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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


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."

However, a conservative talk radio host on KTTH-AM, Jason Rantz, reported that he had obtained a written statement Auderer provided to the city's Office of Police Accountability.

The station reported that Auderer acknowledged in the statement that anyone listening to his side of the conversation alone "would rightfully believe I was being insensitive to the loss of human life."

Kandula was working toward graduating in December with a master's degree in information systems from the Seattle campus of Northeastern University.

"The people of Seattle deserve better from a police department that is charged with fostering trust with the community and ensuring public safety," the commission's members said in a joint statement.

Members from both the Community Police Commission and the African American Advisory Council said hearing Auderer laugh about Kandula's death reinforces a message to the people of Seattle that the department as a whole allows that type of behavior, KIRO-TV reported.


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