MEEK MILL Gets Sentenced To 2-4 Years In Prison For Probation Violations
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? basically going to prison for 2 years over self defense and a speeding ticket practically and ? saying it's on him to move better smh aight man
Im agreeing with everything you saying my ? as far as him being railroaded, im just talking about accountability on meeks end. Common sense which he's lacking. I'll bow out this cause i dont want it to turn into hurling insults and ? . I read and understood your points. -
Meek Mill's attorney says Judge told rapper to leave Roc Nation, sign with her friend
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8030018/meek-mill-attorney-judge-prison-sentence-interview
Joe Tacopina says Judge Genece Brinkley is "enamored" with the Philadelphia rapper and "crossed all continuable lines."
On Monday (Nov. 6), Meek Mill wassentenced two to four years in state prison for violating probation stemming from a 2008 gun and drug case. Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley, cited a failed drug test and a failure to comply with a court order restricting his travel as her basis for sentencing.
The hip-hop community ralliedbehind the Wins and Losses MC and decried her egregious decision on social media. While T.I. andNipsey Hussle left encouraging messages for Meek suggesting that he remains positive, rap luminaryJAY-Z was critical of Brinkley's decision, dubbing it "unjust and heavy handed" in a Facebook post.
Meanwhile, Meek's attorney Joe Tacopina vows to appeal his client's ruling and tackle Brinkley's decision, citing that she has a personal vendetta against the Philly rapper.
"She's enamored with him," Tacopina tells Billboard. "She showed up at his community service for the homeless people. She showed up and sat at the table. She's a judge. You could pull any judge in America and ask them how many times they've showed up at a community service for a probation and the answer is zero."
Tacopina spoke to Billboard about what he called Brinkley's "infatuation" with Mill, how she requested that he re-record a Boyz II Men song and shout her out, and how she wanted him to leave Roc Nation to sign with a friend of hers. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.
Billboard: What were your initial thoughts after Judge Brinkley revealed Meek's sentencing on Monday?
Tacopina: It was an enormously grave mischaracter of justice. A really despicable version of what the justice system is supposed to be. There's three people in the court room besides the defendant: The prosecutors, the district attorney -- who's in charge of enforcing laws and handing out punishments -- [and] the probation officer who's in charge with enforcing people who are on probation making sure that they apply with the law and when they don't, recommending punishment.
Then, there's a judge that's supposed to be a fair, neutral arbitrator and oversee. Both the probation officer and the district attorney recommended no incarceration for these violations. No incarceration. But this judge excoriated both of them, challenged their credibility and overrode both law enforcement agencies recommendations and went from zero to two to four years, which shows that she clearly had a personal vendetta against this guy [Mill].
But when you look at all the other facts, like a judge crossing the line of professionalism and traditional conduct, [who] will make the request that Meek Mill re-record a famous Philadelphia pop band, Boyz II Men's song "On Bended Knee," where he concludes with a tribute to her and mentions her by name in the song. And he, of course, was laughing and thought it was a joke, she said, "I'm serious." He refused to do that.
So, that, right there, was a totally an inappropriate request. When she requests he leaves his current management Roc Nation -- which is one of the most important management companies in the world -- and goes back to a local Philadelphia guy who has a spotted past because she had a personal relationship with him as manager, again, she's doing something that a judge would never be doing, having a personal interest.
Another really credible example is she stopped him for violation of probation was when he went to Atlanta for a rehabilitation clinic, without her approval, she said. Then, we showed her the e-mail, in which the request was made for him to go to Atlanta for rehabilitation, and she approved it, but she said that she never got it, even though she was CC'd on it and that it was addressed to her.
She asked the district attorney to confirm it and when the district attorney was asked to confirm that she never got it, the district attorney said, "No Judge, you did get it and you responded." She said, "You're both wrong and I never got it." I mean, despite cold-hearted evidence in her face in an e-mail, she's claiming that she didn't get it even though clearly she did. It's things like that that show that this judge crossed all continuable lines.
From 2008 -- this thing was supposed to be over since 2013. We're going to 2018. She keeps extending the probation, extending the probation for technical violation because she wants her thumb over this guy. She's enamored with him. She showed up at his community service for the homeless people. She showed up and sat at the table. She's a judge. You could pull any judge in America and ask them how many times they've showed up at a community service for a probation and the answer is zero.
So it's infatuation at this point?
