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 stolen truck being pursued by police after he cut across four lanes of traffic, ending up on the sidewalk where she had been walking.
At first, she thought the driver had experienced a medical emergency , but when she saw the Black man in the truck run off with several cops in pursuit, she panicked and ran in the opposite direction on the afternoon of Nov. 15, 2023.
A cop in an overhead police copter that had been following the pursuit radioed to the cops on the ground a description of the Black man fleeing the scene of the crash, but made it clear she was not seen exiting the stolen truck and was likely a victim. Officers reviewing surveillance video also confirmed via radio to the other cops that she was not involved with the stolen car.
However, a random white man who claimed to have witnessed the incident drove up to Metro Nashville Police Sgt. Michael Swoner and claimed to have seen Palmer exiting the stolen vehicle…