The pipes weren't illegal, but falsifying water test reports to hide the fact that people are skimming all the money out of water treatment chemicals which ulti

The pipes weren't illegal, but falsifying water test reports to hide the fact that people are skimming all the money out of water treatment chemicals which ultimately caused the otherwise stable lead pipes to corrode and poison people, certainly is. People also got legionnaires disease from the water, that wasn't because of lead pipes, it is also because the water wasn't being treated while complaints were suppressed using falsified water test reports. This being done after control over the Flint water supply was forcefully taken out of the hand of city officials and put into a dictatorial state assigned "emergency manager" because the state falsely claimed the city couldn't manage their water supply.