A | [앵커]민주당은 이번 사건이 검찰 보완수사권 폐지에 대한 여론 악화로 이어질까봐 우려하는 모습입니다. 김민석 대표는 경찰 6대 폐단을 뿌리뽑겠다면서도 보완수사권 문제와는 무관하다고 선부터 그었습니다.오늘 법사위에서도 이 문제를 놓고 신경전이 오갔는데 황정민 기자가 자세히 전합니다. [리포트]대표 직속 경찰개혁추진단 구성을 지시한 민주당 김민석 대표는 "경찰 개혁에 박차를 가하겠다"며 '경찰 6대 폐단'을 뿌리뽑겠다고 밝혔습니다.어제에 이어 연이틀 경찰 개혁을 강조한 겁니다.다만 제주 실종 허위종결 사건은 오는 10월부터 시행되는 검찰 보완수사권 폐지와는 무관하다고 선을 그었습니다.김민석 / 더불어민주당 대표"일각의 이야기와는 달리 현재 검찰의 보완수사권이 작동하는 상태에서 벌어진 일입니다."이번 사건이 검찰 보완수사권 폐지 논란으로 다시 번질 조짐에 진화에 나선 걸로 보입니다.실제 국민의힘은 제주 실종 사건을 언급하며 보완수사권 복원을 주장했습니다.주진우 / 국민의힘 의원"경찰이 온전하게 수사권을 행사하는 것이 국민의 생명과 안전을 보호할 수 있을 것이냐하는 근본적인 의문이 드는 상황이거든요"김동아 / 민주당 의원"제주 여성 실종 사건은 보완수사권이 있을 때 일어난 일이고 그게 수사와 무슨 연관이 있습니까?"민주당이 국민의힘 소속인 최영중 전 청주시의원 성범죄 사건을 꺼내자 고성이 오가기도 했습니다.서영교 / 법사위원장"최영중 시의원이 12세 미만 아동을 성착취했어요. 국민의힘 한마디 사과가 없어, 국민의힘 시의원인데"주진우 / 국민의힘 의원"아니 물을 탈 걸 물을 타십시오. 지금 제주 여성 때문에 국민이 얼마나 분노하는데 그걸 물을 타고 있어요?"김태규 / 국민의힘 의원"그거하고 이거하고 뭔 상관이 있냐고"서영교 / 국회 법사위원장"국민의힘에서 공천 준 사람 아니야?"김태규 / 국민의힘 의원"왜 또 반말이에요?"국민의힘은 "위험천만한 수사권 실험을 즉시 중단하라"고 촉구했습니다.TV조선 황정민입니다.。 One person died at the Burning Man festival this weekend as a severe bout of rain caused flooding in the remote Nevada desert where the event was being held, authorities said. This comes as tens of thousands of attendees remained stranded Sunday. The Pershing County Sheriff's Office confirmed it is investigating the death in a news release issued Saturday, and said the family has been notified both of the death and the active probe. A spokesperson for the sheriff's office told CBS News on Sunday that the death occurred during the extreme rain that swept through parts of northwestern Nevada on Friday and Saturday, but not because of it. The earlier news release noted that the office "is currently investigating a death which occurred during this rain event." Echoing the release, the spokesperson declined to share additional information about the death or circumstances surrounding it because the sheriff's investigation was still ongoing.Tents between puddles and mud on the grounds of the "Burning Man" festival on Sept. 3, 2023, in the Nevada desert. Tens of thousands of visitors to the desert festival were stranded due to heavy rainfall. David Crane/picture alliance via Getty Images The White House said Sunday that President Biden had been briefed on the flooding and "administration officials are monitoring the situation and are in touch with state and local officials." Officials urged Burning Man attendees to shelter in place on Saturday and Sunday after storms soaked the Black Rock Desert, a dried lake bed now composed of alkali flats that sits in a remote and arid section of northwestern Nevada, about 150 miles from Reno. The Burning Man entrance was shut down Saturday and would remain closed for the remainder of the event, Washoe County Sheriff's Office tweeted. Anyone attempting to travel to the area would be turned around. The Pershing County Sheriff's Office noted Saturday that festival operations were being "halted or significantly delayed...due to unusual weather conditions on the playa."
Roads in and out of the festival remained closed Sunday evening, and festival organizers urged attendees to conserve food, water and fuel. Cell phone equipment was also brought in to help those stuck in flooded campsites. Camps are set on a muddy desert plain on Sept. 2, 2023, after heavy rains turned the annual Burning Man festival site in Nevada's Black Rock desert into a mud pit. JULIE JAMMOT/AFP via Getty Images About 73,000 people were stranded at Burning Man when the head count was tallied Saturday, the Pershing County Sheriff's Office spokesperson told CBS News. Some attendees were reportedly seen trudging through the muddy desert in efforts to leave the festival on foot, according to the Associated Press.The organizers of Burning Man said in a statement Saturday night that people who decide to walk out of the desert would be provided bus transportation to Reno from Gerlach, which is about 15 miles from the site of Black Rock City. "Burning Man is a community of people who are prepared to support one another. We have come here knowing this is a place where we bring everything we need to survive. It is because of this that we are all well-prepared for a weather event like this," the statement read.
"We have done table-top drills for events like this. We are engaged full-time on all aspects of safety and looking ahead to our Exodus as our next priority," the statement continued. Exodus is how Burning Man refers to the end of the festival, when all attendees leave the desert."The Burning Man organization's advice is for participants to delay their departures to avoid getting stuck in the mud, but people are free to leave should they choose to do so," organizers said. On the Burning Man website, organizers said they were hoping to reopen roads by 9 a.m. local time Monday. "It was really, really wet and really, really slick," stranded attendee Justin Schuman told CBS News of the muddy conditions in a video interview Sunday from his campsite. "But it's also very alkaline. So you do have to be careful for no prolonged exposure of your skin to the mud because, apparently it can actually start to really, gently burn your skin."Schuman said he and his friends had enough supplies to make it through a few more days. "We are not allowed out of the playa, the gates are locked, we have enough tuna for a week," said Christine Lee, a circus performer, on social media.The area serves as the annual locale for Burning Man, a weeklong event that typically draws tens of thousands of people "to create Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance," according to a passage in the "about" section on the festival's website. Event organizers require attendees "to bring all you need to survive" to the desert, including food, water and shelter, which can be shared.
The Reno Gazette Journal reported Saturday that organizers started rationing ice sales and that all vehicle traffic at the sprawling festival grounds had been stopped, leaving portable toilets unable to be serviced. In this satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, an overview of Burning Man festival in Black Rock, Nevada, on Aug. 28, 2023. Maxar Technologies via AP The Pershing County Sheriff's Office was coordinating with several agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management and Burning Man Org, to assist attendees sheltering in place at the event site. The sheriff's office spokesperson told CBS News on Sunday that "they are all working together to try to get everybody out of there safely," at least in part using vehicles with four-wheel drive. It was unclear whether other transportation methods were being used too."There had been mild to heavy rain for several hours, causing conditions that made it virtually impossible for motorized vehicles to traverse the playa," the sheriff's office said in Saturday's news release, adding that it supports Burning Man's decision to order attendees to shelter in place and noting, "There is more rain forecast for the next few days which could cause further delays and disruptions for participants attempting to leave the Festival as well as other operations within the Festival." In addition to small groups of people who were able to walk off the event site and were "awaiting transport" arranged by Burning Man at the time the release was issued, the office said "some vehicles have been able to drive off the playa, however, those vehicles have caused damage to the playa surface, and it is not recommended at this time."
