By Lethbridge Herald on December 24, 2020.
The Lethbridge Police Service has received the findings of an external, criminal investigation into the “Storm Trooper” incident. The investigation by Medicine Hat Police Service, which included a review by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) and the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service, has determined that criminal charges are not warranted. A professional misconduct investigation will now proceed under the Police Act and Police Service Regulation. As the matter is still under investigation, the Lethbridge Police Service will offer no further comments at this time. On May 4, Lethbridge Police responded to two 911 calls reporting a person in a Storm Trooper costume carrying a firearm along the 500 block of 13 Street North. The weapon was ultimately confirmed to be a fake firearm and the female subject, who indicated she was an employee promoting a local business, was not charged. The female was forced to the ground by
CALGARY A full review into an incident that resulted in a 19-year-old woman in a Stormtrooper costume tackled by Lethbridge police officers has resulted in no charges against any of the personnel involved. The investigation, conducted by the Medicine Hat Police Service, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) and Alberta Crown Prosecution Service, was recently concluded with the findings being forwarded to the Lethbridge Police Service. According to that investigation, the court is not proceeding with any criminal charges against any of the officers involved. The LPS was called to respond to the scene outside a local business on May 4, 2020, after receiving two 911 calls about a person with a gun.
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Police shootings in 2020: The effect on officers and those they are sworn to protect
by Kelly Geraldine Malone, Meredith Omstead and Liam Casey, The Canadian Press
Posted Dec 21, 2020 4:00 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 4:12 am EDT
Christie Zebrasky, whose daughter Eishia Hudson was shot dead by police on April 8, 2020, is photographed in her bedroom with her daughter s ashes and memorial in Winnipeg, Friday, December 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
A photo and an urn sit on Christie Zebrasky’s kitchen table.
Each time the Winnipeg woman goes to eat, she imagines her daughter’s face and wonders whether she’ll ever know what happened in the moments before 16-year-old Eishia Hudson was shot and killed by police.