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US bobby who laughed after Indian pupil’s death fired

Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, was struck by a police vehicle driven by Seattle Police Officer Kevin Dave as she was crossing a road on January 23.

Abhijit

New York A Seattle police officer, whose asleep commentary and horselaugh following the death of an Indian pupil had caused outrage, has been fired. Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, was struck by a police vehicle driven by Seattle Police Officer Kevin Dave as she was crossing a road on January 23. Dave was driving 74 mph( further than 119 km/h) on the way to a report of a medicine overdose call.

Kandula was thrown 100 bases when she was struck by the speeding police command vehicle. I suppose she went up on the hood, hit the windshield, and also when he hit the thickets, flew off the auto But she's dead ” After making these commentary, Auderer “ laughed hard for four seconds, ” the correctional Action Report said.

Interim Chief Sue Rahr at the Seattle Police Department said in an internal dispatch that the hurt Auderer’s words have foisted on Kandula’s family “ can not be canceled . The conduct of this individual police officer have brought shame on the Seattle Police Department and our entire profession, making the job of every police officer more delicate ”.

Rahr said as the leader of the organisation, it's her duty to uphold the high norms necessary to maintain public trust. “ For me to allow the officer to remain on our force would only bring farther dishonour to the entire department. ” she said in the internal dispatch seen by PTI.