Famous Canadian actor William Shatner has weighed in on an incident that happened on May 4 in Lethbridge, when police received two 911 calls regarding a person in a Stormtrooper costume carrying a firearm along 13th Street N.
In a video posted to YouTube, officers are seen approaching the costumed 19-year-old woman, telling her to “get down.” She is seen dropping the gun, and officers continue to put her in handcuffs.
According to the restaurant, she was waving and walking up and down the street to promote the business. Shatner shared a series of tweets to his 2.5-million Twitter followers on Wednesday, insinuating police handled the situation inappropriately. “Rifles drawn for a plastic toy cosplayer?