The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has opted to terminate Officer Burton Hill, following an Office of Police Accountability (OPA) investigation into Hill’s racist remarks and threats towards a Chinese woman in August 2022.
OPA condemns officer for ‘derogatory’ remarks in Kandula death investigation
Seattle’s Office of Police Accountability (OPA) said that Officer Daniel Auderer, the vice president of the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild (SPOG), made “derogatory, contemptuous, and inhumane” remarks about the death of 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula a year ago.