Looks like there’s some cops in Lethbridge that haven’t been to the movies in, oh, 40 or so years..A Star Wars-theme promotion ended badly Monday when armed cops took down a Stormtrooper – hard..The incident happened, suitably, on May the Fourth when the owner of a Lethbridge restaurant called Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina decided a dancing Stormtrooper in the parking lot would be a good way to attract business..But as the female staffer danced around the lot in full regalia, gun-toting Lethbridge cops arrived and told her to eat concrete..“Apparently a couple of people had called 911 and said that there was somebody with a gun on 13 Street North,” Brad Whalen, the restaurant’s owner told CTV.. “A number of police officers had shown up to our business with guns drawn on our employee.”.Police didn’t use kids’ gloves on the follower of Darth Vader and by the time the woman was tackled to the ground and cuffed, she suffered a bloody nose..“The officers approached the person and provided verbal directions to that person to drop the weapon, to put themselves on to the ground,” Insp. Jason Walper of the Lethbridge Police Service..“The person did not comply with police verbal directions. Eventually they did after multiple repeated orders given by the police officers.”.Whalen said it was unfortunate cops weren’t more into pop culture that has been around since 1977..“Sometimes you really have to use common sense,” said Whalen..“When all the things fit in the box — you’ve got the signs, you’ve got the music, the atmosphere..“A duck is a duck when it’s walking like a duck.”.Since the incident has gone viral. Lethbridge Police Chief Scott Woods has directed a service investigation under the Alberta Police Act that will look into whether the officers’ acted appropriately within the scope of their training and LPS policies and procedures. . POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .So far, no charges have been laid in connection with the incident..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
Looks like there’s some cops in Lethbridge that haven’t been to the movies in, oh, 40 or so years..A Star Wars-theme promotion ended badly Monday when armed cops took down a Stormtrooper – hard..The incident happened, suitably, on May the Fourth when the owner of a Lethbridge restaurant called Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina decided a dancing Stormtrooper in the parking lot would be a good way to attract business..But as the female staffer danced around the lot in full regalia, gun-toting Lethbridge cops arrived and told her to eat concrete..“Apparently a couple of people had called 911 and said that there was somebody with a gun on 13 Street North,” Brad Whalen, the restaurant’s owner told CTV.. “A number of police officers had shown up to our business with guns drawn on our employee.”.Police didn’t use kids’ gloves on the follower of Darth Vader and by the time the woman was tackled to the ground and cuffed, she suffered a bloody nose..“The officers approached the person and provided verbal directions to that person to drop the weapon, to put themselves on to the ground,” Insp. Jason Walper of the Lethbridge Police Service..“The person did not comply with police verbal directions. Eventually they did after multiple repeated orders given by the police officers.”.Whalen said it was unfortunate cops weren’t more into pop culture that has been around since 1977..“Sometimes you really have to use common sense,” said Whalen..“When all the things fit in the box — you’ve got the signs, you’ve got the music, the atmosphere..“A duck is a duck when it’s walking like a duck.”.Since the incident has gone viral. Lethbridge Police Chief Scott Woods has directed a service investigation under the Alberta Police Act that will look into whether the officers’ acted appropriately within the scope of their training and LPS policies and procedures. . POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .So far, no charges have been laid in connection with the incident..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
