US Edition‘Are You Kidding Me?’: Innocent Black Woman Nearly Killed By Stolen Car Sues Nashville Police After They Falsely Detained Her as Accomplice
- On November 15, 2023, 39-year-old Sasha Palmer, a Black woman, was nearly hit by a stolen truck while walking in Nashville, Tennessee, and was wrongly detained by police as an accomplice.
- The wrongful detention occurred after a random bystander falsely claimed Palmer exited the truck, causing Sergeant Swoner to order her arrest despite officers repeatedly confirming she was uninvolved.
- Officers handcuffed Palmer, illegally searched her purse, and confiscated her legally owned handgun used for protection before releasing her after about 12 minutes and returning her gun.
- Palmer initially believed the truck driver was experiencing a health crisis, but was surprised when the individual exited the vehicle and fled the scene. She later revealed that the incident caused her trauma, leading to PTSD and the need for counseling.
- Palmer filed a federal lawsuit accusing officers Swoner, Genualdi, and Agius of false arrest, unconstitutional search, refusal to promptly return her gun, and racial discrimination against her as a Black pedestrian.
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Black Woman Sues Nashville Cops Who Falsley Detained Her After She Was Nearly Hit By Truck
Source: Jeremy Poland / Getty A Black woman in Nashville, Tennessee, has filed a complaint against multiple officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department after she was handcuffed and detained just for being near the scene of an accident she was not involved in, outside of the fact that she was nearly hit by a car while on foot. According to the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 39-year-old Sas…
‘Are You Kidding Me?’: Innocent Black Woman Nearly Killed By Stolen Car Sues Nashville Police After They Falsely Detained Her as Accomplice
Sasha Palmer, a 39-year-old Black woman who enjoyed taking daily walks on her lunch break in Nashville, Tennessee, was nearly killed by the driver of a
Black Woman Says She Was Fleeing For Her Life And Was Mistaken As A Criminal — Now She’s Suing Nashville Police
Source: Jeremy Poland / Getty A Black woman in Nashville, Tennessee, has filed a complaint against multiple officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department after she was handcuffed and detained just for being near the scene of an accident she was not involved in, outside of the fact that she was nearly hit by a car while on foot. According to the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 39-year-old Sas…
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