Army Translator Says He Escaped the Taliban Only to Be Assaulted at NYC Movie Theater

Abdul Samey Honaryar, an asylee and former translator for the U.S. military, loved to go to the movies in New York City—something he was denied as a child growing up in Afghanistan after his local theaters were destroyed, he said.

But what started as a typical Saturday night out to the movies to see a blockbuster horror film ended in a different kind of horror: a slam when a company security guard pushed and dragged Honaryar out of the theater, through two swinging doors and a sign, and, he said, left him fearing for his life after seeing the guard reach for his weapon.

Now, Honaryar is suing AMC theaters for discrimination and assault.

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