The new movie Stomp The Yard is being banned from a chain of movie theaters in Springfield, Illinois, for fear it could trigger the same gang violence that erupted during another movie showing last month. Tony Kerasotes, CEO of the 40-plus Kerasotes theater chain, told officials he feared a repeat of a fight and shooting that occurred during a Christmas Day screening of Black Christmas at Parkway Pointe Theater in Springfield. Police said two groups of youths began fighting inside the theater and at least two fired shots in the theater’s lobby. One teen was shot during the fight, which police said stemmed from a long-standing feud between two local gangs. Stomp the Yard, stars Megan Good, Columbus Short, and R&B crooners Ne-Yo and Chris Brown and depicts the fraternity scene as it pertains to stepping at a historically black college in Atlanta. Sony Pictures announced that 2.5% of the proceeds from the movie’s opening weekend numbers would be donated to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.
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