Here's how Flint's water crisis happened

[@817jd]

It costs 216 million dollars to fix the pipes, the U.S spends that much on their military every 3.75 hours

[@Scottallen8909]

I spend more than that chillin at the club with Eric

[@SoulStreamStudio369]

Basil Rathbonez so let the people without power suffer? It’s not the citizens fault, the government needs to step up and do their fucking job

[@fionnanlynch4566]

@Basil Rathbonez wow you sound like your pissed becuase white people are a minority

[@melp7614]

@@ATLMike94 Obama declared a state of emergency & sent $5M to Flint Jan 2016.

[@trevorharmon1]

That what happens when you have democrats control your city for decades lolol look at LA and San Francisco

[@Hollowveli]

Sad truth is nobody really cares about flint besides a few rappers that donated that's sad 😢 poor Michigan

[@hoberrydan4023]

Some people don't know. I just found out. Thought it was fake news. My heart hurts

[@-star_27-20]

HOBERRY DAN you must have really not been paying attention

[@anindyabiswas9936]

Lol that's how rappers get away with their uncommon past.

[@DixieRech1]

@Anindya Biswas well what did you do?

[@trevorharmon1]

That what happens after democrats control your city for decades lolol look at LA and San Francisco

[@Kilamanjaro009]

I guarantee if this shit happened in Beverly Hills or the Hamptons -somebody's ass would've been in jail for life.

[@SinCitySlicker702]

Praying for Flint.Lived there for 5 years and still have family there.I remember a very proud, hard working people.This is no way to treat them.SMH.

[@ritamariekelley6943]

+Joseph DeRosier I wish investors would come into Flint and set up the factories to manufacture green, electric/solar cars and put peeps back to work--then you'd see some real American pride!

[@gmrrnracr]

Prayers don’t work! Action does! You might as well cross your fingers and throw a penny into a wishing well. That’s as good as prayers

[@ahmadtarek7763]

@@gmrrnracr hey ,why not both?

[@gustavofring9148]

Smh my head

[@MichaelJ44]

Let’s pray that our great president Donald J Trump gets 3 more years 🇺🇸 I just know the Dems are going to try to impeach him! I do not accept Kamala Harris as MY president

[@TheGreatMoonFrog]

Wow, in Canada we had an E Coli. breakout in Walkerton. It was due to negligence and it was solved very quickly (although unfortunately with some deaths). The plant supervisors went to jail.

[@msmorningstar2116]

Since CONGRESS is in bed with corporations in the States, nothing will happen. Business as usual; keep that money rolling in. To hell with the peons. It sucks. AND we have to hear constantly what a wonderful country we are, and how we're so blessed to be here. It gets revolting.

[@fecmultimedia1488]

@@msmorningstar2116 it is sad when a free and democratic government is worse off than Communist China inn helping its people lol😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@foureva3924]

"OH IT'S SAFE? IT'S SAFE? HMMMM." *hands bottle of flint water* "DRINK IT AND PROVE ITS SAFE!" "GO ON THEN. OH YOU DON'T WANT TO DRINK IT? WHY NOT I THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE."

[@afk478]

Morgan Brown same 😗

[@spinenjoyer805]

Damn, you just roasted the chunks out of them

[@camperkeith894]

People need to be held accountable for these crimes against humanity, street justice is the only way!!!

[@buk6708]

blame the politicians who had to pay unions and pensions.

[@SofaKingTouge]

until street justice happens nothing will change.

[@packr72]

+Bukk So people don't deserve pensions for years of hard work?

[@scoobycarr5558]

Have your guns ready to blow them all from there to Texas

[@godhatewatching4107]

Flint makes Detroit look like a great place to live

[@dj2coo769]

How's that ?

[@all2031]

Stop the talk. Haul to jail. Force all officials complacent in the scam to pay for the damages. US government should cover the cost ASAP. Extract the damages from the culprits. UNLESS we hold and punish officials responsible for willful wrong doings, this country will keep spiraling down the sewage. We, THE PEOPLE, must FORCE change in government to serve us, not profiteers.

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

It is a corruption. Too much attention for propoganda like lbbt. People dont need this. But politics thinking only what they ordered

[@annamcdearmond19]

no city!!!!! in. #America should have to go threw this

[@animamundii]

through. threw is a third form of a verb throw.