It's an infatuation, it's some sort of an obsession, and when a judge says to someone can you re-record a song, mention my name and do a shout-out to me about how I [messed] up your life and he says no? Great, now what kind of position is he in?
You were with Meek yesterday. How would you describe his mental space after receiving the sentencing?
Ah, he's a strong kid. He knows he has a bunch of people fighting for him. I mean, what this has done is spur outage. Mike Rubin [part-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers] was going absolutely wild. JAY-Z is out there going absolutely wild. People who are very powerful in that community are not going to stand there and take that. There's going to be a real sort of powerful and strong response.
Despite Meek's criminal history, he has proven to be an asset in the Philadelphia community with his philanthropy. Why do you think despite his acts of kindness, he was handed such a severe sentence for such a light violation?
A typical violation because the underlying cases were dismissed [Laughs]. By the way, district attorneys and probation officers are not Meek Mill's allies. They're not his friends, but they're people who prosecuted him. They recommended no jail. When you have that and a judge does that combined with her private and individual acts and inappropriate requests and inappropriate actions, it's obvious to anyone that's been on the justice system at either side of the table what's going on.
I mean, there was a chief probation officer who last year testified at the hearing that Meek didn't commit a violation and that he thought he was compliant and so on and so forth, she found him incredible at the hearing. This is a probation chief, 30 year supervisor, [found him] incredible at the hearing and sure enough, he was removed from the case.So, anyone who disagreed with [Judge Brinkley] or said anything decent about Meek, was removed from the case.
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You've been open in regards to Judge Brinkley having a certain prejudice against Meek and his star power. In what other ways besides the Boyz II Men incident do you believe that she's been trying to capitalize off his status to raise her own?
Well, Meek made it out of his community and became a true superstar and maybe she wants to have certain control of him. Maybe she's jealous of him. Maybe she felt scorned that he didn't add her in a song that she may have requested for. I don't know. Why did she show up at a community service? What judge has ever showed up at a community service to watch whether somebody is doing something, community service or not. Why did she ask that her friend be his manager and not Roc Nation? That lacks appropriateness of a judge. You can't do that as a judge, but she did it.
Do you think Meek's celebrity status in conjunction to his racial background were catalysts in Brinkley's decision? Did one outweigh the other?
I don't know about that. She's black too, so that I don't know, but certainly who he is and what he's become has. For 10 years, he's been on probation. He's been on probation for 10 years and he's had no major violations. No one would survive this level of scrutiny, no one, for 10 years. Probation is supposed to be for five years, but she just wants to extend it because it's her latching on, clearly. For anyone that makes a request for a recording artist mention her in a song when you're the judge overseeing this person's liberty, is clearly inappropriate.
Where do you and Meek go from here?
We're going to appeal. We're going to appeal until this gets rectified and it will get rectified. I'm sure of that.
The media team for Judge Brinkley's office had no comment on the claims.
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I’ll be honest, I don’t believe any of that.
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JonnyRoccIT wrote: »This is why we'll always be at the bottom no matter what happens to us we always try to find a way to blame us for being mistreat instead of putting all our energy into the ones doing the mistreating.... You can't say Meek is being mistreated but in the same sentence brush that to the side and talk about how he should do better NO the ppl judging and sentencing him should do better why can't we just leave it there why do we HAVE to blame us when we the ones getting did wrong....... That man ain't did nothing worth 2-4 years in prison so why act like he did if he got a couple months ok we can do the "Meek needs to do better he got what he deserved" talk but 2-4 years??? Naw I'm not putting this on him this is 100% a corrupt system
You really don't believe in all sides taking accountability for their actions...Yes ? we know the System is Crooked, but once you keep putting yourself in the Spotlight and damn near Poster boy for doing Uncountable ? ? , making Threats and ETC,
then YOU are now to blame
but he got blamed for this tho.....? calling meek a ? .
his boys did it....that ? just got out the truck -
Finished reading through this thread and to some of the ? I've read in here
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2stepz_ahead wrote: »
Noticed that odd fashion choice to -
2stepz_ahead wrote: »
It'll be a shame if something were to happen to it -
Shut up Jamaica
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Freemeek
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StoneColdMikey wrote: »He shouldn’t have to serve more than a year
I kinda can't agree because he violated probation so many times -
@GetoBoy
Some people don’t realize how detrimental it is to justify when the system do foul ? ..
