Federal government got away with 'bombing' Flint in 2013 'because it's a majority-black city': Michael Moore

After revealing a horrific and underreported instance of the federal government using abandoned buildings in Flint, Michigan for "target practice" without warning residents, filmmaker Michael Moore weighed in on exactly why the military was able to get away with bombing his hometown.

The bombing and gunfire "went on for ten days, wasn'tcovered in the national media," Moore told MSNBC's Chris Hayes and his fellow panelists during a live town hall in Flint. 

"You couldn't get away with thatstuff in the old days," he added. "You can do that because this isa majority black city, thepoorest city in the UnitedStates."

Watch Moore and Flint residents who worked on the film discuss the bombing below, via MSNBC: