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William Shatner Criticizes Police Who Drew Guns on Cosplayer: "This Cannot Be Covered Up"

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William Shatner on Wednesday shared his contempt over a recent incident inAlberta, Canada, where police drew their guns on a girl who was dressed as a Stormtrooper from Star Wars, carrying a toy blaster.

The incident made international headlines after video of the situation was posted to social media and went viral, showing guns drawn on the woman before she was taken to the ground by officers and bloodied.

The woman was dressed as the sci-fi character for a business promotion for May 4th, aka Star Wars Day. Shatner, a native Canadian who usually gives Star Wars fans a jokingly hard time on social media since he is a Star Trek icon, blasted the officers for their actions.

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