Lethbridge police are being investigated by an outside force after handcuffing a woman in a stormtrooper costume outside a Star Wars-themed business earlier this week. The business was holding a May the fourth promotion, a reference to the Star Wars day that's a pun on the movie franchise's expression "May the force be with you." "As soon as they knew that this was a toy Star Wars blaster, they had to stand down but they didn't," Engel said. Lethbridge police handcuffed an employee of a bar on Monday during a Star Wars promotion. The themed shop had one of its employees dress up as a stormtrooper from Star Wars to encourage customers to get takeout food.

Source: CBC News May 08, 2020 17:00 UTC