EJR with Jeanine Molloff--The Flint Water Crisis and the Criminal Prosecutions

The Flint Water Crisis hit the national airwaves and the public consciousness in 2016. Via an "Emergency Manager Law", Flint was stripped of its right to democratically self-govern. Flint lost this right--because it was poor and black. Since the city of Flint was cash-strapped, Governor Snyder enacted the Emergency Manager Law and assigned a city manager, who then switched the source of Flint's water from Lake Huron---to the heavily polluted Flint River. 

 Lead poisoning reached astronomical levels in the children of Flint. If there ever was a case of environmental racism--this is it. The majority of citizens are low income and people of color. Now, after some 6 plus years, the politicians responsible for making a series of decisions which ultimately resulted in the poisoning of Flint's children; Michigan has a responsive Attorney General, Dana Nessel. AG Nessel filed criminal charges against the politicos that were responsible for this attack on the people of Flint---including criminal charges against former Governor Rick Snyder. 

Come listen to the story, and to the quest for justice. 

Jeanine