Posted on 05/11/2020 7:25:08 AM PDT by marktwain
On 4 May, a small restaurant in Alberta, Canada was using a person with a Star Wars stormtrooper costume as a promotion. The Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina is located at 531 13th St. North, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The promotion was on the unofficial Star Wars Day, May the 4th be With You.
The police in Lethbridge decided to do their own interpretation of stormtroopers.
The 19-year-old woman who was employed by the Cantina as a draw was assaulted by the police at gunpoint for having the temerity to wear her Storm Trooper costume with a plastic blaster. Most of the interaction was caught on video.
The police completely overreact, they drew guns on the young woman in the Star Wars costume and order her to get down. This is difficult to do in a hard plastic costume, as she attempts to explain. The Canadian police will have none of it, even after the restaurant owner tries to tell them it is a promotion.
There was no reason to require the woman to get down on the ground and be handcuffed after she puts down the toy gun.
When the videographer comes up to video the incident one of the police tells him to leave or he will be arrested. He backs off but continues to video. Then a police officer in police truck drives between him and the victim and blocks his recording angle.
The Canadian police appear to be carrying Sig equipment. The long gun used by the officer confronting the Storm Trooper looks like a Sig 551. The sights, flash hider, and fore-end are distinctive.
Lethbridge police rifle, side view, twitterSIG SAUER SIG551-A1 10in Short-Barreled Rifle
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The officers were never in any danger.
Stormtroopers always miss.
“Impersonating a member of the military”
No risk to the cops. Storm troopers can’t hit anything from 10 feet.
No risk to the cops. Storm troopers can’t hit anything from 10 feet.
Pathetically pathetic. Wonder who the “storm trooper” votes for on a regular basis?
The left is really afraid of normal people having guns, and is doing every thing it can to take guns from non-violent citizens and leave them in the hands of violent criminals, whom it loves and kisses their behind to get votes.
The stupid is certainly strong in the police.
What respect I had for the video guy evaporated when he tried to blame the USA and Trump for what is obviously the fascist activity of the Lethbridge police.
Was watching local cops practice shooting scenarios at the range a while back. They were doing an advance and shoot from 20 feet at target as they drew their guns. The ground in front of the target was getting a beating.
Its actually the womans fault. If she had been wearing a hijab instead of a storm troopers costume she would have been left alone.
Swords are illegal in Canada so its a good thing no light sabers were involved.
Second reaction: Canada doesnt restrict possession of blasters, which arent guns at all.
“Canada. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.”
This HAS to be a joke...This is the most stupid, idiotic thing I’ve seen in my 71 years on earth....
This video guy was also terrible...He could not hold his recorder even the least bi still...Got more video of the sidewalk than anything else...
Yet one more story that I had to double check for an Onion byline about one paragraph in. Kind of makes you wonder just who the real storm troopers were in this episode. I’m guessing the irony would probably be lost on these particular “officers of the law”.
Put a hijab over that storm troopers helmet and no cop would dare to bother him/her.
Even from a distance you can see it’s set to ‘stun’, there was no real danger to anyone.
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