lucky. unlike many in the probation system, he had money and powerful people working to clear him, including michael rubin. look, there s been a huge refocus 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 happened to him. he joined a team rubin and rocnation bank rolled. he spent months combing through documents, tracking down witnesses. the only witness against meek was the police officer, reggie graham. he served in the narcotics field unit. the investigator
tracked down a former undercover officer who worked with him for years. we worked in the squad together and talked to him every day. jeffrey walker wasn t involved with meek mill s case but remembers graham him talking about his arrest. i remember sitting at my desk and reggie graham is on paper work and reggie graham is talking about a kid named meek mill. i distinctly remember him saying he arrested this kid and beat his kid and ripped a row of braids out of this kid s hair. he says graham was a dirty cop and he should know because he was one too. i participated with him in one particular job where i watched reggie fabricate evidence. in 2013, walker was arrested for stealing money from a drug dealer. in exchange for a lighter prison sentence, he pled guilty to federal robbery and so far his information has
description. 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 and he also denied selling drugs the day before his arrest. meek has always professed his innocence. was this meek s word against a police officer s word? is that what it came down to? it really did. it was a bench trial and a one-witness case. and obviously they returned a verdict. the trial lasted a day. and robert williams, aka meek mill prosecutors asked for 5 to 10 years in prison, but judge put wrinkly gave him a break, she
reggie graham claimed meek point ood gin at him. he was charjed with 19 counts. they say you pointed the gun at them. did you? you think that s true? a black male at 8:00 at night with a full at least three cops at one time with firearms drawn, do you think i pointed a gun at cops and left there without being riddled with bullets? we wouldn t even be having this conversation. he placed his fate in the hands of judge brinkley. i ve known her honor for decades. and obviously, she had a reputation for always being tough. bryan and jordan are meek s current defense attorneys. they did not represent him at his trial. some people say she s no nonsense. is that a fair thing to say? i think that s a fair
going all the way back the time that meek was arrested and even before he was arrested. it s fair to say he was already a questionable witness at the time he makes this arrest. and we know this because graham failed a lie detecter test about conduct that occurred meek s arrest. they also learned that the philadelphia police s internal affairs unit investigated graham, he was never charged, and soon after graham retired leaving the force and fidelity we identified where reggie graham is now living. and i flew down to see them. reggie graham did not answer our numerous attempts to reach them but he did talk to luke brendal kim. he adamantly denied he ever made a single bad arrest. he made thousands of arrests and not one could he think of where