ten cops at one time with their firearms drawn. do you think i pointed a gun at them cops and left there without being riddled with bullets? we wouldn t even be having this conversation. he chose to waive a jury trial and placed his faith in the hands of judge journeys. i ve known her honor for decades, and obviously she had a reputation for always being tough. brian and jordan sees our meek s defense attorneys, they did not represent him at his trial. some people say she is no nonsense. is that fair? i think it s a fair description of her, no nonsense. only one witness testified against meek, reggie graham the arresting officer. when meek took the stand he admitted he had a gun, but denied pointing it at anyone. he also denied selling drugs the day before his arrest. meek has always professed his innocence. was this essentially meek s
reuben. you know, look, there has been a huge group focused on this every single day. people are talking dozens of times a day, fighting for him because we all felt so personally appalled by what had happened. luke is an investigator who joined the team that reuben and roc nation had bankrolled, he spent months combing through documents tracking down witnesses. the only witness against meek was the police officer who arrested him, his name is reggie graham. reggie graham served in philadelphia s narcotics fealty unit, the investigator tracked down a former undercover officer who had worked with graham for years. we worked in the squat together, talk to him every day. jeffrey walker wasn t involved with meek mill s case but remembers graham talking about his arrest. i remember sitting at my desk and reggie graham was in the office, we were doing
circumstances. often, our position will be don t violate them at all. let s find alternative ways other than jail, other than spending for the taxpayers money on jail. in the case up to make males probation, the children s office request no jail time at all. but the judge was set away for 2 to 4 years. it would be a position though that his case stand as a symbol of what is wrong with the criminal justice system? i think a lot of people view it that way. of course the irony here is that no one left it up a poor person. no one looked it up someone who is not famous. no one looked it up someone who s you know alleged tactical violations may even be less serious. there are a lot of meek mill s in the system? a lot of meek mills that are not privileged, and access to the iso that guy with all my, heart larry krasner, with a push that he came into philadelphia with. with trying to put a stop to mass incarceration.
without permission and testing positive for opioids and added more years to his probation. and two years later, she slapped him with house arrest without permission to work for 90 days. again, for travel violations and forgiving of fake here in samples. again, added more years to his probation. a lot of law-abiding people who hear this story and say technicolor not, you know, the rules were laid out you knew what the rules were and you violated them. how do you explain that? we ve never made any excuses for anything, when people are put on probation they are expected to tow the line, but when you put somebody on a tight rope, and i don t mean a probation but a tight rope, for their entire adult life they are going to fall off. according to the bureau of justice statistics in 2017, meek was just one of a staggering 4.5 million people under parole or probation
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.