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The police department had released footage from a body-cam earlier this month in which Auderer can be seen laughing about the deadly crash and dismissed any implication that another officer, Kevin Dave, might be at fault or that a criminal investigation was necessary, as per the report
Daniel Auderer could be heard saying Jaahnavi Kandula's life had "limited value" after the 23-year-old student was fatally struck.
Seattle Police Officer Daniel Auderer has been administratively reassigned to a non-operational position after making controversial comments about the death of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in a bodycam video.
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The Seattle police officer who made national and global headlines for making callous remarks about the death of an Indian woman has been reassigned to a “non-operational” position, according to his department. Driving the news: Officer Daniel Auderer, vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) — the largest police labor union in the Northwest — is currently the subject of an oversight investigation after bodycam footage recorded him laughing and making insensitive comments while responding to the death of 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula. Another offic...