Residents in Seattle protest police officer's callous jokes caught on bodycam video released this week following the death of a young woman, Jaahnavi Kandula, caused by speeding police car on January 23.
tweeted that it has taken the"deeply troubling" matter up with authorities in Seattle and in Washington, DC., and that it wants a thorough investigation and action against those involved.In a statement on Friday, the US State Department called the situation disturbing.
The Seattle Police Officers Guild said in a statement on Friday that it understands the outrage caused by the"highly insensitive comments." But the union noted that the bodycam footage captures only Auderer's side of the conversation:"There is much more detail and nuance that has not been made public yet."
Auderer, in an August 8 statement he provided to the Office of Police Accountability that the union released on Friday, said Solan had lamented the death and that his own comments were intended to mimic how the city's attorneys might try to minimise liability for it.
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