Seattle. In Seattle, a student is hit and killed by a patrol car. A police officer mocks the victim and is now unemployed.
At the USA was a police officer fired because he… Death An Indian high school senior said her life had “limited value.” The Seattle Police Department said the officer’s comments about the 23-year-old’s death were “vile and cruel,” the Seattle Times reports.
The student was killed in January by another Police vehicle was struck and fatally injured while crossing a street near her university. When the accident was reported, the… police officer filmed him laughing and saying she was a “normal person” and that the city should “just write a check.” The footage was taken with his body camera while he was on the phone with a colleague.
Police officer on accident victim: “She had limited value”
“But she’s dead,” the officer was heard saying before laughing. “No, she’s a normal person. Yeah, just write a check,” he said, before laughing again. “Eleven thousand dollars. She was 26 anyway. She had limited value,” he added. The video was widely shared on social media and sparked outrage across the internet. indignation outside of.
The interim chief of the Seattle Police Department announced Wednesday Resignation known to the officer. His actions brought shame to the entire department and the police profession, she wrote. His “cruel and callous laughter” and the pain he caused Kandula’s family could not outweigh the officer’s good reputation among his peers and his years of service to the community.
The vehicle was traveling at 119 km/h
“If I were to allow the officer to remain on our force, it would only bring further embarrassment to the entire department. For that reason, I will be terminating his employment,” the police chief said. The case of cops was investigated after the incident. The Office of Police Accountability — the agency that investigates police misconduct — recommended his dismissal because of unprofessional conduct and bias in the recorded statements, the Seattle Times reports.
O student was a doctoral student at Northeastern University in Seattle. The officer who hit her with his patrol car was driving at 74 mph (119 km/h) and she was thrown more than 100 feet (30 meters), according to US media reports.
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