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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWater shut-offs with no notice in Detroit
I heard about this on Thom Hartmann last week and finally looked it up today. Shutting off the water to homes wholesale with no notice is a human rights violation. The Justice Department should most certainly be looking into it.
http://voiceofdetroit.net/2014/05/28/mass-water-shut-offs-mass-incarceration-at-mound-road-prison-for-protesters/
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Water shut-offs with no notice in Detroit (Original Post)
The Blue Flower
Jun 2014
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Agschmid
(28,749 posts)1. This article is OTT.
You do realize no one is being placed in concentration camps correct?
The State of Michigans fascist iron glove is pounding on Detroiters, using mass water shut-offs without notice, and mass concentration camp imprisonment at the Mound Road state facility. There, hundreds are locked into filthy holding rooms without sanitation, proper food, water and medical care, guarded by Michigan Department of Corrections personnel.
Here is a less "colorful" link: http://www.freep.com/article/20140530/NEWS01/305300175/Detroit-water-bills-shutoffs
About 40 protesters armed with signs and a megaphone on Friday called on the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to stop shutting off water for residents with delinquent accounts, calling the practice unfair and inhumane.
The protestors marched in front of the departments downtown offices, proclaiming that corporations with late bills are being let off the hook while residents receive little to no notice before their water is cut off.
Water department deputy director Darryl Latimer denied the protesters claims. He said corporations that are not paying their bills will have their water cut off, too. He denied that some residents water was cut off without notice.
Nobodys been shut off without notice, Latimer said. By all means, we want to go after commercial properties. Thats where you get the most bang for your buck.
The protestors marched in front of the departments downtown offices, proclaiming that corporations with late bills are being let off the hook while residents receive little to no notice before their water is cut off.
Water department deputy director Darryl Latimer denied the protesters claims. He said corporations that are not paying their bills will have their water cut off, too. He denied that some residents water was cut off without notice.
Nobodys been shut off without notice, Latimer said. By all means, we want to go after commercial properties. Thats where you get the most bang for your buck.
The Blue Flower
(5,451 posts)2. Yes, it's over the top, but it's the only article I could find
Thanks for providing a better one.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)3. No problem.
I do agree that water should be provided as a basic right, but I don't really know how to solve this problem.
The Blue Flower
(5,451 posts)4. Child Protective Services is getting involved
The second article on the site I used is saying that CPS is now removing children from their homes because there is no running water in them. It's incredible.
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)5. Kick...
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)6. I'll kick it for you too.
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)7. Back to ya!
The Blue Flower
(5,451 posts)8. I posted a link about it 6/2
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025037406
At the link, please scroll down to read about Child Protective Services getting involved to remove kids from homes without water. Unbelievable.
At the link, please scroll down to read about Child Protective Services getting involved to remove kids from homes without water. Unbelievable.