Year later, Flint water criminal cases move slowly in court

By ED WHITE
Associated Press

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge has heard arguments from lawyers for Michigan’s former health director who wants involuntary manslaughter charges dismissed in the Flint water crisis. It’s been a year since former Gov. Rick Snyder and others were charged for their alleged roles in the switch of Flint’s water source and subsequent lead contamination. There also was a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. The cases are moving slowly, bogged down by disputes over millions of documents and even whether a Flint court is the proper venue. Water from the Flint River was used in 2014-15 without it being treated to reduce the corrosive effect on aging urban pipes.