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FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Eric Mays, a Flint, Michigan, city council member known for activism during the city’s water crisis and for disruptive behavior at public meetings, has died.
Charges included; perjury, misconduct, obstruction of justice, extortion, neglect, involuntary manslaughter. The Flint water crisis led to the death of twelve individuals, and left more than 90 people sick by various diseases, including legionnaires' disease. This was due to the water going untreated from the river.
Residents and activists say the way state prosecutors handled the Flint Water Crisis criminal cases is a disappointment to the community.
It wasn't just lead contamination that was problematic. The water wasn't properly disinfected, either. A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak killed a dozen people and sickened about 90 others in 2014 ...
FLINT — For the first time since the water crisis began in 2014, a presidential campaign event was held in Flint Tuesday with no mention of the lead poisoning of the city's drinking water supply
#JusticeForFlint was a charity event held on February 28, 2016, addressing the ongoing Flint water crisis in the U.S. state of Michigan.With the victims of the lead poisoning being predominantly black, the political scandal has been regarded as an example of racial inequalities in the U.S., and the charity event has been associated with the Black Lives Matter campaign.
A Michigan judge threw out felony charges Tuesday against seven people in the Flint water scandal, including two former state health officials blamed for deaths from Legionnaires' disease. The ...
The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy is a 2018 book by journalist Anna Clark that examines the Flint water crisis. The book has five "positive" reviews, seven "rave" reviews, and one "mixed" review, according to review aggregator Book Marks .