When ? justify/cosign foul ? ,
it opens up doors for it to keep happening..
When the police unjustifiably ? an unarmed person, the first thing Fox News do is pull up the victims arrest records and try to justify the killing by painting a picture in the public’s mind that the victim was a criminal that deserved to be killed..
And dumb ? fall for it every time,
Talking bout, “That 12 YEAR OLD,
TAMIR RICE shouldn’t have been ON THE PLAYGROUND PLAYING WITH A TOY GUN..
or
Eric Garner shouldn’t have been on the corner selling loose cigarettes..
In Meek case it’s well he need to hang around better people..
No the bottom line is he’s getting rail-roaded by the system !! -
SN: Stop going back and forth with bck4000 or whatever his name is..
He’s white, he’ll never understand.. -
THESE CORRUPT SYSTEM CRIES ARE A BIT BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION...
I GET HOW THE RULING SEEMS EXCESSIVE & UNFAIR...
BUT THIS CAT IS CONSTANTLY VIOLATING PAROLE & GETTING INTO TROUBLE...
SURE THEY GOT HIM FOR THE DIRT BIKES...
BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES HE'S OUT HERE PRESSING CATS & SQUARING OFF...
THAT'S USUALLY HOW THEY GET YOU...
HE'S BEYOND THE POINT OF GETTING A SLAP ON THE WRIST OR A SMALL WARNING...
I WISH THE BEST FOR HIM...
BUT I FEEL HE COULD REALLY USE THE TIME TO REASSES HIS PRIORITIES & LIFESTYLE... -
Elzo69Renaissance wrote: »
& White folks wonder y alot of blks r mad Talking about #BlackLivesMatterLet's look at sum facts
1. The ? that got into the fight with Meek admitted he swung first just becuz he didn't know what was gonna happen after he ain't get his autograph from Meek
2. He got pulled over 24 hours later becuz of a wheelie he did a full day B4
3. Both cases were dropped and dismissed
4. It's known fact the Judge and PO hate Meek and look to treat him worse and target him
Y'all gonna sit here and say off those facts Meek should do better and getting 2 years is what he gets for these things??? I'm all for ? doing the crime and getting the time but you gotta have a real slave mentality or just hate Meek to try and put this type of sentence on himHe should be able to live his life, he not hurting nobody. Why should you lose your freedom for riding dirt bikes, that's regular ? in philly. You shouldn't have to stop being who you are over a case you caught 10 years ago. Meek just took like 30 kids from boys and girls club to a Sixers game last week and had them meet Joel Embiid and everything.Y'all some weirdos yall side with the laws, can't relate.tompetrez3 wrote: »Where are our fathers they ask? Um in PRISON doing YEARS for a MISDAMEANOR. If you BLACK and this news DIDNT disturb you ? YOU. Its going to be YOU or your SON next.
@gee757 instead of posting dumb ? ; why werent u tell this ? to chill
Just cuz ya a white mans ? doesn't mean meek gotta live scary.........meek riding dirt bike s & telling a Kat no photo n the airport don't warrant 2-4yrs n prison -
Elzo69Renaissance wrote: »
& White folks wonder y alot of blks r mad Talking about #BlackLivesMatterLet's look at sum facts
1. The ? that got into the fight with Meek admitted he swung first just becuz he didn't know what was gonna happen after he ain't get his autograph from Meek
2. He got pulled over 24 hours later becuz of a wheelie he did a full day B4
3. Both cases were dropped and dismissed
4. It's known fact the Judge and PO hate Meek and look to treat him worse and target him
Y'all gonna sit here and say off those facts Meek should do better and getting 2 years is what he gets for these things??? I'm all for ? doing the crime and getting the time but you gotta have a real slave mentality or just hate Meek to try and put this type of sentence on himHe should be able to live his life, he not hurting nobody. Why should you lose your freedom for riding dirt bikes, that's regular ? in philly. You shouldn't have to stop being who you are over a case you caught 10 years ago. Meek just took like 30 kids from boys and girls club to a Sixers game last week and had them meet Joel Embiid and everything.Y'all some weirdos yall side with the laws, can't relate.tompetrez3 wrote: »Where are our fathers they ask? Um in PRISON doing YEARS for a MISDAMEANOR. If you BLACK and this news DIDNT disturb you ? YOU. Its going to be YOU or your SON next.
