A police officer's reaction to Jaahnavi Kandula's killing has sparked condemnation and conversations about racism, xenophobia and sexism.
he actually was. “What that speaks to is just a callous disregard for police accountability systems,” he says.
Ashok Mandula, Kandula’s Houston-based uncle who had to make arrangements to send her body to her mother back in India, told the local Indian press: “I wonder if these men’s daughters or granddaughters have value. A life is a life.”“She had a natural ability to connect with people from all walks of life,” they wrote. “It is truly disturbing and saddening to hear insensible comments on the bodycam video from an SPD officer regarding Jaahnavi's death.
On Thursday, the Seattle Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression held a rally with hundreds of protesters to call for action against the relevant police officers. “The officer's comments indicate they think they're invincible. They think they can keep getting away with this forever,” SAARPR told TIME in a statement.
NFIA President Raj Razdan told TIME that the Indian American community was “very saddened” by the incident, adding that the officer’s comments were “very disheartening.”
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