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Peloton recalls all treadmills after reported injuries, death

05 May 2021
 Dan Ackermann

Peloton on Wednesday said it will recall its Tread+ and Tread treadmill machines following reports of several injuries and one death.

Details: The company is recommending that people who have bought the machines should stop using them immediately and contact Peloton for a full refund or "other qualified remedy."

  • The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission last month issued a warning about Peloton's Tread+, citing "multiple incidents of small children and a pet being injured beneath the machines" as well as the death of one child.
  • Peloton initially refused to recall the machines saying that the CPSC's warning was "inaccurate and misleading."

What they're saying: "The decision to recall both products was the right thing to do for Peloton’s Members and their families," said Peloton CEO John Foley.

  • "I want to be clear, Peloton made a mistake in our initial response to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s request that we recall the Tread+.  We should have engaged more productively with them from the outset. For that, I apologize," Foley added.

Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times

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Newly 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.