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Video: Darth Vader Haggles With Cop Over Parking Ticket
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Ben Yakas
Published May 18, 2012
Modified May 18, 2012
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This is by far the greatest video we've seen all week: Darth Vader haggling with a traffic cop over a parking ticket somewhere in Brooklyn. Is Darth Vader's authentic NY accent the best part? He put the ticket on the dashboard! Or is it when the stormtroopers wander into the scene too late to aide their commander? You'd think Vader could have used some Jedi mind tricks to sway the cop to his side, but those almost never work on the NYPD.
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