Diplomats from India are asking for an investigation following the death of Jaahnavi Kandula, as people in Seattle protested the officer’s callous jokes caught on bodycam video.
Diplomats from India are asking for an investigation following the death of the Indian graduate student as people in Seattle protested the officer’s callous jokes caught on bodycam video.
Auderer responded to the crash to evaluate whether Dave was impaired. Dave had been driving 74 mph in a 25 mph zone on the way to an overdose call.as he called Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan to report what happened. In a recording released by the police department on Monday, Auderer laughs and suggests Kandula’s life had "limited value" and the city should just write a check for $11,000.
The Consulate General of India in San Francisco tweeted that it has taken the "deeply troubling" matter up with authorities in Seattle and in Washington, D.C., and that it wants a thorough investigation and action against those involved. Newspapers in India have been following the case."We are aware of, and are disturbed by, what was said about Ms. Kandula’s death in the bodycam footage recently released by the Seattle Police Department," the State Department said.
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."
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