Here's To Flint

“Here’s To Flint” is a searing documentary that examines the origins of the Flint water crisis and the determined efforts of Flint residents, activists and researchers to learn the truth about the city’s lead-contaminated drinking water.

[@donnasmalley771]

Everyone in America should have to watch this.

[@tomstephens1966]

+Donna Smalley U got THAT right!

[@rockystelone21]

@@donnasmalley771 why? The city leaders destroyed flint

[@Dr.DarkMatter]

Job well done on this documentary and exposing the genocidal crooks in the state.

[@littlebluedaewoo]

Wow. I live in this area, I eat at restaurants in this area. My roommate & I recall numerous occasions where after eating dinner in Flint, we would become ill and had flu-like symptoms. It's sickening to know that the rice we ate was boiled in that water. the food we ate was prepared using that water, even the ice water we had with our meal was poisoning us. I wonder how many other people have been exposed to these same conditions..? Millions I guess. This not only affected the residents of Flint but also anyone who ever tried to support Flint by dining in it's restaurants. .. Also if the water ate the pipes, what has it done to everyone's hot water tanks and indoor plumbing..? Good Grief, what has happened here.

[@daphnegrant2909]

littlebluedaewoo

[@rockystelone21]

@@littlebluedaewoo trillions were exposed x 4

[@TRACELHENTZ]

The unthinkable is reality, our reality, and it has to end

[@calvinsmyth]

In the early 1920s or so, the Flint River was clear. Along the banks were picnic spots. People swam and fished in the river. After WW2, car production was high and stayed high for decades. Flint was basically one car factory after another. At the start of that period, waste from some of the huge car factories near the river was released into the water. Pollution control at that period of time was extremely lax. The river soon became highly polluted. By the 1960s kids were told not to play in the water and to wash their hands and feet with tap water if they got them wet from being around the river's edge & NEVER to drink water from the Flint River. The river became a cess pool from when the factories were going strong and when they left, the city fell fast into decline. Criminal activity from Detroit and Chicago moved in and dominated the city as displaced factory workers left the city and state. The Flint river became a popular spot for dumping dead bodies. Only people who did not grow up in that booming factory town, work in those factories, and live through the city's decline could be so ignorant about the safety of the Flint River water. What people don't know about history can kill them.

[@mren5750]

I wont hold my breath waiting for anyone to go to jail over this. Not in this country.

[@avocadoshade]

Snyder has to go and be prosecuted. This is a great tragedy for each person affected by the water and for our nation to have such a thing happen and immediately be not fixed. A great video and ACLU !!! This must be another incremental approach to problem solving--so useful when it affects human lives. Thanks, government and Obama.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Snyder! Isn't that name synonymous with the NFL's woeful Washington Redskins?

[@AprilWatters]

All Involved should be Arrested! And Jailed for 10 years at least! This country is Full of Innocent,, Poor and Marginalized,, INSTEAD of these Criminals MFr's!! WTF Why can't we Jail REAL Criminals??

[@olliojenarter]

+April Watters Exactly! They should have their water all filled with lead and a bunch of other toxins immediately!

[@-Deena.]

Excellent! Would love an update. Sending Big love to people of Flint. I hope by now someone is in prison.

[@DavidG-vq3bk]

Hi. I’m from the Chicago area and I appreciate this informative vIdeo. I hope things are getting better. Here is my question: It was shown that many Michigan cities received state revenue sharing and that it had been cut severely, especially in Detroit. So if Detroit charged Flint 12 million dollars for water, Detroit would need less revenue sharing from the state and Flint would need more. It seems that for Michigan as a whole it would be nearly revenue neutral. (Give more money to Flint and less to Detroit). So why not encourage Flint to buy water from Detroit and avoid all this pain? Thank you in advance for your answer.

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

RIP Eric Mays

[@MarkTrades__]

I just want us all to think about the fact that a natural river is that polluted. I wonder how we all managed to do that?

