And the lawsuits keeping coming years later in the Flint water crisis debacle – PB/TK
Flint water crisis: Five charged with manslaughter – By al Jazeera / June 15 2017
Five people, including the head of Michigan’s health department, were charged with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of the beleaguered US city of Flint’s lead-contaminated water, all blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires’ disease.
Nick Lyon is the highest-ranking member of Republican Governor Rick Snyder’s administration to be snagged in a criminal investigation of how the city’s water system became poisoned after officials tapped the Flint River in 2014.
Lyon, 48, the director of the Health and Human Services Department, is accused of failing to alert the majority-black population about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area, which has been linked by some experts to poor water quality in 2014
An involuntary manslaughter conviction carries up to 15 years in prison.
“The health crisis in Flint has created a trust crisis for Michigan government, exposing a serious lack of confidence in leaders who accept responsibility and solve problems,” said state Attorney-General Bill Schuette on Wednesday.
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission issued a report in February blaming “systemic racism” going back decades for the problems that caused the water crisis in Flint.
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