Aboriginal activists in Australia fight back against police brutality
ABC News
Australia's Aboriginal activists are using the momentum of the anti-police brutality movement in the U.S. to fight for justice.
David Dungay Jr. was forcibly removed from his Long Bay jail cell in Sydney in December 2015 because he wouldn't stop eating biscuits, according to news reports at the time. The 26-year-old was pulled from his cell by five guards and held down by the guards' hands and knees, as seen in the body camera footage.
His mother, Leetona Dungay, has been fighting for reform since that lead to his death six years ago.
"You can see him ... being subdued by police officers, shouting, 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe,'" Leetona said in an interview with ABC News. "He does that more than a dozen times, and it seems to fall on deaf ears. You know, no one really does anything."
Dungay became unresponsive just minutes after he was apprehended by guards. He was pronounced dead shortly thereafter, according to the Coroner's Court of New South Wales, which also said he died of cardiac arrhythmia.
