Flint Official Blames Water Crisis On Black People Not Paying Their Water Bills
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2024
- According to a leaked audio recording, Flint official Phil Stair said that the reason the Flint water crisis ever happened is because of “f*cking n***ers” who don’t pay their bills. This is by far the most disgusting reason ever giving for the poisoning of thousands of residents in Flint, Michigan with lead-contaminated water, and shows why officials still haven’t solved the problem. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Subscribe to the Ring of Fire for more: / theringoffire
I wouldn't be surprised if Flint becomes ground zero for a violent uprising much like France did with aristocrats.
Why would anyone pay for poisonous water?
Not only is this blatently racist (feels bad to be a black person living down there), it's also pathetic. Instead of pointing fingers at minorities, why don't you try to actually fix the damn problem like an adult?
I would force feed that water to the officials until it gets fixed! How is this not MASS GENOCIDE?
this is the American way now..... we are a third world country now. Trump is getting rid of the clean water Act. ... how can any one advocate this. easier to blame everyone else rather to fight for ourselves as Americans. misplaced anger
It sounds like he's saying they're been punished with poisoned water for not paying their bills....sick
Eva Guide right!! and that's wrong only the government can get away with poisoning people.
Actually, they weren't going to save money. It was going to cost them more money, because Detroit's price was just an estimate. The reason Snyder changed the water was to privatize pipelines so that fracking companies could monopolize the water. Jordan Chariton reported on this.
And the Federal government doesn't do shit. Wtf!
I wouldn't pay for bad water
Margaret Fly no one would
They were not paying long before the water got bad. That was part of the reason they tried to switch to a cheaper water source.
Margaret Fly if we didn't pay they thretend to take our kids away and it goes on our credit for not paying
The credit part does not apply to renters who may have their water shut off even though their rent is paid up to date.
Pay for poisonous water LMAO.
Whether they paid the bill or not has absolutely no bearing on the water company cutting corners. That was a decision they made. If they weren't generating enough profit then they should have cut the water or raised the price. They have no one to blame but themselves and shifting the blame isn't going to make the citizens start paying for tainted water.
if you get sick from the water you must have paid your bill
No mention how black majority neighborhoods pay on the average 17% more the same amount of water?
*[citation needed]*
Col Michael Aquino is trying to incite a race war.
We live in a state surrounded by water. There is no excuse for poisoning and killing people.
Because I was wrong. Maybe you can add a disclaimer? Splain it! lol just say it's a joke? That's why I said what I did. I didn't know you were joking.
Why some one should pay for bad product or customer service?
Right?
You can't cook with, shower with, or drink this water... but pay up -_-
I have family in Farmington things is sad for Michigan and the governor should be ashamed
There's no excuse for any human or animal that can't find a clean drink of water --- THIS IS THE USA !!! ..... SEND IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS !!!!
Isn't this a major hate/terrorist attack? Throw them involved that didn't do anything in jail for life.
That's what happens when people are given power in an unstable economy.
The water bill stays with the property owner. The renter does not pay the bill.
so shameful
How is placing poison in the water the fault of black people living in flint?
+Michael Coville That's not logic at all. Sounds ridiculous to me. They need to simply clean that water up. This should not have gone on this long.
If I didn't know better I'd think the Michigan government was trying to kill the black people of its state.
It's not quite as simple as cleaning up the water, if I remember right. Faulty lead pipes, I think that need to be replaced on a wide spread. Not saying them not doing it is the right thing, just bringing some context to it. They need to get their asses in gear and get this fixed ASAP.
Claire is correct. No one "placed poison" in the water. The lead comes from the pipes. The problem was corrosion which broke down the protection on the pipes allowing the lead to leach. Corrosion control which was the fault of the water commissioner. Even with 100x the funding they have, removing the lead pipes in not something that can happen quickly.
