In a conversation with Mike Solan, the head of the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild, Seattle Police Department officer and SPOG vice president Daniel Auderer minimized the killing of 23-year-old student Jaahnavi Kandula by police officer Kevin Dave and joked that she had “limited value” as a “regular person” who was only 26 years old.

In fact, as we reported exclusively, Dave was driving 74 miles an hour in a 25 mile per hour zone and struck Kandula while she was attempting to cross the street in a marked and well-lighted crosswalk.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    How the fuck do you say that a human life has “Limited Value”, and then not immediately have a “Are we the baddies?” moment

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      How the fuck do you say that a human life has “Limited Value”, and then not immediately have a “Are we the baddies?” moment

      It’s what happens when your humanity has been trained out of you.

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      1 year ago

      Seattle Police have known they are the baddies for a long time and it’s why they sign up for the job.