@gee757 instead of posting dumb ? ; why werent u tell this ? to chill
Just cuz ya a white mans ? doesn't mean meek gotta live scary.........meek riding dirt bike s & telling a Kat no photo n the airport don't warrant 2-4yrs n prison
lol i ve worked w the most prominent black attorneys in the city on criminal justice reform fam....this shouldnt become an issue only when ur lover gets boxed up; Meek should have flown straight...look at Remy Ma and how she handled herself coming out of prison -
Elzo69Renaissance wrote: »Elzo69Renaissance wrote: »
& White folks wonder y alot of blks r mad Talking about #BlackLivesMatterLet's look at sum facts
1. The ? that got into the fight with Meek admitted he swung first just becuz he didn't know what was gonna happen after he ain't get his autograph from Meek
2. He got pulled over 24 hours later becuz of a wheelie he did a full day B4
3. Both cases were dropped and dismissed
4. It's known fact the Judge and PO hate Meek and look to treat him worse and target him
Y'all gonna sit here and say off those facts Meek should do better and getting 2 years is what he gets for these things??? I'm all for ? doing the crime and getting the time but you gotta have a real slave mentality or just hate Meek to try and put this type of sentence on himHe should be able to live his life, he not hurting nobody. Why should you lose your freedom for riding dirt bikes, that's regular ? in philly. You shouldn't have to stop being who you are over a case you caught 10 years ago. Meek just took like 30 kids from boys and girls club to a Sixers game last week and had them meet Joel Embiid and everything.Y'all some weirdos yall side with the laws, can't relate.tompetrez3 wrote: »Where are our fathers they ask? Um in PRISON doing YEARS for a MISDAMEANOR. If you BLACK and this news DIDNT disturb you ? YOU. Its going to be YOU or your SON next.
@gee757 instead of posting dumb ? ; why werent u tell this ? to chill
Just cuz ya a white mans ? doesn't mean meek gotta live scary.........meek riding dirt bike s & telling a Kat no photo n the airport don't warrant 2-4yrs n prison
lol i ve worked w the most prominent black attorneys in the city on criminal justice reform fam....this shouldnt become an issue only when ur lover gets boxed up; Meek should have flown straight...look at Remy Ma and how she handled herself coming out of prison
Again just cuz u r a white mans ? doesn't mean meek has to live scary like u............im not saying meek is innocent but he did nothing to warrant a 2-4yr prison sentence & if u can't c that I aint mad @ cha housenigger... -
Yeah GetoBoy I get the idea that you're only caping for Meek because he's managed by Rocnation SMMFH. You have to acknowledge that he did it to himself and was getting into fights, jumping people on camera no less, among other things. Don't defend him. There's plenty of artists who were I'm trouble like this but moved better and got off. Meek got a dozen passes until the judge got fed up. And the judge and PO not liking him only added fuel to the fire.
? what yo goofy ass think I got a problem with a ? getting 2-4 years of his life taken away becuz of who he managed by??? My ? with all do respect you a clown ass ? smh
Wait I just remembered you a OVO stan so it makes a lil more sense I get it now -
2stepz_ahead wrote: »JonnyRoccIT wrote: »This is why we'll always be at the bottom no matter what happens to us we always try to find a way to blame us for being mistreat instead of putting all our energy into the ones doing the mistreating.... You can't say Meek is being mistreated but in the same sentence brush that to the side and talk about how he should do better NO the ppl judging and sentencing him should do better why can't we just leave it there why do we HAVE to blame us when we the ones getting did wrong....... That man ain't did nothing worth 2-4 years in prison so why act like he did if he got a couple months ok we can do the "Meek needs to do better he got what he deserved" talk but 2-4 years??? Naw I'm not putting this on him this is 100% a corrupt system
You really don't believe in all sides taking accountability for their actions...Yes ? we know the System is Crooked, but once you keep putting yourself in the Spotlight and damn near Poster boy for doing Uncountable ? ? , making Threats and ETC,
then YOU are now to blame
but he got blamed for this tho.....? calling meek a ? .
