The people that died and the children maimed to the indescribable acts of aggression against minority communities in Michigan of which Flint was the greatest victim have yet to receive justice. There must be a US Justice review of all that transpired in the Snyder administration. There is at the very least gross malpractice by the Michigan Attorney General in not charging the administration with the crimes it committed. Politics ruled the decisions made in Lansing and the people were treated as a bother to Former Governor Snyder.
An entire year transpired before a single researcher and a pediatrician were able to bring attention to the poisoning of the people of Flint, Michigan. The horror stories that came out of that city was nothing even remotely recognizable as an American response to complete stupidity by Snyder and his emergency managers. They focused on minority communities, robbed them of their assets and completely disregarded the safety of the people and/or the community pride in the assets seized and sold.
It is unthinkable to look the other way and shrug one's shoulders stating, "Oh, well, we tried." Excuse me? No one tried. The country's response in getting bottled water to Flint and continued efforts to improve the quality of life of the people there is an American response at a time of emergency, but, the response by Snyder and his administration was nothing short of racism.
Justice is never a dead end and this travesty of the Michigan judicial system must be met with federal investigations.
Lansing - The Michigan attorney general's office (click here) said Tuesday that the state prosecution of former Gov. Rick Snyder and other officials for their roles in the Flint water scandal has ended.
A decision Tuesday by the state Supreme Court to decline to hear appeals of a lower court's dismissal of misdemeanor charges against Snyder "effectively closes the door on the criminal prosecutions of the government officials," prosecutors said in a release.
"At this time the court has left us with no option but to consider the Flint water prosecutions closed," the prosecution team said.
The Michigan Supreme Court in September rejected a last-chance effort by prosecutors to revive criminal charges. The attorney general's office used an uncommon tool — a one-judge grand jury — to hear evidence and return indictments against nine people, including Snyder. But the Supreme Court last year said the process was unconstitutional, and it struck down the charges as invalid....