[@LordSlag]

+mark wilson The river isn't polluted. The river's natural content made it react with the pipes it was flowing through, pulling the lead and other contaminants out of the pipes and fittings. That is the reason you must treat such water with anti-corrosion techniques, which the Flint officials did not do, and hence, this problem.

[@MarkTrades__]

Yep! I watched farther in and realized that. But the video did make it seem that the water was bad early in the doc..."Everyone around here knows how bad the river is"....etc.

[@tenyasteele9700]

+mark wilson historically the river was polluted by the Detroit motor company. Remember Detroit was a major city for the growth of the automobile industry during the industrial revolution... look it up. That's really how the river got polluted. And the auto industry is still so important to the city of detriot that they let the auto industry switch back to the clean water because the car parts were being corroded... :-/ go figure

[@christinecoopertemple1834]

+mark wilson GM

[@robreiken]

+mark wilson Not we , them the government along with their love child corporates do it by design intentionally , it is all planned , for this shit didn't happen by accident. I signed a petition against the government for they want to chop down old growth forests in California plus other places then sprinkle the the chips on the ground & put Glyphosate on top of it, cause they want deserts instead of forests. So what does that tell you???? Think about it, cause Globalist Elite Parasites that control the government are a Nazi Death cult which are the greatest threat to everyone around the world. They are the same dirtbags that cause all the wars around the world & fabricate the whole War On Terror while they are the real terrorists running their many false flags. They lie about everything in the Mainstream Media so you won't get any truth there, it is why they want to control the internet to stop the real truth getting out. They have many measures to poison all the food & water & it's all planned hope you get it now.

[@georgebaumann]

All of these "emergency managers" are low-level criminals. They should all serve time. Their commandant, and the chief architect of this example of authoritarian murder is Rick Snyder. He should be imprisoned for life. No contest.

[@individualm6712]

They poisoned the wrong city✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[@rockystelone21]

@@individualm6712 who are they?

[@ryancappo]

Yes, go after those responsible, help the families currently needing water, and take care of the kids who were exposed. But, what I don't hear people talk about is how are they going to dig up all of the pipes? Are they going to wait for the Federal government to hire people to do it? Do homeowners need to come up with the money to get it done by a company? Are they going to get volunteers to do it? I would be out there digging up my own yard if I knew there was a lead pipe going into my house. If there are lead pipes in the city water main system, then that is a major issue they should be getting fixed. I know I would never trust the water if it was going through lead pipes, regardless of what water treatments or tests showed.

[@christinecoopertemple1834]

+Ryan Cappo They have already started digging up the old pipes.

[@aldricmartinez-olson7509]

The level of delusion coming from the city officials...far too much

[@KaleighMacKay]

I have a question..... so initially they were getting water from Detroit... then switched to the Flint river...... so that means that before any of this happened, the Flint river was toxic? Or was the toxin coming from the pipes? Like, would taking water directly from the river and purifying it be cleaner than taking it from the tap?

[@rubym357]

It was largely GM that was dumping its industrial waste into the Flint River for decades that caused the pollution. But hey, corporations are "job creators" so don't let communist government tell them what to do. "Competition's kicking in" soon, so that will save everybody. rationalwiki.org/wiki/Libertarianism

[@DavidG-vq3bk]

Here is what I have gathered from several documentaries. For some reason, the government in Flint thought the water from Detroit was too expensive. They made plans to temporarily take water from the Flint river which is more acidic than the Detroit water. Whoever did the chemistry for Flint should have had the river water treated to make it more neutral like the Detroit water. When the more acidic Flint river water went through the municipal pipes and home pipes, it ate away at the lead and other minerals which had been dormant. Now, the lead and other minerals were free to come right out of the faucets to be consumed by the residents of Flint. Long ago, when those leaded pipes were installed in Flint as well as the rest of the U.S., people were probably not aware of the potential outcome of their actions. There is no quick fix. Miles of piping have to be ripped up and replaced. I really hope this helps.

[@pammyoneto]

Shame on those criminals.

