A US police officer has been fired for making “vile” and “callous” comments about an Indian student’s death last year.

The Seattle Police Department has fired officer Daniel Auderer for comments he made about Jaahnavi Kandula’s death in January, The Seattle Times reported.

Kandula, 23, was fatally struck down by another police vehicle while she was crossing a street near her university.

Mr Auderer - who was responding to the incident - was recorded saying that the Indian student’s life had “limited value” and that the city should “just write a cheque”.

The footage was captured on his body camera while he had made a call to a colleague.

  • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    was recorded saying that the Indian student’s life had “limited value”

    When people like this realise their assessment of their own value is boosted solely due to self-serving bias, how will they react? By getting drunk and hurting someone?

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      Usually yeah. Cops do one of the most domestic abuse