"She was 26, only limited Value.." - Telangana Student Killed by US Cop and Bodycam reveals Shameful Joke
A Seattle police Department officer has become the subject of an inquiry after recently leaked bodycam video captured him joking and laughing over the phone about an indian student who was killed by a police car being driven by another officer. On january 23, while strolling along Dexter Avenue North and Thomas Street, 23-year-old Northeastern university student Jaahnavi Kandula was struck by a Seattle police car being operated by Kevin Dave.
According to KIRO 7 news station, the vice president of the Seattle police Officers' Guild, Daniel Auderer, is heard saying, "she had limited value" in a call with Mike Solan, the guild's president, while driving and is visible in the brief video. Auderer chuckles and refers to Kandula as "just a regular person" shortly after declaring "she's dead." "Just write a cheque for $11,000, she was 26 anyway, she had limited value," he continues.
Dave was "going 50 (miles per hour)," according to Auderer, and for an experienced driver, "that's not out of control." Kandula was struck and flung more than 100 feet, according to a police investigation revealed in June, while Dave was really going at 74 mph in a 25 mph zone while responding to a different incident.
The footage of Auderer's call was "identified in the routine course of business by a department employee," according to a statement issued by the SPD on Monday. It was then escalated to Chief Adrian Diaz. According to the statement, after following the line of command, the employee escalated the situation to the office of police Accountability (OPA) for evaluation. The SPD stated that it made the footage public "in the interest of transparency" and that it won't make any additional comments regarding the video until the OPA has finished its investigation.
"No City employee should comment, either in their official or personal capacity, in a way that suggests that any factual, policy, or legal conclusions have been reached about the incident," according to the SPD statement. "SPD has maintained contact with the victim pedestrian's family and continues to respect their expressed desire for privacy. We once more send our sincere condolences for this unfortunate tragedy as other members of the accountability system continue with their job," the statement continued.