[@msmorningstar2116]

D K, That reminds me. When my son was 10 his teacher sent home a note that said, "Tony didn't like the grade he received so he through his paper on the floor". I pulled him out to homeschool him.

[@animamundii]

Pip Pippy - That's just sad.

[@ErdTirdMans]

no person!!!!! in. #America should right like this

[@bbbrittanyyy]

Erd Tird Mans ... write 😐 these comments lmao

[@Az21-]

He built that place with his tax money.

[@DC69-Emperor]

Fix the water situation in Flint immediately! Every single city in the United States is to have clean water.

[@spliffsperlunk]

Sounds like the EPA knew about this and did not intervene.

[@buk6708]

It happens all the time. Democratic cities have almost no capital infastructure investment. it gotta go to socialist bullshit.

[@arnoldsanders6878]

+Bukk Obama has been calling for an infrastructure Bank for 4 yrs now! And repubs have blocked him !!!!!!

[@alandjenn1]

+Bukk Infastructure is socialism...

[@buk6708]

+Jennifer Fackler No infastructure is physical buildings. Socialism is pensions and public unions. You cannot have both lol. Do you understand there is only so much money right?

[@buk6708]

+arnold sanders The best infastructure is financed by taxes, not a bank lol. Do you understand what a "bank" is?

[@ruben3305]

“”You know it’s funny when it rains it pours, they got money for wars but can’t feed the poor” Tupac

[@KalelaChannel]

So were the people responsible for this arrested or did they just resign and resumed their lives in their mansions and their bottled water?

[@quinstonhackett7912]

They have dismiss all charges on them im still suffering each and everyday l lost everything my job 🏠 dam near my life . l have permanent nerve damage in my legs that l suffer with daily . My coworker and his mother both died in 2018 due to this .

[@ComptonMarsh]

@@quinstonhackett7912 I almost died from e.coli infection 2yrs ago thank God I'm still here

[@quinstonhackett7912]

@@ComptonMarsh god speed l can't believe how they don't protect the very thing we needs to survive like air food water . The rich , Government, Big business don't give a fuk about humanity just the bottom $ and that's it 😥 but true . lm glad you better im still in pain daily after 4yr it still unreal how l done suffer thur pain 😓 and 😢 But l thank God im still alive thur it all 🙏...

[@JukuduB]

My parents met in Flint and I lived there for part of my childhood (also lived in Saginaw). Lived much of my life in Texas (Houston and Dallas). In fact, West Dallas had a serious lead problem way before Flint. It was not put on blast like it should have been. Disproportionate amount of children with learning disabilities in West Dallas in the 80s and 90s. 😞 . Praying 🙏🏿 for Flint still today. 🙏🏿

[@gt90817]

“And remember kids, next time somebody tells you ‘The government wouldn’t do that!’ Oh yes they would.”

[@IJoeAceJRI]

Know whats fucked up? nothing ever gets done with this shit! Its all talk, no action! we need more action and less talk.

[@cjhenderson690]

I lived in Michigan all my life and I felt proud. After the Flint water crisis it made me humiliated, that stuff like that is ridiculous saying it's OK when they know it's not is sad. Do Something At Least!! #FixMichigan make it pure again

[@denisetrine3066]

+Casey Henderson I wonder how many states have a lead problem in their water and you don't know about it? The water at the main can be fine but by the time it goes through an old lead service to a home who knows? Are they going to have to check the pipes in every home?

[@bluecollarnobody4217]

what a strange coincendece the nestle company was granted a permit to drain 400 gallons per minute from the same aquifier flint used to be hooked too sounds too me nestle paid off a politician or two so they could pump high amounts of clean water to their bottling plant to market and profit just a guess

[@djrosser9413]

I love how they didn't tell you that Detroit was trying to extort flint for a new 20 year contract and they turned Flint's water off

[@iAmToootie]

How do people shower or clean dishes? I’m genuinely curious. This makes me so mad. Fucking government don’t care about its people.

[@rockystelone21]

same way you do.

[@kenosabi]

Isnt it a little interesting that the water plant forman and the first woman to file a lawsuit against them ended up dead within a week of each other?

[@aldogallegos3209]

I feel super lucky that the water in my city is one of the most cleanest water in the state of Texax.

