Now they do . Now they do. Rap star hashtag, Symbol Meek Mill inspired a symbol. He has been wronged by the criminal Justice System for a decade now. We have been conducting Criminal Justice with a chainsaw. In his first post Prison Interview he tells his powerful story. My father was murdered in south philly. Have you ever seen somebody with their brains blown out . Ive seen it several times. How key rose from the streets to the charts. Sentenced to prison for a probation violation. Get incent away is a mental torture. It affects all of us. And why he rose up for change. Im still doing time for that case, something is not working. This is a tough judge. He violated, he got a tough sentence, what is wrong with that . We take you inside his emotional journey to freedom. I feel like i am in the middle of a movie right now. We are there for every step. We are home. You made powerful friends, kevin hart, jayz, Michael Reuben with the 76 sirs. I feel like god put me in a position to be the
case has become so important? this is the same thing that thousands of minorities are going to, they just don t have anyone to speak on it. now they do? now they do. rap star hashtag, symbol meek mill inspired a symbol. he has been wronged by the criminal justice system for a decade now. we have been conducting criminal justice with a chainsaw. in his first post prison interview he tells his powerful story. my father was murdered in south philly. have you ever seen somebody with their brains blown out? i ve seen it several times. how key rose from the streets to the charts. sentenced to prison for a probation violation. get incent away is a mental torture. it affects all of us. and why he rose up for change. i m still doing time for that case, something is not working. this is a tough judge. he violated, he got a tough sentence, what is wrong with that? we take you inside his emotional journey to freedom. i feel like i am in the middle of a mov
sentence, what is wrong with that? we take you inside his emotional journey to freedom. i feel like i am in the middle of a movie right now. we are there for every step. we are home. you made powerful friends, kevin hart, jay-z, michael reuben with the 76 sirs. i feel like god put me in a position to be the voice for the voiceless. this is ray more bigger than me. hello and welcome to dateline, countless young musicians dream of fame and fortune, meek mill was actually living that fantasy. he went from wrapping on street corners to rubbing elbows with some of the biggest names in hip-hop. then suddenly the rising star found himself in the spotlight he never imagined. what happened to meek mill and how he fought back struck a chord that had nothing to do with music. here is lester holt with the dreams and nightmares the meek
supervision in the u.s.. a third of them were african americans. this is the life of the black man. there are two americas. you ve got an america where cops they ll smack you in your face with the pistol so fast doing horrendous crimes and getting away with it. and that s just our side of america. he always said to me and it s fascinating he would say michael, there are two americas. i would say meek there are not, he would say michael there is america and black america. i have to tell you something, he was right and i was wrong. so while the rapper sat in prison serving his 2 to 4-year sentence for a probation violation, and investigator looking into his original conviction was about to make a discovery that could change everything. how solid was the case against 19 year old meek mill? a key witness comes under scrutiny. coming up the only witness against meek was the police officer who arrested him.
ordered to court for a hearing on a probation violation. michael reuben went with him. the probation officer got up in front of me and said all kinds of great things about meek mill and said we recommend no sentence. then the district attorney got up and said we recommend no sentence, i looked over at the team of lawyers and said i don t get it, why are we here? the judge said meek needed to be punished because he wasn t following the rules she set for his probation. she brought down the hammer and sentenced him to 2 to 4 years in prison. and when she said 2 to 4 years in state prison, i looked up at meek and he may not want to admit this but his eyes turned red and tears came out of his eyes. i don t ever cry but i started tearing up and crying, i looked at him i said, i got you. i am not going to stop until we fix this together. coming up mikael back behind prison