Steven Gehl Indeed. While I think the hesitation and acts of the officials in Flint are detestable, cruel, ignorant, and out of touch with their people..... we all need to deal in cold hard facts and keep a cool enough head to not blame people for things they have not done. They did not poison the water. But the gross negligence of the Flint officials when it comes to city upkeep and safety has the same effect on people, as if they had. Even if it was not actually "intentional."
Steven Gehl The water commissioner's incompetence or desire to skip safety steps may have been the cause of the problem in the first place and should rightly be ridiculed and shamed for it. But the officials of Flint are doing anything they can to find reasons not to help and fix things. The situation is a sad one.....
I wouldnt pay for that shit either :D
Oh, hey...I see you haven't paid your gas bill in a bit ::sources gas from nuclear waste contaminated area::. Those tumors are your fault.
Classic republican bullshit. No one should be surprised.
I don't understand, someone explain why aren't all those politicians responsible forced to use the same water?
Holy cooow! The fact he even thought it was ok to say that says soooo much.
They shouldn't have to pay for poisoned water.
If the US can run fracking oil pipes throughout multiple states including through Indian Reservations, why can't they build 1 more and run water through it ? ----- Maybe ask Canada if we can tap into one of their freshwater lakes and we'll pay them a reasonable rent.
If he actually had black friends before... he sure doesn't have any now.
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I hope ppl in flint get drinking water. It's horrible for anyone not to have any. What that man said was horrible and incorrect and he should be ashamed. Spread love and acceptance not hate and judgments. Especially if it's not true.
That make no sense. Also, the actual reason is that Republican don't care about the citizen, hospital better prepare for a crisis of children and adult with a large amount of flint in their body.
wait, they were still CHARGING those people for their water AFTER the crisis. So they'll poison their water (Instead of shutting it off like any other city) for not paying bills, but still bill them AFTER they poisoned the water?
Yep.
Was thinking kinda the same thing.... y not just cut the water if they are not paying rather then reduce quality of service to all residents... Maybe this was supposed to be a kinda experiment on black people similar to the one done with i believe it was syphilis
Until now I just figures most Republican public officials had a drive to fill their pockets and that of their donors at any cost, and only considered minorities and liberals a convenient scapegoat when their states and districts went to shit and their constituencies were looking for folks to blame as a result of their tenure. But given that this guy would privately blame a minority for gross mismanagement by the state government, I'm forced to second guess the idea that Republican officials are unscrupulous but not bigoted. It seems that some of them really are just intellectually stunted and cannot recognize basic patters or piece together simple causal relationships. Many of them, like this public official, just have a set of talking points to which everything in reality is forced to conform in their mind, no matter what mental gymnastics have to be done.
Yup, and slavery was our fault too!?!?!
If my new car doesn't work....i ain't paying the car note!
If my new roof is still leaking.....I'm not paying the roofers!
if i have POISONOUS water......I'm not paying for that shit either!
John Smash you're real bright right one aren't you, cuz I don't know if anyone told you but........ slaves were victims just like the people of flint are victims!
+John Smash as if they asked to be slaves how dense can you be.
OutlawRebel117 that might be the only viable option at this point, because it's obvious the governments not gonna fix this one?
Honestly when will these racists understand it is not the knowing black people that means you are not racist, it is not carrying hate in your heart towards those people that matters.
Am I the only one who feels like if there was video of this recording, Snidely Whiplash would be in the corner kicking a puppy?
#OnlyInAmerica
cash me outside
We NEED a new governor in Michigan now
You should probably disband the Republican Party altogether and replace it with something that won't take so much money in order to get into the political roles of Congress and the Presidency so that you can't pull shit like this ever again!
Flint, Michigan is the city I've ever lived in. I had some of the best times of my life living there. My water bill was $140-$150 a month. That was crazy though.
FYI............... It wasn't dirty water. The problem was that they neglected to add a corrosive inhibitor to the water. This caused corrosive substances to break down the phosphate coating that normally keeps the water out of contact with the inner lead pipe walls. Although cost savings was the reason for all of it.
