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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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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] DeprecatedCompatV2@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seems to be Seattle Police Officers Guild.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks, thought it was an ACAB type thing and didn't use my thinker.

[–] TotalFat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks, makes sence I thought it was an ACAB thing.

ACAB

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 years ago

As always, ACAB.

And dumb as fuck.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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?

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Drusas@kbin.run 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It'll probably improve once light rail gets there.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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?

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 years ago

He'll have enough time to find out now.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Usually yeah. Cops do one of the most domestic abuse