The family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck and killed by a speeding police officer in a South Lake Union crosswalk in 2023 has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against the city and police Officer Kevin Dave, who was cited for negligent driving but not criminally charged.

The lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court alleges Jaahnavi Kandula “experienced terror, severe emotional distress, and severe pain and suffering before dying” from injuries suffered when she was struck by Dave’s speeding Seattle police SUV at an unregulated crosswalk adjacent to construction along Dexter Avenue North.

An investigation showed Dave, heading to an emergency call, was driving 74 mph in a 25 mph zone when he struck Kandula in a crosswalk on Dexter at Thomas Street the evening of Jan. 23, 2023. Dave’s dashboard camera showed Kandula apparently trying to beat the speeding car across the intersection. The impact knocked her nearly 137 feet. Dave performed CPR on the woman until other officers and medics arrived. Kandula died that evening at Harborview Medical Center.

Outrage over her death simmered for months in Seattle’s South Asian communities before exploding internationally after publication last summer of a recording that depicted a city police union official laughing and downplaying her death, saying she had “limited value” and that the city should “just write a check.”

The officer who made those comments, Daniel Auderer, was vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild. He had left his body camera on while talking to SPOG President Mike Solan. After an internal investigation, interim police Chief Sue Rahr fired Auderer, saying his “vile” comments shamed the department and damaged law enforcement’s reputation everywhere.

In his comments, Auderer said Kandula was young and “had limited value,” and that the city should just write a check “for $11,000.”

In a tort claim filed last March with the City Attorney’s Office that preceded Friday’s lawsuit, the family said it was asking for damages of $110 million plus $11,000.

Ironically, Auderer had insisted during the internal investigation into his comments that the remarks were intended to mock the lawyers who have to try to put a dollar value on human life.

“I laughed at the ridiculousness of how these incidents are litigated and the ridiculousness of how I have watched these incidents play out as two parties bargain over a tragedy,” Auderer said in a prepared statement when his comments were first publicized.

Auderer had been called to the scene as a drug-recognition expert, and he determined Dave was not impaired. The conversation with Solan was recorded afterward, when Auderer apparently didn’t notice his body camera was still on.

Auderer has filed a $20 million claim for damages against the city. In the claim, he said he was retaliated against for his union leadership and that he was wrongfully terminated. As a result, he wrote, he’s suffered harm to his reputation and mental health.

The lawsuit alleges that the city of Seattle was negligent in hiring Dave, the officer who struck Kandula, and ignored evidence that he had been terminated by the Tucson Police Department for poor performance and misconduct, including an incident when he fled from police and was suspected of being under the influence of intoxicants.

The lawsuit also claims that Dave’s driver’s license was expired at the time he struck Kandula.

Dave was cited for negligent driving and subject to a fine of up to $5,000. He has contested the citation, according to the Seattle City Attorney’s Office.

Dave was responding to a call of a man who said he had overdosed. According to an investigation, Dave was driving with his emergency lights on, however he was only “chirping” his siren at controlled intersections. He was accelerating when Kandula stepped into the intersection, looked up and saw the oncoming SUV, and apparently misjudged its speed and tried to scurry across the street, according to an investigation conducted by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, which declined to file criminal charges against the officer.

there’s no way i would ever buy a Tesla

I mean, even sarcastically it doesn’t make sense because these will always be charged. Many people have the misconception that you have to charge EVs like you fill a tank of gas. That’s all.

Do you think they have to wait until they get a call to charge it?

Intel’s chipmaking business may have run into a bit of a snag, as recent tests using the company’s next-gen manufacturing process have failed, according to Reuters.

To carry out the tests, Intel reportedly sent Broadcom’s silicon wafers — or the components used as a semiconductor’s base — through its more efficient 18A manufacturing process. After examining the results, Broadcom found that the process isn’t ready for high-volume production, Reuters reports.

