Overview

• Video of the May 29 incident on Payneham Road shows Gaurav Kundi being pinned face-down with a knee pressed to his neck and his head slammed against a police vehicle and the roadway.
• Kundi remains on life support at the Royal Adelaide Hospital with doctors reporting extensive brain damage and nerve trauma to his neck.
• South Australia Police launched an internal investigation to review body-worn camera footage and assess compliance with use-of-force guidelines.
• Police Commissioner Grant Stevens and Acting Assistant Commissioner John DeCandia have publicly stated that initial footage indicates officers acted in line with their training.
• Kundi’s wife, Amritpal Kaur, says her husband was intoxicated and loud but nonviolent and that a passing patrol misinterpreted their domestic dispute as violence.