Posted on 09/13/2023 1:44:43 AM PDT by Morgana
New bodycam footage has revealed the moment a Seattle police officer callously laughed and said that the life of a Northeastern University student who was mowed down by a cop car had 'limited value.'
Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, was run down by a speeding Seattle Police Department SUV as she was crossing a heavily marked crosswalk near her campus in the South Lake Union neighborhood on January 23.
Detective Daniel Auderer - who was not in the car that hit the student, but was responding to the scene - said that police can just 'write a check' after killing masters student Kandula.
He cackled and downplayed her death while on the phone with his colleague, whose side of the conversation was not recorded.
In the unearthed bodycam, Auderer said: 'Yeah, just write a check. $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'
He was also heard uttering: 'I mean, he was going 50 (MPH). That's not out of control. That's not reckless for a trained driver.'
The cop driving the car, officer Kevin Dave, was in fact doing at 74mph in a 25mph zone before he slammed into Jaahnavi Kandula.
Auderer is a drug-recognition officer, who was assigned to determine whether Dave was under the influence. He concluded that his colleague was sober.
After finishing his analysis, he called Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan, and the pair talked for two minutes - which is the basis for the newly released bodycam footage.
The Seattle Police Department said that the clip of Auderer laughing was spotted by an employee during a routine check.
Kandula was crossing the intersection of Dexter Avenue North and Thomas Street near the college campus in January when she was thrown 100 feet into the air. She died at the hospital a day later.
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And you should have your internet disconnected.
Absolutely. You’re right on that. I know where I was when all the members of my family died.
However, since he laughed, One can assume that he was talking to a like-minded individual. It’s privilege conversation in my books. I think, unless you understand what police go through, it’s hard to understand just how much gallows humour lets them cope. Most cops, if they are in the city, wouldn’t last more than a few words if they had to be mindful of what they say outside private conversations.
I would be more mad at the person who released this tape. They did the public a disservice. If cops had to mindful at all times their words, you wouldn’t have cops. Who can speak like a priest at all times when you’re dealing with abused children or the other thousands tragedies that cops have to deal with.
I agree with you that if he was speaking with a member of the public, that he did something wrong, but he was speaking with somebody within the police organization.
When stationed in Germany, there was a guy who got crushed between an M88 and an Abrams.
The freaky thing is that he was still alive, calm and aware of his surroundings until they pulled the 88 forward to get him out.
“ The context of that is a private conversation.”
He was on duty in a public place. He has ZERO expectation of privacy
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He was in his car. Speaking on the radio to a police dispatcher.
That’s generally not a public conversation.
This conversation was released by somebody within the dispatch unit. They are the ones that should be disciplined.
The officer was heard on separate bodycam telling a responding officer, ‘Lights were on. I was chirping the sirens…she was in the crosswalk’
Not this guy but the cop who hit her. I do not understand that “chirping”thing lots of cops do. Make a commitment and turn on the damned siren loud and proud like firemen do.
He did it in private inside his car talking to someone else. You see violent and tragic death almost daily and you either have to go crazy or have a little gallows humor. It’s childish to expect cops to emote and be somber and mournful about everything among themselves. Same goes for the military.
I think, for some people, they’d rather have dead cops who committed because they weren’t allowed to cope with what they deal with, as long as their virgin ears are protected.
“He was in his car.”
On duty drawing a public paycheck. And I’ll bet that car wasn’t his personal vehicle. The fact that there’s a police radio in it is a clue.
“Speaking on the radio to a police dispatcher.”
Paid for by the taxpayer. Therefore it’s subject to FOIA and is in no way “private”.
“That’s generally not a public conversation.”
Yes it is. See FOIA.
“This conversation was released by somebody within the dispatch unit.”
If it was, and you have zero proof of that btw, good for whoever did it.
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That check should be in the tens of millions and should come from the police pension fund.
I disagree. This is why cops SHOULD wear body cameras because it shows what side they are really on.
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Student in name only
I’m sorry that you’d rather have no police or high rates of burn out by police because they aren’t allowed to cope with terrible situations.
I’d bet dollars that you would blame an officer for blowing his brains out because he couldn’t handle what he has to deal with without being able to cope.
Personally, I will take all the gallows humour in the world just so cops survive their jobs.
I would fire any dispatcher that released this conversation, because are on the side of criminals.
Back the blue? To many have proven to not be backable and the rest let the worst of them stay in uniform instead of expelling them from the force.
This is why one can not back the blue.
You have a point, but 74 in a 25 is really, really fast. You’d have to be looking far down the road to see the car coming. If he didn’t have lights and sirens on, that’s a big problem — I didn’t read if that was the case or not.
And I very much doubt that she was thrown ten stories into the air, as written in the article. That’s frankly impossible.
“I’m sorry that you’d rather have no police”
When did I say I want no police? Stop with the straw men. It’s childish and makes you look stupid.
“or high rates of burn out by police because they aren’t allowed to cope with terrible situations.”
They can cope on their own time. When they’re on duty I expect professionalism. If that’s too great a burden they can find another line of work.
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Body cams may have started out to protect both the public and coos.
But they aren’t there to protect the public anymore.
They’re not worn the protect the cops anymore.
They’re now issued so higher-ups have a way to cull cops who might be inclined to disobey unethical/unconstitutional/illegal orders.
Those cams always had that risk.
Pity people ignored that aspect of their use.
Democrat-run city, Democrat-run state.
Once again, any organization is only as good as the worst psycho they tolerate among them.
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