On Monday,, 24 July 2017, Michigans Attorney General Bill Schuette announced criminal charges against 11 former workers at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, relating to the previous administration.
These are middle management people, and are being used as scapegoats, nothing more.
This poor performance of the AG's office is an insult to the justice demanded by the victims of the Sara Dunne administration.
Given Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and his team took so long
to announce charges relative to abuses at the Grand Rapids Home for
Veterans, I truly expected to see substantial, meaningful criminal
charges filed. I believe anyone abusing our veterans should be
prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.
In that regard, everyone should support
the filing of charges of the individuals named today.
However, activists for the veterans are
extremely disappointed that after all this time none of those charged
included some of the worst offenders: Michigan Attorney General
Schuette's own team member (who was the Assistant Attorney General who
guided past Admin. while atrocities were ongoing - the same one who
advised us Schuette and Governor Snyder were told "everything" as early
as 2014); the past administrators and Home leaders who not only shut a
blind eye to horrific abuses, but who should be directly accountable for
many abuses they made themselves; those who are accountable for the
still missing millions of dollars; as well as certain previously
identified Board of Manager members who threatened and intimidated those
who spoke out about abuses or asked for change.
Until that
happens, Any action taken by the Attorney generals office, is inadequate
for the justice demanded, and deserved by those victimized by the
previous administration.
Schuttee made his position
on veterans clear years ago when he said " they don't have to live
there", showing complete disrespect to those for which that veterans
home is the only place they have other than the street. And todays
action by Schuttee is a furthering of that previous idea.
In other
words, he could care less.
Schutte claims that people did not provide him with names, locations, and specifics.. To this I claim BULL! I personally did video interviews of fellow residents, and took those videos and paperwork to both local media and Sent copies to the AG's office. NOTHING was done. No one stood up for the veterans. The AG office has that information.
There is no excuse for this poor performance of the AG's office.
It is clear that its position is one of protecting the Governor Rick Snyder Administration and its followers. Schuette should wear a bag over his head in public to hide his shame.
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