09/15/2023
This week, the Seattle Police Department released body camera footage revealing the dehumanizing and disgusting response by SPD Detective Daniel Auderer after another officer, Kevin Dave, hit and killed 23-year-old Northeastern University student Jaahnavi Kandula in an SPD vehicle earlier this year.1
In the horrifying recording, Detective Auderer can be heard on the phone with another officer laughing and joking about Jaahnavi, cruelly describing her as just "a regular person" and dismissively stating that the city should simply "write a check" for her death. "She was 26, anyway. She had limited value," he is heard saying.2
Jaahnavi was a daughter, granddaughter, sister, cousin, friend, classmate, coworker, and loved one. Her life had infinite value. Not only should the officer who recklessly hit and killed her be held accountable, but Detective Auderer—who disgraced his oath to serve and protect—needs to be investigated and fired for his horrifying disregard for human life.
The Seattle Police Department has betrayed the trust of the community. Help get justice for Jaahnavi by demanding Seattle and Washington elected officials hold the Seattle Police Department, Officer Kevin Dave, and Detective Daniel Auderer accountable.
Jahnavi Kandula is a daughter, a sister, a cousin, a friend and a human being, before being an Indian. Unlike what the officer said, Jahnavi had VALUE, and an UNLIMITED VALUE. Let us stand a raise a voice against such fallen thinking, that Brown people have limited value. East Indians are one of the...
