Flint’s population, poisoned with lead in water seven years ago, is once again being victimized by “voluntarily” subjecting themselves including children and pregnant women to a radiation-emitting bone scan.
Residents in Genesee County vow to fight voter suppression efforts across the country
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
Genesee County Clerk Register John Gleason speaks on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020 outside of the Flint Township Municipal Building. The county has certified its Nov. 3 election results and forwarded them to the state, and Gleason says local clerks, election workers and the Board of Canvassers deserve thanks for their work in handling record absentee ballots and in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com
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GENESEE COUNTY, MI State lawmakers across the country have filed more than 200 bills in 43 states that would limit ballot access and county officials and residents rallied against those efforts in a news conference Tuesday, March 16.
by Allan Lengel Nothing Michigan does will fully repair damage from the Flint water crisis, Attorney General Dana Nessel says. No matter how much money, no matter how lengthy the prison sentences are of anyone who is charged, and if they’re convicted, they won t be made whole, she said in a taped interview Sunday night on MSNBC that also featured Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. But all we can do is the best we can to hold people acountable and to make the promise that while the three of us are in charge of the executive offices nothing like this will ever happen again.
Flint activist believes charges against Snyder are ‘slap in the face’
FLINT, MI (WNEM) The Flint water crisis prosecution team formally announcing charges against nine people including former Governor Rick Snyder on Jan.14.
In total, there are 42 counts related to the water crisis with some defendants facing the possibility of more than a decade behind bars.
Flint activist Claudia Perkins-Milton felt Snyder being charged with two counts of willful neglect is not enough.
“I think it’s a slap in all of our faces, it’s a slap in the face,” Perkins-Milton said.
Both charges account for a year in jail or a $1,000 fine.