A fired Seattle police officer is suing the city for wrongful termination and damages after he was terminated for bodycam video showing what appears to be him joking and laughing after a woman was struck and killed by a patrol car.

Former Seattle police officer Daniel Auderer filed a $20 million tort complaint against the city of Seattle for damages weeks after he was fired for his behavior following the death of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old Northeastern University student.

Auderer claims harm to his personal reputation, wrongful termination and mental pain and suffering. He is also claiming lost wages of $200,000 per year.

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Following his comments and recent firing after an investigation, Auderer maintained that his comments were taken out of context.

In the complaint, Auderer said in part, “Seattle PD leaked false information concerning wrongfully initiated disciplinary proceedings as well as my personal information.”

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He also argued that he was wrongfully terminated because of his leadership role in the Seattle Police Officers Guild.

“SPD then wrongfully terminated me. This was retaliatory, at least due to my union leadership.”

In a statement to FOX 13, Seattle interim police Chief Sue Rahr defended her decision to terminate Auderer.

“At the root of this case lies an extremely difficult judgment call of how to fairly balance ‘intent versus impact,’” Rahr said. “The actions [of] this individual police officer have brought shame on the Seattle Police Department and our entire profession, making the job of every police officer more difficult.”

A Seattle police officer has been fired for making callous remarks about the death of a graduate student from India after she was struck by another officer’s vehicle in a crosswalk last year. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP, File)

The 23-year-old woman was killed after a Seattle police car driven by another officer hit her.

In the body camera footage, previously released by the Seattle Police Department, Auderer is heard referring to Kandula as “a regular person and saying to, “just write a check — $11,000, she was 26 anyway, she had limited value.”

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Fox News Digital has reached out to the Seattle Police Department and the city of Seattle for comment.

SEATTLE – Seattle City Councilmember Tanya Woo and challenger Alexis Mercedes Rinck lead early in early election results for the only open seat.

Back in January, the Seattle City Council appointed Tanya Woo to fill Position 8 after Teresa Mosqueda was elected to the King County Council. Woo ran for District 2 which represents South Seattle and the Chinatown International District. She took an early lead, but eventually lost to Tammy Morales.

Alexis Mercedes Rinck says she is running to fight for solutions that are community-informed and research-backed. She moved to Seattle to attend the Evans School at the University of Washington and started her career in public policy.

As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, here’s who is leading the race for City of Seattle Council Position No. 8:

• Tariq Yusuf – 4.03% (3,971)

• Alexis Mercedes Rinck – 46.60% (45,914)

• Tanya Woo 41.40% (40,790)

• Saunatina Sanchez – 4.39% (4,321)

• Saul Patu – 3.22% (3,173)

• Write-in – 0.36% (354)

Washington is a vote-by-mail state. Under the state’s primary system, the top two vote-getters advance to the general election in November, regardless of party.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Parker Meadows homered and drove in two runs, Keider Montero pitched six strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Tuesday night.

Detroit Tigers 4, Seattle Mariners 2: Box score

Montero (2-5), making the eighth start of his career, allowed just four hits, including Luke Raley’s solo homer in the fifth.

Meadows put the Tigers on the board first with an RBI single off Mariners starter Luis Castillo in the fourth, and Detroit plated two more runs in the fifth on RBI singles by Colt Keith and Wenceel Pérez to make it 3-0.

Meadows made it 4-1 with a 415-foot blast off Trent Thornton in the eighth. Meadows has two hits in each of his two games since coming off a nearly month-long injured list stint on Saturday, with a triple and a home run.

“I think the biggest part of that, obviously, he’s getting better pitches to hit,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “His bats have been really good, his outs have been competitive, his damage is noteworthy tonight, … his rehab was good and his reintroduction back to this level has been very fun to see.”

Raley pulled Seattle within two runs with his homer in the fifth inning, and Seattle scored again when Jorge Polanco hit a flyball that fell between Pérez and Meadows in right-center field for an RBI single in the ninth.

Castillo (9-11) went six innings and allowed three earned runs on eight hits, with nine strikeouts.

Montero struck out a career-high eight and walked one.

“One of the things I’ve been doing is to calm myself down, put the emotions down on the mound,” Montero said through translator Carlos Guillén. “I’m not very fond of the hitters taking the rhythm towards me, because I like to impose my rhythm on the mound. It’s one of the things, I’ve been working on it, and we’re getting progress on it. I’m very proud of what we’re doing so far.”

Beau Brieske got two outs in the ninth, and Tyler Holton struck out Mitch Garver for the final out and his fourth save.

Both teams struck out 14 times.

Cade Marlowe pinch-hit for DH Justin Turner in the ninth. Turner was hit on the left hand by a 95 mph fastball from Will Vest in the seventh, but initially stayed in the game.

After the game, manager Scott Servais said that X-rays were negative, and Turner is day-to-day.

“You’re always nervous something is going to be fractured,” Servais said. “Hopefully, we dodged a bullet there and we’ll see if he’s going to be available tomorrow or not. We’ll just have to wait and see when we get here to the ballpark.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: RHP Casey Mize (hamstring) will make a rehab start for Triple-A Toledo on Thursday, according to Hinch … OF Kerry Carpenter (lumbar spine stress fracture) began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo on Tuesday … OF Riley Greene (hamstring) is with the team and doing defensive drills, batting practice, and a running progression as he works back from a hamstring strain he suffered in late July.

Mariners: OF Julio Rodriguez (ankle sprain) took batting practice on Tuesday and is progressing in his rehab, but Servais said there is still no timetable for Rodriguez’ return … OF Dominic Canzone (adductor strain) played Tuesday in Triple-A Tacoma and could return from his minor league rehab assignment by the end of the Mariners’ current homestand.

UP NEXT

Detroit lefty and Seattle University grad Tarik Skubal (12-4, 2.57 ERA) will pitch Wednesday against Mariners right-hander George Kirby (8-7, 3.04 ERA).

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