Bodycam shows Seattle cop joking about "limited value" of woman killed by police cruiser. He claims he was misunderstood.
CBSN
A city watchdog agency is investigating after a body-worn camera captured one Seattle Police Department union leader joking with another following the death of a woman who was hit and killed by a police cruiser as she was crossing a street.
Daniel Auderer, the vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, responded to the Jan. 23 crash scene where another officer, Kevin Dave, struck and killed Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, in a crosswalk. Dave was driving 74 mph on the way to an overdose call, and Auderer, a drug recognition expert, was assigned to evaluate whether Dave was impaired, CBS affiliate KIRO-TV reported.
Afterward, Auderer left his body-worn camera on as he called guild President Mike Solan to report what happened. In a recording released by the police department Monday, Auderer laughs and suggests that Kandula's life had "limited value" and the city should "just write a check."
