Death of David Dungay Jr.

Dungay was born in Kempsey, New South Wales. He was one of two children born to Leetona Dungay and David Hill; he had a younger sister and also had seven half-siblings. Dungay was a member of the Dunghutti people. with his mother, Leetona Dungay, and his siblings. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was six years old. Dungay was originally sentenced by the District Court in June 2009, but his sentence was appealed by the prosecution and increased on appeal to the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal a total of nine years and six months. He was eligible for parole after five years and six months. He was imprisoned for periods at Mid North Coast Correctional Centre, Junee Correctional Centre, Parklea Correctional Centre, Lithgow Correctional Centre, the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, and the Long Bay Correctional Centre. In June 2013, he was classified as "A2 maximum security" after assaulting a correctional officer at Long Bay's hospital. == Death in custody ==

In December 2015, Dungay was serving a sentence for assault, aggravated attempted sexual intercourse and party to robbery On the morning of 29 December, he obtained some biscuits and rice crackers from his belongings and began eating them in his cell when guards ordered him to stop due to his diabetes. After he refused or ignored the orders to stop, several correctional officers entered his cell, restrained him and moved him to another cell so that he could be better observed by a camera. Dungay strenuously resisted the restraints and was injected with the sedative midazolam. Shortly afterwards, while still being restrained, Dungay became unresponsive. Despite immediate administration of CPR by prison officers and health staff, the calling of an ambulance and further efforts to resuscitate him by ambulance paramedics, Dungay did not regain consciousness and was declared dead at 3:42pm. ==Coronial inquest==

The coronial inquest into Dungay's death began on 16 July 2018. On 22 November 2019, the coroner found none of the guards involved should face disciplinary action and their conduct "was limited by systemic deficiencies in training". After the findings were announced, Leetona Dungay stated that justice had not been served and their family would seek prosecution of the guards. ==Similarities to George Floyd==

In the aftermath of the 2020 murder of George Floyd in the United States, new attention was brought to Dungay's story. Floyd had also said "I can't breathe" in his last moments as he was asphyxiated, a phrase which then became internationally associated with the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests. Members of Dungay's family remarked on the similarities and sent their support to Floyd's family. They and numerous commentators also observed that Floyd had become better-known in Australia than Dungay, and that the Australian public should extend their support of black lives to include Indigenous Australians at home. ==References==