As we talked about on our podcast this week, there have been two major developments in the Flint Water Crisis since in the past couple of months. First, in November, there was a major settlement between Flint plaintiffs and the City of Flint, McLaren Regional Medical Center and Rowe Professional Services Co., a city contractor. The settlement was for $641.2 million but, of course, lawyers will take as much as a third of that.
This past week, the office of Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges against nine defendants:
Jarrod Agen – Former Director of Communications and Former Chief of Staff, Executive Office of Gov. Rick Snyder
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Flint residents ‘hopeful’ water crisis charges against Snyder, other officials will bring justice
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
But Flint residents want to be clear this is not the end to the crisis.
The Associated Press first reported Tuesday, Jan. 12, that Snyder and others have been told they are being charged.
It has been more than six years since the city’s water was switched to the Flint River. Residents still hope for justice for harm done after the switch when lead found its way into drinking water.
As now 6-year-old Sincere Smith grows older and learns about the Flint water crisis he lived through as a baby and toddler, his mother, Ariana Hawk, said she is going to teach him he was a “hero,” a “brave kid.”
Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water crisis.
Former Gov. Rick Snyder to be charged with crime in Flint water crisis, AP reports
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
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FLINT, MI Former Gov. Rick Snyder and others have been told they’re being charged for crimes related to the Flint water crisis, the Associated Press is reporting.
Snyder, who served as governor during the water crisis, appointed a series of emergency financial managers who ran Flint government before and during the water crisis, and has previously apologized for state government’s role in the emergency.
The AP did not detail the potential charge or charges facing the former governor, whose cabinet members downplayed the seriousness of the water crisis for most of 2014 and 2015, a time when emergency managers appointed by Snyder made a series of decisions that led to the city’s use of the Flint River as its source of drinking water.