Police in South Carolina initiated a traffic stop on a woman complaining of headaches, which led to the discovery and removal of a brain tumor.
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A traffic stop is usually bad news. But for one South Carolina woman, it likely saved her life. Police in the coastal South Carolina town of Mount Pleasant responded to a call about a possible drunk driver back in December. Their dash cam recorded the driver, Tamara Palmer, hitting multiple curbs and drifting in and out of her lane.
"Have you had anything to drink today?" one of the officers asked after pulling her over. Palmer responded that yes, she had some tea. That answer combined with Palmer's erratic driving and her complaint about a brutal headache prompted the officers to call an ambulance. Palmer still can't believe what happened next.
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If she was black it would have been different
People do not need to be brinking up things like this because we also agree that not all cops are the same so it might not have been different.
“Will Tennessee” stole my thought before I could type it! If she was black, would they have asked follow up after she said, “yes” she had had something to drink? Would she have died in custody?
Hard to tell because what you’re talking about is hypothetical. What probably helped her the most was the fact that she apparently pulled over, seemed to be calm and answered everything they asked.
It’s easy to arm-chair situations like this and hypothesize but we’ll never really know until the exact thing you’re talking about happens, in the exact same way. 🤷🏼♂️
In the meantime, we know they certainly helped this woman, so kudos to the officers for having the wherewithal to recognize something was going on.
If she were black, they would only have called the ambulance after she was dead. They definitely wouldn’t have given her the benefit of the doubt about the drinking.
Exactly
It’s so sad that people think all police are like that.
such a great video
I’m glad they realized it was a medical emergency and I’m glad she’s safe.
Where’s the full video