'The people of Flint deserve justice—and it's unacceptable that the people responsible for Flint's water crisis aren't being held accountable,' said foodandwater after a Michigan judge dropped charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder.
Genesee County Judge F. Kay Behm signed an order remanding willful neglect of duty charges against Snyder, who served two terms as Michigan's governor from 2011 to 2019.Behm cited a Michigan Supreme Court ruling from June which stated government prosecutors erred in 2021 when they had a circuit judge serve as a"one-man grand jury" to indict Snyder and the other officials.
"The people of Flint deserve justice—and it's unacceptable that the people responsible for Flint's water crisis aren't being held accountable," the advocacy group Food & Water WatchTom Ivacko, director of the Gerald R.
"While the legal ramifications continue to play out, residents need to claim their role in holding the government accountable," Ivacko continued."Policymakers need to redouble their efforts to increase government transparency and improve the workings of government."on Twitter,"Nearly 9 years into #FlintWaterCrisis, not one government official in prison.
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission said it was the result of systemic racism, doubting that the water switch and the brush-off of complaints in the majority-Black city would have occurred in a white, prosperous community. Flint residents complained about the water's smell, taste and appearance, raising health concerns and reporting rashes, hair loss and other problems. Snyder didn't acknowledge that lead was a problem until 17 months after the water switch, in fall 2015, when he pledged to take action.
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