his boys did it....that ? just got out the truck
Comes with being the leader...you get the flack for ? your team does. Its kind of hard to believe Meek had no clue his boys would run up on Safaree. -
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Elzo69Renaissance wrote: »Elzo69Renaissance wrote: »
& White folks wonder y alot of blks r mad Talking about #BlackLivesMatterLet's look at sum facts
1. The ? that got into the fight with Meek admitted he swung first just becuz he didn't know what was gonna happen after he ain't get his autograph from Meek
2. He got pulled over 24 hours later becuz of a wheelie he did a full day B4
3. Both cases were dropped and dismissed
4. It's known fact the Judge and PO hate Meek and look to treat him worse and target him
Y'all gonna sit here and say off those facts Meek should do better and getting 2 years is what he gets for these things??? I'm all for ? doing the crime and getting the time but you gotta have a real slave mentality or just hate Meek to try and put this type of sentence on himHe should be able to live his life, he not hurting nobody. Why should you lose your freedom for riding dirt bikes, that's regular ? in philly. You shouldn't have to stop being who you are over a case you caught 10 years ago. Meek just took like 30 kids from boys and girls club to a Sixers game last week and had them meet Joel Embiid and everything.Y'all some weirdos yall side with the laws, can't relate.tompetrez3 wrote: »Where are our fathers they ask? Um in PRISON doing YEARS for a MISDAMEANOR. If you BLACK and this news DIDNT disturb you ? YOU. Its going to be YOU or your SON next.
@gee757 instead of posting dumb ? ; why werent u tell this ? to chill
Just cuz ya a white mans ? doesn't mean meek gotta live scary.........meek riding dirt bike s & telling a Kat no photo n the airport don't warrant 2-4yrs n prison
lol i ve worked w the most prominent black attorneys in the city on criminal justice reform fam....this shouldnt become an issue only when ur lover gets boxed up; Meek should have flown straight...look at Remy Ma and how she handled herself coming out of prison
Again just cuz u r a white mans ? doesn't mean meek has to live scary like u............im not saying meek is innocent but he did nothing to warrant a 2-4yr prison sentence & if u can't c that I aint mad @ cha housenigger...
thats the fat ? that stole on safaree....
even if i had to run from him.....i woulda cut back sharp, his fat ass would buckle from inertia then i woulda stole the ? outta him.....
now record that -
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2stepz_ahead wrote: »Elzo69Renaissance wrote: »Elzo69Renaissance wrote: »
& White folks wonder y alot of blks r mad Talking about #BlackLivesMatterLet's look at sum facts
1. The ? that got into the fight with Meek admitted he swung first just becuz he didn't know what was gonna happen after he ain't get his autograph from Meek
2. He got pulled over 24 hours later becuz of a wheelie he did a full day B4
3. Both cases were dropped and dismissed
4. It's known fact the Judge and PO hate Meek and look to treat him worse and target him
Y'all gonna sit here and say off those facts Meek should do better and getting 2 years is what he gets for these things??? I'm all for ? doing the crime and getting the time but you gotta have a real slave mentality or just hate Meek to try and put this type of sentence on himHe should be able to live his life, he not hurting nobody. Why should you lose your freedom for riding dirt bikes, that's regular ? in philly. You shouldn't have to stop being who you are over a case you caught 10 years ago. Meek just took like 30 kids from boys and girls club to a Sixers game last week and had them meet Joel Embiid and everything.Y'all some weirdos yall side with the laws, can't relate.tompetrez3 wrote: »Where are our fathers they ask? Um in PRISON doing YEARS for a MISDAMEANOR. If you BLACK and this news DIDNT disturb you ? YOU. Its going to be YOU or your SON next.
@gee757 instead of posting dumb ? ; why werent u tell this ? to chill
Just cuz ya a white mans ? doesn't mean meek gotta live scary.........meek riding dirt bike s & telling a Kat no photo n the airport don't warrant 2-4yrs n prison
lol i ve worked w the most prominent black attorneys in the city on criminal justice reform fam....this shouldnt become an issue only when ur lover gets boxed up; Meek should have flown straight...look at Remy Ma and how she handled herself coming out of prison
Again just cuz u r a white mans ? doesn't mean meek has to live scary like u............im not saying meek is innocent but he did nothing to warrant a 2-4yr prison sentence & if u can't c that I aint mad @ cha housenigger...
thats the fat ? that stole on safaree....
even if i had to run from him.....i woulda cut back sharp, his fat ass would buckle from inertia then i woulda stole the ? outta him.....
now record that
Teefy put beans on his back 2 for acting a nut siding wit a 6'3 ? male stripper from Cali...
