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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:49 PM Jul 2016

Six State Officials Criminally Charged In Flint Water Crisis

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/07/29/breaking-six-state-officials-criminally-charged-in-flint-water-crisis-details/

On Friday morning, six Michigan state employees were criminally charged in court for their involvement in the Flint water crisis that began in April of 2014, according to the Detroit Free Press. The water became contaminated when the city switched from a treated water supply from Detroit to raw water from the Flint River, which was treated at the Flint Water Treatment Plant. By failing to add the appropriate chemicals to the water, lead leaked into the water and into Flint resident’s homes, contaminating drinking water.

The accused include Michigan Department of Health and Human Services employees Nancy Peeler, Corinne Miller and Robert Scott, as well as Michigan Department of Environmental Quality workers Liane Shekter-Smith, Adam Rosenthal and Patrick Cook, according to testimony given in Flint’s district court Friday morning.

According to reports, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette discussed the charges at 11:30 a.m. EST with Royal Oak attorney Todd Flood during a news conferences at University of Michigan, Flint.

Schuette told reporters Friday:
‘Some people failed to act, others minimized harm done and arrogantly chose to ignore data, some intentionally altered figures … and covered up significant health risks.’


Not one of them named Snyder.
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Six State Officials Criminally Charged In Flint Water Crisis (Original Post) KamaAina Jul 2016 OP
Your last sentence... deathrind Jul 2016 #1
So no one higher up than that? KelleyKramer Jul 2016 #2
K&R... spanone Jul 2016 #3
It's about time, I hope they're not done with the charges unitedwethrive Jul 2016 #4

KelleyKramer

(8,844 posts)
2. So no one higher up than that?
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:45 AM
Jul 2016

I suppose that's a start but if they don't hold any one higher up accountable then it does nothing to prevent it from happening again

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