What Should Be Done About Officer "Daniel Auderer" for Laughing at the Tragic Incident Where a 23-Year-Old Woman Was Killed by a Police Car?

[Anonymous]

Left: Daniel Auderer Right: Jahnavi Kandula

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8 mo

Here's another video that includes his explanation for why he was laughing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ayxMRCwA38

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Interesting perspectives here. Didn't expect so much support for the cop. 🦦

[AngryCarl2]

It's highly insensitive to say the least but unless it's part of a greater picture of degenerate behaviour I would just send him on a lengthy and humiliating social awareness course.

I'd hate to get fired every time I laughed inappropriately.

[BigDog1989]

I thought republicans were all about "protect the blue", ya know the "thin blue line"

[YesterdaysChild]

I'd like to know how she was hit. Was he going on a call and driving fast? Was she playing hop scotch in the middle of the street? Was is day or night? Was the cop texting or messing with his radio and not watching? More info is needed.

[Adaeva]

Nothing should be done. With opinions like yours is there any wonder we have so many ridiculous laws? If an action offends you when a person is not doing any physical harm or damage, get over it.

[Asker]

Well, I don't really have an opinion yet, just trying to spark discourse...

[Still-alive]

Ahh so we should just let it go when a cop says an innocent woman run down by a cop had 'limited value'?

that doesn't sound like a sop i want 'serving and protecting' anyone...

[Adaeva]

@Sonorous Okay, I stand corrected.

[Adaeva]

@Still-alive Cops do not have any obligation to serve and protect. In its 1989 decision in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, the Supreme Court justices ruled that a social services department had no duty to protect a young boy from his abusive father. In 2005'sCastle Rock v. Gonzales, a woman sued the police for failing to protect her from her husband after he violated a restraining order and abducted and killed their three children. Justices said the police had no such duty.

Most recently, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that police could not be held liable for failing to protect students in the 2018 shooting that claimed 17 lives at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

[Still-alive]

then they should remove those slogans from their police cruisers... qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/...51fa1d06dc584a8793697.webp

[Adaeva]

@Still-alive Slogans are self-serving but other than influencing people to think well of the police, they are worthless and only fools will believe them.

[Still-alive]

cool so police are lying scumbags and we shouldn't take what they think seriously? thanks for confirming.

[runitupkai]

I think he should be off duty for a long while. Not because of him mocking and joking about it but there does seem like there is something wrong with him mentally. I personally couldnt imagine watching someone die how she did. At my school we had a kid who was only 14 die of a motorcycle crash all because he was with an adult on the motorcycle and he sadly crashed and hit the sign killing them both nd the worst thing was his best friends and his dad found him

[runitupkai]

nevermind bro he needs to be off duty permentally LMAO

[jennifer_bloom]

When my grandma was dying my dad would burst out into spontaneous laughter cause his brain was trying to help him cope with stress. What he did might seem evil but maybe he does it to cope with stress. I’ve heard of police officers committing suicide after watching people die at work so maybe being a jerk is better than needing 20 years of therapy cause you don’t know how to cope with stress.

[sage2021]

I think some people laugh when something bad happens.
It's like when people are kneeling over a coffin of a dead person at their funeral. A lot of people do it and have for reason. They just don't know how to act in front of a dead person.

[AviatorTom]

He says this is taken out of context. He's thinking what the city's lawyers may do and laughing at the irony of that. In other words, he's not laughing at the dead woman, but at the city's lawyers.

Best not to jump to conclusions.

[exitseven]

Cops see bad shit on a regular basis and use humor to keep from going crazy. I have heard cops tell stories that were really gruesome but make a joke about it.

[OlderAndWiser]

Exactly. Same thing with people who work in emergency rooms and other first responders.

[exitseven]

@OlderAndWiser yes , but cops tell rhe best stories

[KorvoWintrish]

Dark humor and gruesome stories are a very common way to cope, both for first responders and those who work ERs as another commenter said, as well as for those who've seen traumatic things in other ways. There are also situations where you either laugh about it in a dry way, or you break down crying, and no one *likes* crying.

[BoopBoopBeep]

I have a problem with his lack of situational awareness to turn the body cam off first. I say a lot of shite I don't want on record. So I'm smart enough not to make a record of it.

[msc545]

People oiften joke after a tragic death to reduce the impact it has on them. He meant no harm.

[Miah05]

A man hired to protect lives, that sees no value in people's lives.

[Still-alive]

he should be suspending indefinitely without pay. cops like him should seek employment in other fields... maybe guarding a factory somewhere where they can't harm anyone.

[Still-alive]

@update. yeah his response is complete bullshit. he totally meant what he said originally. Cops like him really need to be let go indefinitely.

[JoannaSmith36]

We can only blame the current government for being so corrupt and not taking the people seriously

[ProbablyClueless]

Yikes... well the guy can't be police officer in Seattle anymore, that's for damn sure.

[DextroShade]

Nothing, he just laughed. There is no rule or law against having a sick sense of humor. He wasn't even the one who ran her over!

[Still-alive]

lol its just a 'sick sense of humor' huh? gosh you will protect the police for ANY reason. its sickening really

[DextroShade]

@Still-alive I am for holding cops accountable when they actually DO something bad not for just laughing about it. This is just more woke cancel culture bullshit ruining an innocent man's life.

[Still-alive]

lol nah dude this cop should be fired. how can anyone 'serve and protect' anyone when they think they are above the general public like this?

Freedom of speech doesn't men freedom from consequences. Let him be a security guard protecting an abandoned shack or something instead

[Joker_]

we should laugh at him, see how he likes it!

[soulOnDisplay]

This sounds like gallows humour to me.

[KorvoWintrish]

That's precisely what it is, gallows humor is incredibly common for people who need to cope with chronic stress/trauma, no matter how you're exposed to it.

[gorydetails]

nothing. He said words. Nothing more.

[Anonymous]

They are called pigs for a reason.

[leahzrc]

hell