Outrage and calls for inquiry into Seattle officer who joked about crash victim

Protesters in Seattle joined Indian diplomats and the police commission in demanding accountability

Outrage grew on Friday over a Seattle police officer's remark that the life of a young woman killed by a speeding patrol car had limited value". Diplomats from India are asking for an investigation following the death of the Indian graduate student, as people in Seattle protested against the officer's callous jokes caught on body-camera video.

The footage released this week contains audio of Officer Daniel Auderer, vice-president of the Seattle police officers guild, joking with the rank-and-file police union's president after a different officer's speeding police car slammed into Jaahnavi Kandula at a crosswalk on 23 January.