The 18A process is a key part of Intel’s plan to reestablish itself as a leading chipmaker. Intel has been developing this technology for a few years now, and it plans to start producing chips using the process with major partners like Microsoft starting next year. However, the company has had a troubled past few months, as it reported $1.6 billion in losses in the second quarter of 2024 and announced layoffs affecting more than 15,000 workers. It’s also dealing with widespread issues affecting its 13th and 14th Gen CPUs.

I’m so fucking tired of the AI fad. These greedy execs can fuck off.

Huh, I actually do think that there are two things AI is ready to replace: CEOs and MrBeast.

deemix

no thanks

I might try it, but if I do I’ll eat it in my dark basement away from outside eyes.

First of all, full disclosure: I own a Gen 1 R1T, my VIN is sub 10K.

You’re right in that I don’t believe in CR’s methods (for almost anything, not just vehicles). Many of their reviews have left a bad taste in my mouth, and their methodology for testing EVs is sub-par.

Also, squeaks snd creeks don’t automatically mean that the vehicle itself is “unreliable”. Sure, it shouldn’t have them since its an expensive EV, but you can still drive it with most of those issues, it doesn’t inheritly mean your vehicle is going to break down if a panel squeaks.

That being said, transmission and battery issues are alarming, however not very widespread as if this were the case you’d hear a lot more about it via the media.

You also have to remember people are more likely to complain than say nothing is wrong - you can’t use forum posts to gauge reliability because of that. For example, I have not had any issues related to battery, transmission, or anything integral to driving. The only issue I have personally had was a speaker rattle, which was easily fixed. I haven’t posted anywhere that I have had no problems (until now). It goes both ways of course, just because I haven’t had problems doesn’t mean other people haven’t, but that’s kind of my point: forum posts mean nothing when it comes to gauging reliability.

Once again, I want to emphasize that I definitely have some bias here because I own one and have for about 3 years. It’s the best vehicle I’ve ever owned.

Can you be more specific about the reliability issues?

What are the chances that they actually believe in “peace on earth”?

Can’t wait to see the new images.

Cable does this because of the inherit bandwidth restrictions it comes with, along with being able to price gouge customers to pay for faster upload. Coax (really, DOCSIS) and the related infrastructure around it simply does not have the bandwidth to offer symmetric connections, at least for companies like Comcast (yuck). They will wait until it’s absolutely necessary to upgrade their infrastructure to support faster upload. Even then, it likely will not be symmetric since there needs to be channels for TV/phone too.

Fiber has much more bandwidth, and the related infrastructure does too. That’s why it’s almost always symmetric.

I use lidarr on steriods (it has deemix built in, but deemix seems to have been abandoned. it still works for now though) to download flac, and then I scrobble what I’m listening to with Last.fm. I’ve found some great new music through last.fm’s suggestions.

Oh yeah, for sure. Joomla still haunts my dreams.

All of my own sites are static because it’s easy for me to modify. But my clients need something a bit more user friendly, unfortunately.

You’re not alone, I’ve still got clients with WP sites and it feels more and more patchworky every time I use it. The vulnerabilities may keep me up at night, but it would take a ton of effort to move them over, and my clients certainly don’t want to pay for that.

The sample size for Arizona is n=720 likely voters, with a credibility interval of +/-3.6%. The sample size for Georgia and Michigan is n=800 per state, with a credibility interval for each state of +/-3.4%. The sample size in Pennsylvania is n=950, with a credibility interval of +/-3.1%. The sample size for Nevada is n=1,168, with a credibility interval of +/-2.8%. The sample size for North Carolina is n=775, with a credibility interval of ±3.5%. The sample size for Wisconsin is n=850, with a credibility interval of +/-3.3%.

Absolutely, in that the more software in a vehicle, the more likely it is to brick once a company folds. ICE cars are less likely since they don’t have most of the software, but there are some that are computers on wheels still (and I’m sure the amount will continue to increase).