Meek Mill Is Out Of Prison. What's Next

Meek Mill Tells Lester Holt He Still Doesn't Feel Free

Breaking News Meek Mill getting out of prison doesn't mean he's out of the clutches of the criminal justice system ... at least that's how he's viewing his situation 24 hours after getting released on bail. Meek sat down with Lester Holt for NBC's 'Nightly News,' and rather than celebrate ... the Philly rapper explained why he doesn't feel free and hasn't since he was a teenager. Although he's out on bail , Meek isn't running from his case. In fact, he says he now feels a responsibility to other people who are wrongly imprisoned. Meek Mill Tells Lester Holt He Still Doesn't Feel Free

 

Meek Mill is ready to fight bias in the criminal justice system

Newly freed, Meek Mill is ready to fight bias in justice system Share this — Culture Matters Newly freed, Meek Mill is ready to fight bias in justice system The rapper is now on a mission to "shine a light" on how the criminal justice system treats minorities. by Erik Ortiz / / Updated Apr.25.2018 / 11:44 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid hugs rapper Meek Mill after his game against the Miami Heat on Tuesday night. Bill Streicher / Reuters The sudden release of the rapper Meek Mill from prison on Tuesday afternoon was a joyous moment for Clarise McCants, who like Mill was raised in poverty in Philadelphia. "Now we really have to work to free others who are being held unjustly," said McCants, 27, who has never met Mill but rallied for his release through her work as the criminal justice campaign director for Color of Change, a social justice nonprofit. Meek Mill is ready to fight bias in the criminal justice system

 

Listen up, Meek Mill, whether you want to be or not, you're now a role model | Editorial

215-854-4531 Freed rapper Meek Mill may have seen the World War II movie Saving Private Ryan, and be familiar with a scene that came to mind after the hero’s welcome Mill got Tuesday after being bailed out of the prison he was assigned for violating his parole. After Private Ryan, played by Matt Damon, is found and saved at the cost of six other soldiers’ lives, mortally wounded Captain Miller, played by Tom Hanks, whispers to Ryan, “Earn it.” Mill, too, needs to earn the chance he has been given that hundreds of the wrongfully convicted never receive. A new Columbia University Justice Lab report shows Pennsylvania leads the nation with 296,000 residents on parole or probation. Some of those people went to prison when they were as young as Mill, who was convicted on drug and gun charges in 2008 as a 19-year-old. While they remain incarcerated or under supervision, Mill is free, at least until the new trial that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has said should be held. Listen up, Meek Mill, whether you want to be or not, you're now a role model | Editorial