It was in the hands of the City Managers who were installed by Rich Snyder AKA Governor and several officials at the plant. Because Flint was close to bankruptcy. At least that was the primary cause. It was later exasperated by EPA offical that ignored a report by a lower ranked EPA official and several Michigan officials.
There were also several organizations and individuals that actively discredited anyone who questioned the water safety. This happened several times including an EPA official. It wasn't until children's blood tests were compared to tests prior to this that they had to admit it.
FFS!
This talking peeled potato is right.
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Phil Stair oh how very racist of you - why are we not surprised in trumpland
I managed an appartement complex in a low income area and I was always chasing the rent of black tenants. Stereotypes usually have some truthfulness in them.
Guess what...low income people have a hard time making the rent payment on time...and their color doesn't matter
John Smash Lol you WILLINGLY managed a LOW INCOME neighborhood?
+Jay I was young and naive about race issues like most TyT fans. That experience redpilled me pretty fvcking fast...
John Smash Listen man, I get it. That's not more so of a race issue but rather a financial one. I'm African American and I know plenty others who have their shit together here in Atlanta. I simply think to place yourself in that position, then get upset, even though you understood what you signed up for, is a little asinine.
Please don't soften other people's words!
Alex Morariu He had the decency not to recite the "n" word because he knows it's offensive so he paraphrased it. I you would rather him quote word for word in the sake of free speech, then you either don't mind, or intentionally want to offend people by using that word because you think it should be okay to say whenever and wherever YOU want and will use the guise of free speech to hide this degenerate obsession behind false virtue.
We need to government to pass a law to make clean water free for all black people!
YOU CAN'T DO SHIT OR FIX SHIT YOUR SELVES. YOU ALWAYS RELY ON THE WHITE MAN TO FIX ALL YOUR SHIT. WORTHLESS LAZY FUCKS. 0BAMA DID THIS. LIBERALS DID THIS. YOUR BLACK LEADERS IN YOUR STATE DID THIS SHIT. .... NOW GO BEG THE WHITE GUY TO FIX IT FOR YOU.
He has black friends.
lmao
LOCK THE (SOB ) UP
Black people are not to blame for anything.
so if everyone paid their bill the water would miraculously be safe to drink?? gotta love jewmerikkka!!
If water treatment centers are miracles, then yes.
We aren't talking about water treatment... We are talking about the water source are we not??
Sounds about right.
Sorry Ring of Fire, TYT already did a segment on this
Ring of Fire and TYT are closely affiliated so ROF are allowed to put their videos on TYT channel, but its super redundant if they already did a story on it
MrInuhanyou123 yeah but maybe this guy wanted to give his own two cents on the matter because part of the wonder of TYT is they let their news commentators say whatever when they want to as long as its rooted in the news stories? Chill lmao
did they really have to say black people, lol could have said the community of flint.
Gg L its aimed for the blacks. i understand what youre saying but it is what it is sweetie
He didn't HAVE to say it was black people's fault, he CHOSE to.
He'll get a job in trumps administration
"gibs me dat!"
Well if you don't pay your water bill how the hell is the town going to have the money to upgrade the stuff? Pipes arent free ya know!
America is literally in debt up to your ears and you wanna look down on a city who is late on a water bill. Wow. White America. You've out done yourself this time
Did they pay their water bills or not?
dont leave this on just the Republicans. the Dems are just as much to blame for this too.
Public investigation into what made them make that move. Yes it was money but money for what they must of needed something. Because if they don't have any future ventures I would suggest arguee racism as you could dig a hole away from people and fill it with waste.
@2:15 wow..that is weak "could have"? first, i need an actual source, if this guy said this then he deserves to be removed. Second, is what he said TRUE? And if so, that may have contributed to the problem but as an elected official you are suppose to raise concerns when things that are important, like clean water, are threatened by the city budget issues. Flint is a dump. The car plants got run out of town and everyone who works for a living LEFT. Thats why there is a funding issue
Black rich friends lol
It's really unfortunate for the Flint residents who can't just pack up and move to a better place, I feel bad for city people, but it seems things like this should be expected when you pack how many people on top of each-other? I grew up on the edge of the wilderness so have a hard time understanding _why_ people would actually _want_ to live in a large city.
