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Posted on 05/05/2020 9:23:20 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
May the fourth turned out to be an unlucky day for one “Star Wars” enthusiast dressed as a stormtrooper from the sci-fi franchise, when police responded with guns drawn to two 911 calls about her.
Now police in Lethbridge, Alta. say they’ve launched a service investigation into the actions of the officers who responded on Monday morning.
A video circulating on YouTube shows a person dressed as a “Star Wars” stormtrooper in front of a business called Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina. The person recording the video asks the costumed person to do a dance.
However, the video takes a serious turn at around the 35-second mark, when we see several police cruisers parked with their sirens flashing. Officers can be seen pointed their guns at the stormtrooper and heard saying “Get on the ground.”
The person in the costume gets on her knees and police arrest her. Someone saying “Are you serious?” and a woman sobbing can be heard. Police then kneel and speak with the trooper after her helmet is taken off.
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But we were told to wear masks!
Ok, so they just had a mass shooting. That guy in Colorado did a mass shooting dressed as the Joker. Cops got called because someone saw a gun that looked real from someone passing by in a car. Cop respond to a “gun” call. All good so far...
But about 10 seconds after arriving, this should have been over and everyone should have been laughing.
Why did those idiots have her laying on the ground handcuffed and terrified?
Idiots.
“Hello? 911? Yeah, someone inna Stah Wahs costume havin’ waaay too much fun wit’the ‘rona onna loots.”
“Yeah, 911? Someone in full body armor is having some kind of episode. I’m afraid someone may get hurt.”
No one said that. But I’ll bet they said something crazy like that.
Direct link to video => https://youtu.be/zE0VEHkBtIA
yeah the comment by that canadian pr.ck about donald Trump made my blood pressure go up.
The girl? She’ll live
Where is this at?
was anyone here actually patient enough to watch the canadian POS make fun of the US and Trump??
That’s the only part that annoys me
The guy recording it blamed President Trump for the police state reaction. Fool.
Ditto.
The guy filming is a moron on multiple levels.
But everyone knows that Imperial stormtroopers always miss.
The Vidiot is Stew Pet...
The cops threaten the camera-person then hiding from him is very problematic.
1) May the (Police) Force be with you.
2) These are not the Droids you are looking for.
3) Why did they care? Even if she fired her weapon, Stormtroopers never hit anything.
4) Bet they wouldn’t have arrested her if it was REY.
5) I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if suddenly millions of Tim Hortons donuts cried out in terror.
6) Clone Wars or Clown Wars?
7) Will she be frozen in Carbonite?
8) Did Greedo shoot first?
9) “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
10) Revenge of the Fifth?
Was the link to TheDeathStar.com...?
Ah*le idiots in uniform. I read that they slammed her into the ground. Seems to be standard practice now, even without resistance. They need to be sued, the department and the individual cops who treated her like that.
It’s all fun and games … until the Death Star shows up.
“...several police cruisers parked with their sirens flashing.”
Sirens flashing?
Ignoramuses.
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