"Write a Check for $11,000. She Was 26, She Had Limited Value." [Seattle Police] Officer Jokes with Police Union Leader About Killing of Pedestrian by Fellow Cop
"Write a Check for $11,000. She Was 26, She Had Limited Value." [Seattle Police] Officer Jokes with Police Union Leader About Killing of Pedestrian by Fellow Cop
By Erica C. Barnett In a conversation with Mike Solan, the head of the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild, Seattle Police…
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.
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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.
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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
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.
Also in this case I suspect racism
Yeah I thought the same thing when I saw the victim's name. Really unfortunate too because human life has intrinsic value of course...
In order to be a baddie, you generally need to be super self-righteous. Cops are always self-righteous.
Seattle Police have known they are the baddies for a long time and it's why they sign up for the job.