Good Intentions Gone Horribly Awry

I see the good intentions, here, but … yikes.

Relatives of the majority of people killed in a Colorado movie theatre rejected an invitation on Wednesday to attend its reopening later this month, calling it a “disgusting offer.”

The parents, grandparents, cousins and widow of nine of the 12 people killed released a letter sent to the theater’s owner, Cinemark, in which they criticized the Plano, Texas-based company for not reaching out to the families of victims to offer their condolences. They also said the company refused to meet with them one-on-one without lawyers present.

The families said they were asked to attend an “evening of remembrance” followed by a movie when the Aurora theater reopens on Jan. 17 in invitations sent two days after Christmas.

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