Two people who were connected to the Flint
water company investigation were both found dead in the space of a week this
month.
Water Treatment Plant Foreman, Matthew McFarland, and the woman leading the lead poisoning suit, Sasha Avonna Bell,
were found dead within days of each other.
Vigilantcitizen.com reports:
The Flint water crisis began exactly two
years ago, on April 2014, when Flint changed its water source from treated
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department water to the Flint River – to which officials
had failed to apply corrosion inhibitors. Almost immediately, Flint residents
complained about the water’s color, taste and odor. In the following months,
numerous water issues arose, with little to no governmental action to fix them.
.August and September 2014 boil-water
advisories were issued by the city due to coliform bacteria detection
.On August 21, 2014 test showed the city’s
water tested high for THMs, a chlorine byproduct of disinfecting water, with
which long term exposure has been linked to cancer and other diseases.
.Though the city stated that the water was
safe, the employees of the Flint Public Library declared the water undrinkable
after noticing that the water from the faucets and toilets was discolored.
.On March 2, 2016, it was reported that the
state of Michigan blocked Flint from returning to Lake Huron water from the
Detroit water system when it agreed to grant the city an emergency loan of $7
million in April 2015
.It was discovered that the high levels of
lead were due to orthophosphate being omitted from the water treatment process,
while using a pH of 7.4 and that the orange water was due to the high
concentration of chloride in the Flint River water, which caused excessive
corrosion of the cast iron mains pipes.
Far from taking decisive action, governments
denied that the water was toxic.
"While the local outcry about Flint water quality was growing in early 2015, Flint water officials filed papers with state regulators purporting to show that “tests at Flint’s water treatment plant had detected no lead and testing in homes had registered lead at acceptable levels.” The documents falsely claimed that the city had tested tap water from homes with lead service lines, and therefore the highest lead-poisoning risks; in reality; the city does not know the locations of lead service lines, which city officials acknowledged in November 2015 after the Flint Journal/MLive published an article revealing the practice after obtaining documents through the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
– Robin Erb, Flint doctor makes state see
light about lead in water
The net result is that over 10,000 children
(mostly Black) were exposed to water contaminated with lead. Lead poisoning has
devastating effects on the brain:
"Childhood lead exposure causes a reduction in intellectual functioning and IQ, academic performance, and problem-solving skills, and an increased risk of attention deficit disorder, aggression, and hyperactivity. According to studies, children with elevated levels of lead in the blood are more likely as adults to commit crimes, be imprisoned, be unemployed or underemployed, or be dependent on government services.
– Julie Mack, Lead levels elevated for
thousands of Michigan children outside of Flint
A massive investigation is now underway and
lawsuits are being filed. And things are turning uglier.
Cover Up
Now that the federal government opened an
investigation on the issue, news emerging from Flint are downright sordid.
First, in March, important documents went
missing, the police openly admits that it was an inside job, and that the crime
will most likely remain unresolved.
.Days before the federal government opened an
investigation into the Flint water crisis, someone broke into a vacant City
Hall office full of documents related to the embattled Michigan city’s water
system.
.Nearly three months later, officials have
confirmed that a TV went missing, but little else is known, according to the Flint Journal.
.Without suspects or a firm handle on what else
may have been swiped, authorities told the paper last week that the crime may
remain unsolved.
.No warrants have been issued in the case, but
officials don’t shy away from speculative statements that stop just short of
conspiracy theories.
.“It was definitely an inside job,” police
chief Tim Johnson told the Journal. “The power cord (to the TV) wasn’t even
taken. The average drug user knows that you’d need the power cord to be able to
pawn it.”
.“It was somebody that had knowledge of those
documents that really wanted to keep them out of the right hands, out of the
hands of someone who was going to tell the real story of what’s going on with
Flint water.”
.Days before the federal government opened an
investigation into the Flint water crisis, someone broke into a vacant City
Hall office full of documents related to the embattled Michigan city’s water
system.
