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
instantly hit it off. what was your first impression of him? my first impression of him was actually, man, you can t judge a book by its cover. he s a hard-core rapper, but yet this guy was asking me so many great questions. it was like it reminded me of myself. the two were an unlikely pair, two sons of philadelphians with dramatically different upbringings. did you come to think that maybe there are two philadelphia s, one that you grew up in and one that he grew up in? whether that was to philadelphia s, two worlds, the way he has been treated and the way i m treated, far before any success i ve had are different ways of being treated. ruben says he had never been in trouble with the law but meek had. he told reuben he had been on probation for years. we re going to this place, and he said i m not allowed to go. and i said do you need a note from your mother? we re going an hour away. he said no, i m on probation. in november 2017, meek was
word against a police officer s word? if that with this case came down to? it really did, it was a bench trial and it was a one witness case, obviously the court returned the verdict taking the police s word over him. robert williams aka meek mill was found guilty on six of the 19 charges. including gun and drug possession and civil assault. prosecutors asked for 5 to 10 years in prison. bug the judge gave him a break, she sentenced him to 11 to 23 months in the county jail. then after less than six months she ordered his release. she could have put him in jail for a lot of years, and she didn t, and i look at that and think, sounds to me like she did him a favor. the problem with the sentence was in the jail sentence that was imposed it was the enormous amount of probation that was placed on top of it. eight years of probation, the judge would keep meek on a