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WATCH: Canadian Police, Weapons Drawn, Arrest Woman In Stormtrooper Costume. She Had Plastic Blaster.

John Bickley
WATCH: Canadian Police, Weapons Drawn, Arrest Woman In Stormtrooper Costume. She Had Plastic Blaster.
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In a video that has gone viral, police in Lethbridge, Alberta, can be seen converging on, surrounding, with weapons drawn, and handcuffing a woman dressed as a stormtrooper in celebration of May the Fourth after they received multiple “firearms” complaints over the woman’s obviously fake, plastic Star Wars blaster. Video of the arrest shows the woman crying hysterically while her boss tells police, “It’s a plastic gun!”

A “May the Fourth Be With You” promo by Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina quickly escalated into an alarming situation, owner Bradley Whalen told Lethbridge News Now on Monday.

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