Posted on 02/10/2016 8:20:15 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
The investigation into the contamination of the drinking water in Flint, Michigan could result in criminal charges for those responsible, including potential involuntary manslaughter charges that are punishable by up to 15 years in prison. That’s according to the state’s Attorney General-appointed special counsel, Todd Flood, who addressed the media on Tuesday alongside state investigators, who are still trying to untangle who knew what and when, in an effort to get to the bottom of water crisis in the city. There are also civil actions that could be undertaken, Flood said.
Here’s more on potential next steps from Flood via the Detroit News:
“It’s not far-fetched” to imagine involuntary manslaughter charges in the case, Flood told reporters...
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
Will any EPA officials be prosecuted, or is this witch hunt localized to state and Flint, MI officials? The EPA officials need a good trip to the slammer.
They not talking about a tort, they’re talking about a criminal matter.
As a former Public Works Director, those clauses were always front and center to me and my staff. When they send out letters those went to the Mayor who always came running to me to see what they meant.
When I read of corruption and bribery of government officials, for the life of me I don’t know how they get away with it. We get annual audits and everything had better be in order. The lightest penalty was that my local agency would be required to pay back the entire grant or loan because any misuse (criminal or non-eligible use) of funds which meant I would have been fired.
People have been dying from Legionnaires disease due to the water. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/14/beleagured-flint-mich-sees-10-fatal-cases-of-legionnaires-disease-unclear-if-connected-to-water-supply/
Killing time and screwing the government.
“...I don’t think corruption is a crime in the USA these days”
Nope, it’s the national SPORT. But, you have to be elected to play. The rest of us pay.
“There is no money in going after any level of government for such matters”
Why? Because the deck is so stacking against anyone bringing a suit?
I would swear just the opposite, as they have the taxpayer’s pockets to pick for any free/fine/judgement.
Was anyone from EPA re: mine water release?
That for which you/I/biz might have done would have been YEARS behind bars and in the poor house. GOVT, on the other hand...”Oops, my bad” and case closed.
It's now turned into nothing more than a "never let a serious crisis go to waste" shyster convention.
Actually the whole thing is beginning to sound like an inside job...with the amount of $$$ amounts being thrown around to(so-called)...rectify this "disaster"... for the sake of the children!
I smell a 'rat, actually a lot of 'rats.
Political figures and their cronies creating a crisis, then getting rich off of it?...why something like that could NEVER happen!(pfffft)
There is a government health official somewhere that is responsible for testing.
Do you think it is a white conspiracy to poison African Americans in Flint? Or a Republican conspiracy to eliminate Democrat votes?
And oh by the way, guess who does get to use coal for it's energy needs?
The Capitol Power Plant is a fossil-fuel burning power plant which provides steam and chilled water for the United States Capitol, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress and 19 other buildings in the Capitol Complex. Located at 25 E St SE in southeast Washington, D.C., it is the only coal-burning power plant in the District of Columbia.
I saw something the other day that listed levels in 50 or so locations. EPA considers + 15 ppb to be dangerous. One house was 6300 ppb, but another house around the block was only 21 ppb.
That tells me that much of the problem is inside individual plumbing systems, not the city infrastructure.
Some good info if you have a few minutes.
This source points out that the problem with flint water is its pH, which is more corrosive on the old lead service pipes used in homes and some parts of Flint
https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/science-based-medicine-versus-the-flint-water-crisis/
This study (which was apparantly first suppressed by the MI Dept of Enviromental quality, shows that Flint infants had elevated blood lead levels BEFORE the water supply switch (about 2.1% of infants) vs. 4% after the switch. Its a statistically significant increase from already higher-than-normal levels, but not necessarily “crisis.”
http://www.scribd.com/doc/282806501/Pediatric-Lead-Exposure-Flint-Water-Results
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