Not that I haven't tried it out for myself though, I've dabbled in the city life and it is not for me. Sure the convenience is nice, not having to order everything online and all US cities have something fun about them, but to spend ones entire life walking on pavement & sod is beyond my comprehension.
No, it shouldn't be expected. It should be expected that officials will have the best interest of their residents at heart, rather than saving a few bucks.
In Ontario Canada we had an e-coli outbreak that killed 7 people in 2000. The managers of water treatment were charged, we now have 19 community based "Source Protection Committees" whose job it is to identify potential contaminants and make recommendations for protecting lakes, streams and springs. In addition their is a funding system which helps farmers and small businesses with setting up safe water practices.
We have had no incidents since then.
When millions people are all drinking processed water that runs through hundreds of miles of different pipes you can most definitely expect problems, especially if the system is old. I would bet every single major city is constantly dealing with water issues.
Don't have to worry so much about city-water when one has an 8" artesian well.
Sorry I spit in your drink, but I'm going to still need you to pay me for it. Hahaha they must be out of their minds. These clowns will just have to learn the hard way. The only language people seem to understand is money and believe me nobodies moving to Flint and the people who are their aren't going to pay for tainted water. Suffice to say there isn't really much they can do about it either.
If people would have been paying for the water all along, maybe the city would have had less motivation to cut costs by not treating the water. Remember, they switched water sources in order to save money-- Money they didn't have because so many people didn't pay their bills.
Yes yes because people not paying them caused the water company to cut corners. Do you know how stupid that sounds. If you can't generate a profit then get out of the business. If they weren't getting paid then they should have cut the water off simple as that. Instead they cut corners in order to milk more money out of a failed system and now they have a nice fat lawsuit. I hope they enjoy it.
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Kwame Kilpatrick, where de money at?
Buried and waiting for his 28 yr prison term to end!
Haha, yeah!
Didn't they did a video on that already?
this is a glitch with the Ring of Fire channel
dude OMG. I worked with Phil Stare for like 6 year's! Worked with him every day! small world huh
Well if you don't pay for infrastructure it's pretty hard to maintain infrastructure.
Well the official is partly right
Its tiresome to have the news delivered in "Rant form" Every. Single. Time.
Anon Don't shoot the messenger
Anon it's not ranting... this is simply his way of protesting against something that is not right. Should he have been "softer" when speaking about this subject or other subjects that logically ridiculous? There's two amazing options for videos you don't want to listen to: they're called "unsubscribe" or "not interested."
Your opening statement is incorrect. The man worked for the Land Bank and was not on the Council. He had nothing to do with the water.
Actually, your statement is wrong. The Land Bank owned the Ross Plaza and has been playing damage control to buy out land in the Flint area "Lyons said she's concerned by the Land Bank's role as Flint's largest property owner. The agency takes over tax-foreclosed properties, carrying out demolitions, rehabilitations and sales.
"The Land Bank is taking up all of the properties in Flint... They are pushing people out of neighborhood," Lyons said this morning."
It was stated that he is/was on the Council and he wasn't. I understand your point and Jazwinskull's as well, but for those of us who believe in Flint's citizens, it's important to make sure all of the stated arguments are factual.
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Why is there no source? :x I can believe this, but without a source I can't put much weight on it.
(yes, regardless it's absurd Flint still doesn't have drinkable water.)
The guy is Phil Stair, (now former) Genesee County Land Bank manager.
Too bad it's factually correct.
How it is correct?
quaxk why are they poor?
+gav2102
If quaxk even responds
Jacob Hansen most of your life? Where you white before?
Jacob Hansen Why what quaxk said is true?
Hate to break it to you Mr Bigot the minute anyone doesn't pay there waterbill just like any other bill they get cut off point blank period
AntheranIndustries are you trying to reply to someone? Or the video? Did you watch the video?
