Meek Mill, real name Robert Williams, is going to jail. Again. This time for up to four years for violating the terms of his probation. It’s easy to look at simply those facts and call him an idiot for getting into trouble but it’s deeper than that.
Williams’ original probation stemmed from a drug and weapons charge from 2008 – nine years ago, when he was 21 years old. In the near-decade since that arrest, Meek Mill has obviously turned his life around. He’s become a successful entertainer who has donated to various charities and performed community service numerous times.
However, he violated his probation in 2009 for simply traveling out of state, which led to more jail time and an extension of his probation.
The judge in the case, Common Pleas Court Judge Genece E. Brinkley, accused Mill of “thumbing his nose” at authority for two more arrests. The arrests came from an altercation with an aggressive fan at an airport and reckless driving in New York. The charges for the fight were dropped and the charges for the reckless driving were to be dropped pending good behavior after six months.
So in the near-decade since Meek Mill’s arrest at the age of 21, he’s become a millionaire entertainer with many philanthropic efforts, left the state without permission and had two legal issues that resulted in dropped charges. So now he has to face jail time. This is how the court system traps black men. And Meek Mill is rich. Imagine how it treats poor black men who are trying to make ends meet.
Source: bossip.com
