Following Meek Mill’s August arrest for reckless driving in New York City, the Wins & Losses rapper has reportedly struck a deal. According to the DA’s office, if he’s able to go six months without racking up any more charges, he’ll have the arrest cleared from his record, according to TMZ.
Meek was also required to do 30 hours of community service and he’s already completed 20.
“This swift resolution vindicates Meek and clearly shows how outrageous the police department’s conduct is in this case,” Meek’s attorney Joe Tacopina said.
The Philly rapper was initially charged with a felony for essentially popping a wheelie, but it was reduced to two misdemeanor charges.
(The last update of this article was published on August 18, 2017 and can be found below.)
Meek Mill’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, says prosecutors have decided not to pursue felony reckless endangerment charges against the South Philly rapper after he was arrested late Thursday night (August 17). In a video posted by TMZ, Tacopina said he’d “never seen a case like this.”
“A guy literally popped a wheelie for 10 seconds on the street with no one else around,” Tacopina said. “And the police were there. That’s very important. The police were there and they saw it, and they didn’t arrest him. They didn’t even give him a traffic ticket, but somehow the video made it to social media.”
Once police sent the video in for analysis, which his lawyer said they really don’t do, officers decided to track Meek down and arrest him.
The new charge is likely a misdemeanor.
Check out Tacopina’s comments below.
(This original version of this article was published August 17, 2017 and can be found below.)
Meek Mill is reportedly in police custody after being arrested for reckless endangerment late Thursday night (August 17). He was stopped on 10th Avenue and Dyckman in New York City for riding his dirt bike through the streets. The interaction with police was caught on Instagram Live.
In the video, Meek can be heard asking, “What I do?”
The officer responds, “You weren’t riding on a motorcycle yesterday? Yesterday, right? I got pictures of you, I got videos of you running up and down.”
Meek replies, “I just came from a basketball game. I just want to know my rights.”
He’s then asked to get out of the car and the audio gets a little muddled before Meek is heard discussing the situation with whoever else was in the car.
The incident was provoked by a since-deleted Instagram post Meek made on Wednesday (August 16) that showed him riding bikes and quads through the 34th precinct without a helmet, which reportedly violated traffic laws.
He is apparently being held at the 34th precinct awaiting his arraignment.
The Wins & Losses rapper was in town to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon!.
Watch the video of the stop above.
nicki sent them!
Get off that mans dick with all that hate. Still talking bout the 6 god. Drake is corny. They mad cause his performing a positive song on the tonight show. Tarnishing something good to make his Perfermace meaningless.
This dude’s next album title should be “The L Collector”
Meek talking to police what else is new…. LLLL’z for days
Wonder if he had a dudes nuts on his back this time
Dindu
Fuck tha police. free my niqqa milly, hahaha i quess their are running out of fund #fund raisin shit suckaz
he dindu nuffin
Why is this racist asshole troll allowed to keep posting here?
Haterz all day everywhere on this niqqa, most of you niqqaz making hates comments on MEEK MILL are homeless and broke as fuck y’all #sharing the same condo wit yo mum and dad. #male shouldn’t be jealous cuz that’s female trait hahahaha suckaz keep hating while we keep getting rich eerday #Dreamchasers for life
#Dickchasers
No hate, just facts
Lol @ this f aggot british kid telling us we live in the sane condo as our “mum”. Talking bout dickchasers like you part of the team lmao. Im surprised you can breathe with his dick being so far down ya throat. British dudes are corny as fuck talking about they rep Philly but over there having tea and crumpets lmao. #REALITYCHECK
U just exposed yourself with that mum comment u loser. Stick to “repping” whatever nice little suburb your from over there.
•you rep the softer than baby’s ass part of philly. kinda like, just cause you in prison, dont mean you hard. you n them poofs would be in seg. not the 23 n 1, but the ‘you a rat’ section.
Somewhere Nicki’s eyebrow raised.
Shyne gettin jail for shooting in a club / 50 Cent gettin jail for illegal activites in the streets / G-Dep gettin jail for murder / Young Buck gettin jail for stabbin some dude …. and then we have Meek Mill gettin jail for ridin a motorcycle with a dudes nuts in his back and without a helmet…. SMH
This phaggot stay losing
LMBO !!! Good one
Sounds like nicki in car and new em track playing at the end. My thoughts anyway
ah yes. the art of dinduism at its finest.
SO this dude riding around on a bike in NYC getting pulled over?! Come on man. Aren’t you like 30 or something?! I can see a teenager getting pulled over but a grown man tho?! Come on Beeee. You got all this fame and money but still doing kid things. Go back to Philly and put your money to use. I know South Philly schools can use some funds! Go build a park, just do something for the kids and just stay positive. Stay out the news and more importantly, stay out the system.
and stay out the L factory
meek has no money. the little money he’s made, he brags about buying $300,000+ cars that depreciate super fast and makes sure we know that they’re not leases.
Yeah yo good point lol
drake snitched on meek and sent the cops after him since meek knocked drake off the top 100 with meek’s new classic album. meek will be out in no time like a boss (like his boss Rozay)!
What did we learn today children? Don’t be posting your whole life on Social Media! Smh young dudes don’t listen man… put your business out for everyone to see, and someone gonna come knocking. Even the cops.
The ego of man is a hard thing to humble. I mean, posting drama, near death experiences…in some sad instances, killings? And all for what? Clicks on the “like” button so one feels alive and validated? It’s out of control.
Crazy drake even responded to meek now that I thikk about it – petty petty
If it was 4 wheel dirt bike meek is and fool…. driving around in NYC….
How hates meek and y?
another L hahahahaha
People really need to evaluate themselves and look yaself in the mirror ask why so much hate towards another man, Meek is having fun just anyone with money would do and cops would quickly target him to take him down, dont you know New York is full of people riding bikes why targe the rich black and famous one, instead of criticizing the fucking pigs ya quick to say “Another L” for meek? Noooo , this is another for all of Minorities being targeted by those pigs, stay woke people, Meek is one of us.
I feel i should rain some ACID ON YOU NIQQAZ who can’t write and spell well on this side #suckaz #Broke ass #Go to school #Lil fishes
By the way Kyle Eustice, he is from North Philadelphia.
Hiphopdx on some sucker shit yall!! Stay woke!! YBA!!!
meek mill sending his crew on the comment section to wash up his L huh ? get off the keyboard omelly you just got burned !
Well, that “L” turned into a “W” real quick.
you mean wanka right ?
Wow. Nice comeback…smh
K we know that you can do wheelies. Real motocross riders laughin at this one trick pony. Go ride a track bro
the art of being a rat
You? Idiotism
you? dinduism (need a tissue?)
Go to hell reptilian.
i do snake yer moms drain alot. reptilian goin to hell? (need a tissue, son?)
Yeah right ??
A felony? Wow
His lawyer will take care of these silly charges, next give us some hiphop music please
They hate blacks. Meek is foreal
Who don’t hate them, acting like blk hill billys
Dis nicker is hype, watch deez wordz n see mi GEE GEE RAH RAH
Weak Mill the L collector giving the police information once again like a good little rat
you can keep a good man down!! wins n losses!!! dopest youngin out..
another win for meek milly. drake stay losing, meek stay winning