Michigan Health Chief Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Flint Water Crisis

[CousinIT]

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Source: NPR Pittsburgh

Michigan's director of its Department of Health and Human Services, Nick Lyon, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and misconduct in office over the Flint water crisis. Both are felonies in the state of Michigan.

Chief Medical Executive Dr. Eden Wells will be charged with obstruction of justice. Four other officials, including the former Flint emergency manager and former director of public works, were also charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Lyon and Wells are the highest-ranking state officials to be charged in the crisis. The charges stem from an investigation led by Michigan's attorney general.

"Mr. Lyon failed in his responsibilities to protect the health and safety of the citizens of Flint," Michigan's Attorney General Bill Schuette said at a press conference Wednesday.

Read more: http://wesa.fm/post/michigan-health-chief-charged-involuntary-manslaughter-flint-water-crisis#stream/0

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Good, but need the governor indicted as well. He went out of his fucking way to NOT help them

[CousinIT]

2. I agree. Biggest dirtbag of all in the whole thing IMO.

Here's another link:

"Michigan's health chief is one of five officials charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Flint water crisis.

Nick Lyon and the others are accused of failing to alert the public to an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.

The outbreak involved about 100 cases and led to 12 deaths, and was thought to have been linked to poor water quality in Flint city in 2014-15.

Thousands of residents were also found to have drunk water poisoned with lead."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40278565

[DonViejo]

3. Locking...

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