[@almaboyjake808]

We stilll fucked up smh.. ...they was so happy switching the water They really wanna KILL US

[@mrj1221]

Two things I have not seen reported. 1. Why was Detroit always raising the price they charged Flint? I'm talking double digit increases on an annual basis. 25% more to sign a new contract which Flint refused. Detroit was trying to pay for their system on the backs of Flint residents would be my guess. 2. Why did it cost 5 million dollars to reconnect to Detroit water? I'm sure it was just a matter of turning a valve. When it comes right down to it this whole situation is due to the greed of Detroit.

[@denisetrine3066]

+Mr J Or all the people in Detroit who don't pay their water bills and whine when it gets shut off?

[@I_am_operant]

What sucks is my Hime town Stockton California is switching to this system in the 1st of February. The whole town knows about flint and is outraged.

[@staceywistehuff9415]

The whole Flint water problem is so sad. We live in Michigan with the Great Lakes. Hello Fresh Water.

[@strykerthepsycher8412]

Problem is we elected the dumbest Governor this world has ever seen!

[@jdunks8936]

how long has this been going on???? this is unacceptable! no one in the US should be going without clean water! this is not a 3rd world country!

[@littlenarwhal3914]

Lead keeps on for multiple generations. The descendants of children harmed by the lead poisoning in flint will also feel the impact of it, through memory loss, behavioural problems, and problems of concentration... And that's just the brain damage....

[@fatsackcat7251]

the federal government should do something about this, the mayor switched the water supply to save money wtf!

[@musicmakesmehi5075]

The City of Flint decided to switch the water supply, not " the state".

[@jenniferreneekelley1560]

Yay! You've as right as rain on this issue. BTW did I see anyone from the state of Michigan at the Flint Water Plant when the officials made the switch? No way. Everyone who was there was an employee of Flint or serving in its government mostly as a city councilman.

[@kimberlyrowden6474]

That mayor needs to be locked up. #thisisamerica

[@annamcdearmond19]

how does this only have 515 likes???? I live here .....not from here though... please share this video

[@tieamatzen4720]

Anna Mcdearmond I’m so sorry baby girl wish I could help I feel soooo bad :(

[@msmorningstar2116]

Anna, I would like it BECAUSE I think it's horrible. I'd be AGREEING that this is just wrong.

[@korlu01]

I haven’t been this upset since we lost the Tropics

[@Nola5300]

Wow and this is still going on in April 2019 sad

[@juliagulia5823]

THANK YOU MARC EDWARDS FOR STEPPING UP!

[@M500VYN]

America along with the rest of the sane world was appalled with the use of chemical weapons in Syria. When something like this happens in America, some don't want to face up to their responsibilities. Disgraceful.

[@Sam-rg1eq]

Rick Snyder for Jail 2016

[@Chip-jl5mz]

Wow wow so guy who never hired the shady guy who did this and is republican should be put in jail?WOW YOUR SMART

[@markaragnos1796]

Chip5587 What are saying?

[@info145]

Everyone involved should go to prison! Some people suffered permanent brain damage from drinking Flint water! In the meantime, the city officials were getting rich, and keeping their own families supplied with bottled water (because they most certainly KNEW about the problem)! Reminds me of Standing Rock... Those city officials didn't want the oil pipe line built near the city's water supply because it could eventually leak and poison the water. So they ordered the line built away from there, and near the indian reservation's water supply. Then those same officials said there's no danger of the line leaking and poisoning the water!

[@hdawg4404]

My school is doing flint drive and is donating lots and lots of clean water

[@quentinwooten30]

classicism at its finest

[@quentinwooten30]

classism

[@Rachelcanaduh]

Wow Did I really just watch an ad at the very end of this video thinking that the video wasn’t over?!

[@ab-ej5tw]

The government can be pretty messed up. Exhibit A.

[@jenniferreneekelley1560]

Unfortunately, CNN you're wrong. It was the fault of the city of Flint, not the state of Michigan. My heart broke at how my hometown switched from Detroit's water from the Great Lakes to its own water from the Flint River. And to save a few dollars? What a disgrace!

[@nikkibouce]

i use to live in flint the whole time i lived there they kept on telling me the water was fine and it wasn't my kids had lead in there blood now there fine i have been out of flint for a whole year thank god but i still have family in flint

[@demontethomas6239]

Five years later, our water crisis is still going. Smh😔

[@Trailerwalker]

7 years bro

[@thatttruff8608]

This is why it is very crucial for minorities esp black people to get a valuable education. Just being more aware of scientific facts in your environment can make a world of difference in your life. You should not have to depend on state and federal officials so much for everything. A basic understanding of analytical chemistry and water quality can be acquired within one week.

