Michigan Ex-Governor, Eight Others Face Jail for Flint Water (1)

摘要

Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and eight other former officials could face jail timestemming from the disastrous contamination of water supplies in the city of Flint, after the statelevied an array of charges against them ranging from neglect of duty to involuntary manslaughter.The charges, filed by the Michigan attorney general, were a renewed effort to hold public officialsaccountable for the 2014 decision temporarily get drinking water from the Flint River. The watercontained contaminants that leached lead from pipes, polluting supplies to thousands in themajority-Black, rust-belt city. Studies found the contamination may have been the cause of aLegionnaire’s disease outbreak and several deaths in the area.