Who was the Flint Water Poisoner?

As remembered, the City of Flint changed its water source without adding the necessary buffer, causing the leaching of lead from old house water lines. The fuckup was inflated and made into a racist conspiracy (genocide of the poor Africans) and President Obama declared National Emergency and transferred fantastic budgets to the City. Croft (pic) had been head of Flint's Public Works and in spite of being a rooted Flint African American, he was accused of Conspiracy to Commit False Pretenses.  

Howard Croft: Croft was the City of Flint’s Director of the Department of Public Works from December 2011 to November 17, 2015. He was charged with:

• False Pretenses, Felony: 20 Years and/or $35,000, or 3 times the value of the money or property involved, whichever is greater.
  • Croft is alleged to have aided and abetted Defendants Ambrose and Earley in a process that allowed the use bonds to fund the construction of the KWA pipeline despite the City being broke. The City of Flint exploited an exception to state law by claiming the bonds were needed to fund an emergency cleanup of a retention pond, when in fact the funds were intended to pay for the KWA. During that time, the defendant actively worked in various fashions to discourage a return to using water produced by the Detroit Water and Sewer Department, require the use of Flint River water through a Flint Water Treatment Plant, that was deemed unready for service by several people involved with its management, and to ensure the construction of the KWA.                                                                                
    
    OK, the poor devil tried to do his job and get the pipeline built. His superiors had decided to build the KWA pipe and stop buying water from Detroit when they had the Flint river for free. The river water is certified drinkable, and lead free. A perfectly rational decision and Croft tried to make it happen. The accusation implies that the project was criminal and the Director of Public Works should have known it, is simply ludicrous. If he mis-stated that the money was needed for an emergency cleanup, then it was with the approval of his bosses. Croft looks intelligent; he is not the type to lie without higher protection. Croft is a victim of American Justice.