Jaahnavi Kandula: US police officer who joked about woman's death fired

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Jaahnavi Kandula: US police officer who joked about woman's death fired
bbc.com

A US police officer has been fired for making "vile" and "callous" comments about an Indian student's death last year.

The Seattle Police Department has fired officer Daniel Auderer for comments he made about Jaahnavi Kandula's death in January, The Seattle Times reported.

Kandula, 23, was fatally struck down by another police vehicle while she was crossing a street near her university.

Mr Auderer - who was responding to the incident - was recorded saying that the Indian student's life had "limited value" and that the city should "just write a cheque".

The footage was captured on his body camera while he had made a call to a colleague.

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SPOG will sue to get him his job back. The officer that killed her faces no repercussions. He was going 75 mph downtown to get to an OD. He was fired from his last department because of his reckless driving.

K I duckduckgo'd it and still don't know what SPOG is. Help?

Great, now he will just work for the Bellevue police department now

Hey now, he might have to go as far as Federal Way. Could you imagine how painful that is? Having to work in Federal Way?

But it would be waaaay easier for him to shoot minorities.

Sure, but if he wants to get away with it up here in Seattle, all he has to do is run them over with his SUV.

I hate how true that is.

It'll probably improve once light rail gets there.

Wait, will cops run people over using the light rail?

was recorded saying that the Indian student's life had "limited value"

When people like this realise their assessment of their own value is boosted solely due to self-serving bias, how will they react? By getting drunk and hurting someone?

Usually yeah. Cops do one of the most domestic abuse