27 June 2021
The death toll from the Surfside, Fla., building collapse has risen to nine and 156 people remain unaccounted, as rescue efforts remains ongoing to "find people alive" amidst the remains of Champlain Towers South.
The big picture: In appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava reiterated that responders have not switched from "rescue to recovery," and that additional search and rescue teams from Mexico and Israel have joined the effort.
- Levine Cava further mentioned that the county is reviewing all buildings approaching or at their 14-year recertification to ensure all is in order.
- The developer of the collapsed condo also developed another Surfside building. Levine Cava said she and the mayor of Surfside support those who wish to evacuate that building.
- However, an inspector for Surfside noted that there was not find anything within the building to cause concern.
What they're saying: "The community is really providing the support for each other and the inner circle of those who are directly affected," Levine Cava said.
- "The whole community Surfside is on standby for this important time and in solidarity and the whole world. We feel the support of the whole world for us right here, in Surfside."
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Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times
Section2Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.
Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.
The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.
- The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.
What the transcripts say:
- Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
- The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
- Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."
Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.