After discussing the collision that killed 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula, Officer Daniel Auderer is heard saying, 'But she is dead,' and laughing several seconds later.
Newly released bodycam by the Seattle Police Department shows officers discussing an incident where a graduate student was struck and killed by a police car, KOMO reports.A Seattle police accountability office is investigating after an officer was recorded on his body camera joking over the death of a 23-year-old woman who was fatally struck by another officer who was responding to a call.
After discussing whether she was in the crosswalk and how far she was thrown, Auderer says, "But she is dead," and laughs several seconds later. The Seattle Police Department on Monday released the footage, saying the video was identified by a department employee who was "concerned about the nature of statements heard on that video" and brought it to the chief's office.
Auderer is vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, the police union that represents Seattle officers, according to the Seattle Community Police Commission, a citizen oversight board.
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