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One official in Flint, Michigan has resigned from his position at a major bank after water crisis activists recorded him using hateful speech to refer to residents, reports MLive.
From MLive:
“[Phil] Stair, who’s white [and was the sales manager of the Genesee County Land Bank,] was recorded making the comment by Chelsea Lyons, an environmental activist and independent journalist who has been active recently in the Flint water crisis. ‘Flint has the same problems as Detroit — f**ing ni***** don’t pay their bills, believe me, I deal with them,’ Stair is heard to say on the recording posted online by Truth Against The Machine.” [The recordings began after Lyons and another woman met Stair — who motivated more than 20 activists to protest outside of Genesee County Land Bank and call for his resignation Monday — and talked over a two-day period. Michele Wildman, the executive director of Genesee County Land Bank confirmed Stair’s resignation after the incident.]
Also, thousands of Flint residents are fighting foreclosures due to unpaid bills for water that many people can’t safely consume and use, reports NBC News. The Flint water crisis began back in 2014 and potentially exposed over 100,000 residents to high levels of lead when the Flint River became the drinking source for the city. Residents will have to continue using bottled water until all lead pipes are replaced, which isn’t likely to happen before 2020.
Flint Official Quits After He’s Caught Saying ‘Ni*****’ Don’t Pay Their Bills’ was originally published on newsone.com
