wildlyunlikelynae:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

micdotcom:

Inmates jailed in Flint forced to drink, shower in toxic water

Even though Mayor Karen Weaver declared a state of emergency in December, followed by Gov. Rick Synder in January and President Barack Obama a few days later, inmates in the Genesee County Jail in Flint were forced to drink the water, as well as shower in it, according to a new report from Democracy Now!

According to the report, the jail distributed bottled water to inmates after Weaver declared an emergency in December, but the bottled water only lasted a shockingly short amount of time.

I can honestly say I entirely forgot about inmates. 

Now I’m thinking about any state institution.. orphanages.. mental institutions.. this thing goes so deep. This is absolutely appalling that the state would play with peoples’ lives like this.. like it’s nothing.

Me too and I am floored but not even surprised…wtf