[@SusanHoltsusanmadonnastar]

Prayers 🙏

[@muallem64]

Is EPA MANAGER SUSAN HOLMAN in jail?😡🤨

[@steveevans7050]

I have an idea to helps solve the world water problem in water barron areas and to replenish the aquifers, also help combat saltwater intrusion in aquifers, and help clean up Rivers that are full of bacteria in areas of the world that are highly populated.......... I believe we should focus efforts on reverse osmosis- make large scale reverse osmosis systems. We can improve these osmosis systems and get them to pump something around 1000 gallons per second and then run the water though charcoal filter system, and lastly ph systems. We can even filter the ocean water and pump it through pipelines to water barron areas of the world, tribal communities, replenish aquifers, filter-out saltwater intruded aquifers, clean up dirty rivers and water areas and pump clean water into communities. We could also create man-made freshwater lakes in areas in the desert and Africa and shield them with biospheres so they don't evaporate and stock them with freshwater fish to combat world hunger. The sky is the limit with Reverse osmosis and I think we need to concentrate our efforts on this to solve a lot of the world issues.

[@stevencarter8036]

Other cities had old pipes... Wow...

[@gregsalcedo4857]

There should be criminal liabilities in addition to lawsuits.

[@cameronclark3927]

This is why I drink bottle water

[@jesssandoval1912]

Cameron Clark this is not just drinking... cooking with, bathing with..,, anything

[@kingroyal5480]

Unless it says no ppi it's the same thing

[@sierramain2892]

Cameron Clark lmao

[@jacksonbarbers1346]

Its everything :(

[@HighSkiez]

It’s literally the same thing. If anything people found out that bottled water is actually less healthy for you.

[@TypeOneg]

It's alarming and infuriating these criminals didn't think anyone would notice. It's insulting! Doctors complaining were told they were "delusional". There's no "paying for it"....

[@saklee1777]

Victoria Love and so many people in flint would end up having seizures from the water

[@p.f.886]

America in movies: *good quality life* America in real life:

[@angellight5040]

I'm pretty sure most tap water is contaminated and not very safe in every state.. Some water is just much worse, like in this case. I've seen cloudy water coming out of the tap a couple years now, and previously that was not the case..hmm

[@duftmand]

Maybe you should report it or something if you haven't already, maybe the government is pulling a flint on you :P

[@vincem2759]

+Angel Light Get a reverse osmosis machine. I will take out most of the toxins in tap water and it is relatively cheap. Les than 200 bucks in most cases.

[@denisetrine3066]

+Angel Light I was listening to a home fix it show and the host said the lead filters should be on the cold water side. Running hot water through the filter damages it.

[@ritamariekelley6943]

+Angel Light What about all the fracking sites? Water near them catches fire.

[@denisetrine3066]

+Rita Marie Kelley What do Fracking sites have to do with water that came from the Flint River and ended up contaminated with lead?

[@sea9994]

Wow I noticed doing services.. I saw it all the way from Brooklyn.

[@rubiksmaster301]

0:30 hey look a pontiac aztek

[@rukiakuchiki6187]

The state did nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Just wow

[@Logikal9]

pray for flint

[@davidmichael370]

and no one got arrested that's crazy!

[@nativechique7589]

Wow. Smh

[@paulkelley890]

I Truly beleive when the EPA decide to make our water truly safe cancer will basically end

[@thatgoodkushhai5859]

2:25 that guys sounds like kermit the frog

[@jsiszero]

The best part of this story? Nobody (a politician) is going to jail.

[@Dennisaj]

Wow, this is an epic F up on an epic proportion.

[@TerenaTCloud]

My water has looked like that at my apartment complex. Pretty gross, but I figured it was rust. I didn’t tell management right away and then it stopped.

[@ADAJ3KINGANGEL]

Disgusting

[@KrazeeClark]

This must be a drone shot. It's awesome. 0:30

[@dramatish]

REPUBLICANS !

[@lordmeric3180]

lol this happen while Obama was running and this problem was given to trump. also this is local problem that wasnt told to the Federal and all this corruption happen under Obama as that state was blue. Soo Democrats

[@sorzin2289]

Lord Meric I wasn't born Yesterday, I remember Rachel Maddow reporting about this in 2014. After Rick Snyder gov of Michigan decided to play a mini dictator and removed all the local power from the City council of mainly Minority districts and appoint his two bit morons as "emergency managers."