– Washington Post, The mystery surrounding
missing water files at Flint City Hall: ‘It was definitely an inside job’
On April 16th, Water Treatment Plant Foreman
Matthew McFarland (who had been interviewed regarding the water crisis) was
found dead at the young age of 43. Cause of death? Unknown.
Already reeling from the news of criminal
charges against one of its workers in the wake of the Flint water crisis, city
workers are now dealing with the sudden death of a foreman at the plant.
.Water Treatment Plant Foreman Matthew
McFarland, 43, of Otter Lake died suddenly on on Saturday, April 16, according
to his obituary.
.The Lapeer County Sheriff’s Department said a
friend found McFarland unresponsive at a home in Otter Lake. There were no
signs of foul play.
.An autopsy did not determine a cause of death
and police are awaiting toxicology reports. The investigation remains open.
.“My thoughts and prayers go out to Matt’s
co-workers, his family and especially his children,” said Flint Mayor Karen
Weaver. “He worked for the City of Flint for more than 18 years and we thank
him for his devotion and service.”
.“We all have been brought together by this
water crisis and we are all mourning his death,” Weaver said in a statement.
“In lieu of flowers, the family has expressed they would appreciate donations to
establish a fund for (his children) Vance and Ella’s college expenses.”
.McFarland’s death comes as Flint’s water
plant deals with news that Flint Utilities Manager Michael Glasgow is one of
three men facing criminal charges in connection with the city’s water crisis.
.Glasgow is accused of tampering with evidence
when he allegedly changed testing results to show there was less lead in city
water than there actually was. He is also charged with willful neglect of
office.
.Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
employees Stephen Busch and Michael Prysby are charged with misconduct in
office, conspiracy to tamper with evidence, tampering with evidence and
violations of the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act.
.Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s office
confirmed that McFarland was previously interviewed as part of its ongoing
investigation into the city’s water crisis.
– mlive, Flint water plant continues to reel
with sudden death of foreman
A few days later, a 19-year old woman leading
the Flint water crisis lawsuit was found shot dead in her home. A culprit was
arrested. Was he a patsy?
.A woman at the center of a bellwether Flint
water crisis lawsuit was one of two women who were shot to death inside a
townhouse earlier this week.
.Sasha Avonna Bell was one of the first of a
growing number of people to file a lawsuit in connection to the Flint water
crisis after she claimed that her child had been lead poisoned.
.Bell was found dead April 19 in the 2600
block of Ridgecrest Drive at the Ridgecrest Village Townhouses. Sacorya Renee
Reed was also found shot to death in the home.
.An unharmed 1-year-old child was also found
inside of the Ridgecrest home when Bell’s body was discovered and was taken
into custody by child protective services. Police declined to confirm if it was
Bell’s child discovered in the home.
.“Sasha was a lovely young woman who cared
deeply for her family, and especially for her young child,” said her attorney
Corey M. Stern. “Her tragic and senseless death has created a void in the lives
of so many people that loved her. Hopefully, her child will be lifted up by the
love and support from everyone who cared deeply for Sasha.”
.Bell’s case was one of 64 lawsuits filed on
behalf of 144 children by Stern’s firm, New York-based Levy Konigsberg, and
Flint-based Robinson Carter & Crawford.
.The lawsuit named six companies that had
various responsibilities with respect to the treatment, monitoring, and safety
of the Flint water prior to and during the Flint water crisis, according to her
attorneys. The case also named three individual government, or former
government, employees who played significant roles in the alleged misconduct
that led to the alleged poisoning of thousands of children in Flint, her
attorneys claim.
.The Bell case, however, played an important
role in determining the future of the more than five dozen other lawsuits that
were filed.
– mlive, Woman in leading Flint water crisis
lawsuit slain in twin killing
Everything about this story is revolting and
dirty facts are emerging from everywhere. However, mass media largely ignores
this story. Those that do are flooded with comments about “tin foil hats” and
“conspiracy nutters”. It is as if shills are paid kill that story online … or
maybe that poisonous lead has already done its debilitating, mind-numbing job.
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