Police officer laughs after a woman dies – level 1

Police officer laughs after a woman dies

19-09-2023 07:00

Daniel Auderer is a police officer and a top police official in Seattle, the United States. Police video shows him laughing about a tragic incident.

A young Indian woman is crossing a street. A police car hits her. The car is driving at 119 km/h. But there is a 40 km/h zone. The officer is in an emergency. The car kills the woman. The police say that it is an accident. The officer is working again.

But in the video, Auderer makes bad jokes about the woman. He speaks about how old she is. He says that her life is not very important. People are very angry about this. They wonder how good the police in Seattle are.

Difficult words: tragic (sad and unlucky), zone (an area with special rules), joke (a thing which someone says to make other people laugh).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

What do you think should happen to Daniel Auderer in light of the information presented in this article?

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