[@ceilconstante7813]

Absolutely criminal!!! Those responsible should be jailed and forced to drink the lead water!!

[@rjodhan1rr44]

And what happened to those responsible for causing this mess? Nothing !

[@Loppy2u]

Nationwide problem with lack of investment for the benefit of the people. I expect the sales of water quality home testing kits to be big sellers on Amazon and eBay.

[@microphonixvirtualstudio1634]

It seems to me, that city of Flint Michigan needs to replace the pipes as well. A better question to ask would be, why haven't the pipes been a problem in the past?

[@hansstepford7824]

Thanks

[@smith7388]

The state and local officials should’ve been put in jail

[@harlem6365]

What a messed up country. Spending so much money on the military and foreign stuff when you got so much trouble inside the country.

[@yesitsme5882]

DZA It’s not the country, just this town.

[@danfrick6097]

Didn't we spend a trillion bucks in infrastructure (during the stimulus) to prevent this stuff from happening? When Flint let Detroit know they were going to stop using Detroit's water in three years, why did Detroit shut them off immediately? Can't these people talk to each other?

[@paigepeterson9102]

I live like two hours away from flint! My school district donated thousands of bottles of water

[@gabrielbizzlebop4702]

get a nationwide project to update filtration systems, get rid of all lead pipes, and replace them with silicone/copper, etc

[@patriciakennedy4780]

This was not the state but the city that did this. Who told the citizens the water was ok? The city.

[@favstarr01]

Will someone please explain to me where the businesses, restaurants, hotels, government buildings, etc. are getting their water from. SOMETHING STINKS REALLY, REALLY BAD.

[@rileysmith9843]

I live in Waterford Twp. But I’m near flint, so I’m close to it.

[@LaBrother]

the real question, when will water become more expensive than water.

[@963freeme]

Someone call Erin Brockovitch.

[@LInkinPark4life]

Michigan has horrible things that happen to it too much, Detroit going bankrupt and the flint water crisis was very horrible

[@denisetrine3066]

Isn't this story a bit misleading? They claim the Flint River water was going through lead pipes of the City of Flint when the lines that are being replaced run between the city lines and the homes? In most cities these water lines are owned by the home owner. Not the city.

[@THEGLASSMANSWORLD]

This problem still hasn't been fixed!!!

[@rockystelone21]

yes it has

[@jaymadoma8645]

@@rockystelone21 pipes are still damaged...

[@rockystelone21]

@@jaymadoma8645 oh sure

[@hoghunter9579]

Not another penny needs to leave this country for foreign aid untill we get our own house in order. Enough is enough.

[@drworm1234]

Hog Hunter yeah, the less than 1 percent we spend on foreign aid needs to stop immediately lol

[@BotanaManTVOfficial]

Shout out to Marc Edwards man this is why we need more young scientists

[@Since-wen]

No one owned up to their mistakes but instead try "fixing" it not knowing they are actually making it worse!!

[@jeanbrandon4210]

i wached this at my school today my teacher told it to my class

[@DrummerJacob]

I don't want to hear anyone talking about "dont drink the water in Mexico" anymore cause when's the last time you heard a story about that? This is America. This was just a few years ago. It's still an issue.

[@nativechique7589]

How do the residents bathe and cook now or clean?

[@tieamatzen4720]

Native Chique I watched a documentary on this and they have to go to the next town or city over next to them to use a public shower or they will generally get a gym membership in the next city across from them just to use the gym for showering resources and they cook with bottled water.

[@cerone7476]

People have gone to jail for doing a lot less.

[@paulr.4968]

This kind of problem would not have been tolerated in Beverly Hills, if you know what I mean.

[@humansrants1694]

Obama visited there when he got in office and said the water is fine than made a deal to let the military use Flint as a war exercise area without any of the locals being asked about it. I liked Obama until I learned about what he did to Flint.

[@Young_Dab]

Rest in peace Flint City council member Eric Mays 🙏🏾

[@stevenlemans9000]

Ahem, the State doesn't [control] Flint's water supply period! Either the [County] or the City of Flint's [Counsel] and [Mayor] do period! Pass the blame game...