (@deray) September 19, 2015
The hosts of the @panthersdoc event today let me know that there was a threat & we thought that it'd be okay. But we had to evacuate.
— deray (@deray) September 19, 2015
We were about 30 minutes from the end of the @panthersdoc film when it was evacuated.
— deray (@deray) September 19, 2015
The employees at the Charles Theater went home after the threat. The theater owner himself is going to allow us to see the end.
— deray (@deray) September 19, 2015
Please let us know what's going on at the Charles @deray. You ok? Unreal.
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) September 19, 2015
Yeah, we're okay. We are being allowed to watch the last 30 minutes now. America. 2015. https://t.co/YwYKlsZG9x
— deray (@deray) September 19, 2015
Other screenings at the theater have reportedly been canceled:
Owner of Charles Theatre says it is closed for the rest of the day following shooting threat. Film @panthersdoc is finishing screening.
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) September 19, 2015
This is what I walked in on. Q&A pressed on. Three other screenings are cancelled though, and director is not happy https://t.co/DUnTTtf0rD
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) September 19, 2015
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