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

For all you people watching this who live in Michigan and especially Flint, where were you during the last election? How many of you voted? In 2014, voter turnout for the Michigan gubernatorial election was only 41.6%. That means almost 60% of all eligible voters in Michigan did not vote. Low turnouts usually favor the incumbent party so if you don't like what's happening in your state and aren't voting, don't expect anything to change.

[@scoobycarr5558]

It's entirely up to the VOTERS. Don't want to go the English monarchy system in which the ruler rules until he or she dies? GO OUT THERE AND VOTE!

[@carrollkinkade2329]

shame and blame against residents prevails even today - smh

[@lisacartwheel3693]

shameful. they should stop calling it water. it's liquid.

[@marconeprogenebezerra1429]

Deixa eu te perguntar, Essa pessoas que moram nesses bairros trabalham ? fazem o que da vida ?

[@joedearborn3790]

I see the issue of emergency manager was raised but the presentation didn't include the background bit that there had been a state-wide referendum on emergency manager and it was voted down. Nonetheless, the governor went ahead anyway. Is that democratic?

[@TBuontempo1]

+Joe Dearborn Wow, I did not know it was voted down. Good point.

[@dsharp2521]

Mr. West Class ApStat 2016. Procrastination is key.

[@marcelcadiz8456]

Music & Learning...DONT mix. Its quite distracting! & I'm a Brotha..wit rhythm

[@olliojenarter]

+Marcel Cadiz This comment made my whole week!

[@TBuontempo1]

My take away is the portion of the Emergency Manager law that REQUIRES the EM to put the interests of the Wall Street bond holders ahead of the citizens of this community. This is what Corporate Capitalist terrorism looks like.

[@johng.3740]

I don't intent to indirectly justify the actions of Flint city officials but, people in Flint MI can use a water distiller to remove unwanted minerals and metals in the water, as a temporary measure: ebay.to/2jZEQEm Water distillers can remove most substances with a boiling temperature higher than that of water but, it cannot easily remove most substances with boiling temperatures lower than that of water so you may have to process the distilled water through one or several Carbon Filters like Britta. People can also explore reverse osmosis water filtration, though it is more costly and more challenging to install.

[@King_gryph]

[27:21] That moment when you realize nobody is buying your bullshit.

[@shotbakerrr]

The future of water... unfortunately.

[@sophiaburger6199]

Corruption at it's best. They will reap what they have sown.

[@tylercreviston]

Great info but the soundtrack to this is super distracting, especially the constant finger snapping

[@sarahk4556]

"you people" take him to court.

[@MalvinJackson]

wow...150 bucks a month for water??/i pay nothing for water....they want you out...just go

[@sashabrinks4848]

Malvin Jackson immeGIATELY!!!

[@sarahk4556]

flint has no resource for anything not just water.

[@beesnees3070]

They were trying to kill these people

[@scoobycarr5558]

I honestly don't think this is Michigan. Sounds more like Congo.

[@saar144]

'Merica!

[@seanmurphy7860]

lose the music, its distracting and doesn't add value

[@seanmurphy7860]

Distracting from their message. Troll on

[@kathymayo5808]

+sean murphy .. Maybe you should try to focusing!!! The message is loud & clear!! Rick Snyder allowed the known poisoning of an entire city, & tried to cover it up!!.. PERIOD!! #ARRESSNYDER

[@seanmurphy7860]

*focus *arrest

[@-Deena.]

Sean Murphy. Lose the bullshit it's distracting from your humanity....if you have any?

[@steveculberson9320]

+Deena :) I. ftown

[@soshelp4085]

This is capitalism~

[@rockystelone21]

this is a city run by democrats

[@soshelp4085]

@@rockystelone21 what? they socialists or communists？

[@rockystelone21]

@@soshelp4085 the black Democrats of that city were not capable of running it correctly. So they ran the city right into the ground

[@soshelp4085]

@@rockystelone21 ik, I had 20 pages esaay for my social justice & urban movement class

[@Abonanno24601]

that fucking snapping is distracting.

[@marioflint9673]

?????

[@marykaybenson8937]

Just saw on Democracy Now! #BernieSanders