Seattle police officer's remarks on Indian student's death spark outrage

SAN FRANCISCO — A police officer in Seattle was recorded laughing about the death of an Indian student hit and killed by a police car early this year, sparking widespread outrage.

On Thursday more than 200 people rallied at the intersection in Seattle, Washington state, where Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, was fatally struck in January, calling for accountability for the officer who killed her and for Daniel Auderer's comments about the crash, described as "disgusting" and "abhorrent".

Kandula was struck by the car of police officer Kevin Dave on Jan 23 and died that night. She was due to graduate with a master's degree in information systems from the Seattle campus of Northeastern University in December.