Ponderingtaco I was just making a statement about the Republican guy that was talked about in the video not replying to anyone lol
AntheranIndustries ah, well I'd suggest against referring to people being talked about in the video in the second person, super confusing
Ponderingtaco Sorry about that lol
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Sko Bird There are child labor laws in place in our country so don't you worry about the children.
Look up why they had to enact those laws, Matthew Pulsifer.
Child exploitation still exists in the world...
BTW, coal is a finite energy resource, all the R whining about "the children" when Obama was POTUS goes away when R's got money to make for themselves... Hypocrisy ad nauseum.
XIPHIASCDXX I know exactly why those laws are in place. I'm glad they are. I was only talking about America because the coal mine being discussed is opening in America. The comment above implied that children will be working in the mine and that's simply not true. The coal miners of first world countries are also much better off than they ever have been before. There are an average of 24 coal mining fatalities per year while there are an average of 233 miners that die in other mining industries per year. I'm not arguing for child labor I'm pointing out the above comments stupidity.
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I saw it as sarcasm, but yeah children are well protected from labor exploitation these days, technically. I had to fuckin haul sheet-rock & lumber when I was 10 tho lol
Says republicans but this was a democrat issue
LanceFlugerman that's what I thought
1 republican, and many more democrats. really reaching on that one, dude.
well there's tonnes of literature on the subject.
and here we go with the name calling and execution calls. why dont we ever call for the extermination of the terrorist socialist suicidal left?
LanceFlugerman "terrorist socialist suicidal left" lmao what are you smoking? covfefe?
Well,they did change to what they thought would be a cheaper source of water because they were under financial pressures. Isn't it true that most of the residents are black? At the time of the decision to switch water sources, were the citizens regularly paying their water bills? If not, there may be some actual truth to his statement not matter how ugly the wording?
Local, state and federal taxes do not pay the water bills. Now, if you want water included in those, you need to change the system. Probably you should change the system. Get right on that.
Sounds to me like you're just trying to justify is dumb comment.
Yep.The words were ugly and should not have been used that way but he my have had just cause to hold that opinion.
Oh please, this is purely a blame the black people moment, nothing more nothing less. Flint has a 57% black demographic, who just so happen to be the majority living underneath the poverty line. Break it down to how many people own homes vs living in an apartment building, which percentage of these apartments came with free water, etc, the claim is just nonsensical. He has no just cause, he just being an ignorant bigot.
Now is what he says true? Or is it all about how he makes you feel?
No, it's not true at all. The reason lead leached into the water supply has nothing to do w/ unpaid bills or Black people & has everything to do w/ Republicans wanting to cut local municipalities budgets in order to make up for the budget shortfall caused by the tax cuts they gave to corp. & the wealthy or trickle down economics.
Quique's explanation is not correct either. The reason for the crisis is because both the City of Flint and the residence paid (and still pay) some of the highest water bills in the country due to the agreement with the Detroit Water Authority. Detroit was subsidizing their water bills by raising the prices of places like Flint. Flint signed on to a new, cheaper water authority that would be ready in 2018 and the DWA broke their contract so they could milk them out of spite. This forced Flint to move temporarily to the Flint River (their backup supply of water). All of this would have worked out great if the incompetent water commissioner had treated the water for corrosion like he should have but instead it corroded the pipes. Lead now leaches from the pipes no matter the water source.
how could you honestly believe this shit?
OK guys, quick question:
Is racism in America as bad, better, or worse than it was 30+ years ago?
Share your thoughts.
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What do you mean?
It's worse because we've learned enough about the difference in the races to know better. It's worse because, despite the fact that we know all people have equal potential, large numbers of people still revert back to the OLD system that says they don't deserve equal treatment.
