Parks, who personally handed out water to several residents whose drinking water is contaminated with lead and other pollutants, posted the photo above as she stood alongside a few of her legal peers, which included notable civil rights Attorney Benjamin Crump, stating:
Parks was also spotted alongside Russell Simmons, as he held a town hall meeting to address the crisis.
Chants of ?Clean water now!? and ?Flint lives matter!? rang throughout the First Trinity Missionary Church in Flint, Mich., where hundreds of people gathered for a town hall meeting with Russell Simmons Monday afternoon.
During the meeting, Bryant admonished state officials for the potentially irreversible damage the leaded water might have caused the city?s ?9,000 predominantly black children? because, he said, ?the state of Michigan doesn?t wanna see black babies go to college ? they want to see them go to jail.?
Crump, a Florida-based attorney known for his pro-bono work in high-profile cases such as those of slain teens Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, vowed to petition U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to investigate which elected officials should be held responsible for the water crisis, pointing to the Watergate scandal as precedent.
“This is way worse than Watergate,” Crump said. “People didn’t die from Watergate. This is our children’s lives at stake.”
Parks also voiced her opinion on the crucial subject, stating on her Instagram page:
Also in attendance at the rally were Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who helped first expose the crisis with her report on elevated lead levels among Flint children.