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2020-05-06 Great White North

Sci-fi restaurant employee, 19, dressed as a stormtrooper for May the Fourth is held at gunpoint by police after locals called 911 thinking her plastic blaster was a real gun

[MAIL] A 19-year-old employee at a Star Wars-themed restaurant in Canada was tackled to the ground and handcuffed after she wore a stormtrooper costume outside the business to celebrate May the Fourth, but cops mistook her plastic blaster for a real weapon.

On May 4, also known as Star Wars Day, employees at Coco Vanilla Galatic Cantina in Lethbridge, Canada celebrated the special occasion by having the female staffer dress up in a costume from the film and greet customers outside.

But police were called after a passerby reported a person in a stormtrooper costume carrying a firearm.

Police flocked to the scene with their guns drawn and demanded the employee drop the weapon before forcing her on the ground, leaving her in tears.

Shocking video from the incident show at least three officers pointing their guns and screaming 'Get down on the ground' as she raises her hands in confusion because she couldn't hear them through the helmet.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-06 02:52|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 "Canada is an asshole"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-06 03:48|| 2020-05-06 03:48|| Front Page Top

#2 .....but cops mistook her plastic blaster for a real weapon.

Highly doubtful.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-06 03:53|| 2020-05-06 03:53|| Front Page Top

#3 That's No Police.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-05-06 05:50|| 2020-05-06 05:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Like a stormtrooper could hit anything she shoots at...
Intergalactic Snark O'The Day

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-06 07:15|| 2020-05-06 07:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Frank G with the early Snark O' The Day lead...

Posted by Raj 2020-05-06 07:49|| 2020-05-06 07:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Perhaps a little edgy after the recent Nova Scotia tragedy.

Posted by Clem 2020-05-06 08:00|| 2020-05-06 08:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Lethbridge police investigating actions of officers involved in ‘Star Wars Day’ Stormtrooper handcuffing

In front of the Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina "Canada is ~~an asshole~~ stupid, inbred eh"?

Posted by Woodrow 2020-05-06 10:27|| 2020-05-06 10:27|| Front Page Top

#8 I am just glad they didn't shoot her

Posted by magpie 2020-05-06 12:51|| 2020-05-06 12:51|| Front Page Top

#9 Cops showed no common sense.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-05-06 16:57|| 2020-05-06 16:57|| Front Page Top

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