Sadly, too many people in power just let it slide. They won't address the real problems and inequality continues to fuel the treatment of minorities...and that fuels the anger that minorities feel toward the government and the rest of society. Unfortunately, we know better...but many don't ACT better.
its mostly passive aggressive some of it is overt
QWERTY 123 I KNOW WE GOT IT BETTER THAN SLAVERY BUT ITS LEVELS TO THIS RACISM SHIT...IT NEVER REALLY WENT AWAY..JUST DORMANT...AND NOW I HEAR MFS HANGING PEOPLE AGAIN SO YOU TELL ME WHATS UP?..IS SHIT BETTER? OR ARE WE GOING AROUND IN A BIG ASS CIRCLE?
PLEASE spare us the vitriolic, animated delivery and just give us the facts. Are you angry with the viewers too? It's tiresome to have the news delivered in 'rant form.' Every. Single. Time.
Lunch Time Agreed
Stoney Curtis this story is "news" to me, and the first place I've heard these updates... so yeah... what is "news"?
Lunch Time Stop spamming the comment section with this. Don't like the delivery? Just. Don't. Watch.
I only posted this once matey. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I guess.
nobody in Flint pays for my water here in Minnesota. why should I pay for theirs?
ask the GOP. If the GOP poison your kids we here in Michigan should help out
bigraviolees poor people pay no taxes and won't pay their bills. at what point can we expect 400lb poor people covered in $10,000 of tattoos, driving pimped out escalades to chip in and help out?
Here we see a scumbag in his natural habitat.
american ideologies tend to breed narcissistic, asswipes like this.
TJ Headlee have you ever been around a black person?? and I'm not talking about the guy that passed by you and you clench your stuff tight because you stereotype him as a thug and thief. I'm sorry i have never met no-one that couldn't pay their water bill but have $10,000 worth of tattoos on them......also tattoos is not a black thing every culture get tattoos.
Shauntanel Wilson my brother in-law is black. he's a police officer and I have 2 half black nephews
Tool has much to say........with no proof....just full of hate
Search, "Phil Stair leaked audio." There's your proof.
insertpienow pfffft listen to the recording. Really sad shit
insertpienow you didn't watch the Congressional hearings did you.?
How about you all play that "leaked" audio clip. At least offer some kind of proof before you hop online and and run a story.
IA MERROR they did in a previous report... should be super easy to find
you can literally google it. it's everywhere.
Point still stands. No one should have to go google it, the least they could do is link it in the description or put up a thumbnail link in the video somewhere.
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Maybe I'm way off, but I feel like Farron might honestly be drunk here or threw a few back before filming because he's pretty inarticulate and kind of bumbling or slurring his speech haha.
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I blame Obama, remember that bullshit PR stunt he pulled!
While most republicans blame Obama for the Sun going down at night, yes i agree, this all started way before 2015. Things needed to be done sooner. But at the same time this isn't all Obama's fault... States have their own rights, and their own laws. It is firstly, the states responsibly, and if the state claims a state of crisis, the government steps in.
Sko Bird : Obama gets all responsability after he co-signed the fuckery!!!
Well black people do have a history of doing stuff like this.
Pathetic.
RedX165 That's just stupid.
+RM Not as bad as the Chinese.
Oh truth hurts don't it 😂😂😂 love that chief lol tyt fake news
Ben Barry huh?
Lori Santiago the police chief is telling 100% truth black people don't pay bills
William Slaughter oh truth hurts are you triggered
William Slaughter no problem I'm just a honest guy
Lmao ah Farron. The angry little cue ball ha ha ha please learn to speak properly.
Less yelling in this video.. going the correct direction.. you can be outraged without yelling, most people watching agree with your position, your just shouting unnecessarily. Your not yelling at anyone in these videos who needs to hear it, do you think these racists watch tyt? I was actually able to watch this video without clicking off five seconds in after the constant shouting.
OH STFU. No disrespect intended. You just BADLY needed to be told that.
this is what this segment/style is about. if you dont like it..dont watch it
Congrats on that. Does the shouting hurt your delicate ears? Go play with Ellie if you need a break...