Rev. Al Sharpton visited Meek Mill in prison last Saturday (November 25), something the famed civil rights activist/attorney did with Tupac Shakur in the ’90s.
TMZ caught up with Sharpton as he was walking out of NBC Studios on Friday (December 1) and asked about his trip to the Pennsylvania correctional facility where Meek is currently serving his two to four-year sentence.
“I was very impressed that Meek Mill kept saying to me that he wants it to be more than him that we’re concerned about,” Sharpton said. “The issue he wanted to express was that it was bigger than him. That people get probation violations for the most minor infractions. And if that they can do this to him, imagine all of the thousands and tens of thousands they’re doing it to.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SZRoRZUKZk
The Rev. also expressed his amazement that “goofing off” while on probation could carry such a stiff penalty.
“Poppin’ a wheelie gets you two to four years?” he said. “First of all, they didn’t even press the charges. He never was charged with a crime on it. Police said no we’re not going to go forward. So you’re telling me goofing off will give you two to four years? If you make an example out of someone by being harsh and breaking a system, then you are in fact making it worse, not better. You’re supposed to be protecting the public, not making it worse on people int he public.”
When asked how Meek was holding up in prison, Sharpton detailed the Philly rapper’s current disposition and living conditions.
“He seems good, determined and strong,” he said. “He obviously wants to be free but he certainly seemed like a guy that understands that this was bigger than him and wants it fought that way. He said he’s being respected in jail and being fed. The other inmates love him. They’re his fans. But he’d rather be home for Thanksgiving I’m sure.
“He said he was being treated respectful,” he added. “We going to stay on this until he comes home. And even after that, he’s going to be working with all of us in the civil rights community on parole and probation reform.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I67iSmUcGGc
Meek was given the harsh sentence by Judge Genece Brinkley who has been widely criticized for the way she’s handled the case, another topic Sharpton addressed while talking to the photog.
“She a black woman judge,” he said. “She outta know better. And we going to keep the pressure on that this is wrong.”
I don’t care who you are!!!! If u violate probation as many times as this guy has u would be sentenced 20 years easily!!! I personally know someone who is white that was sentenced 20 years for stealing an Xbox because it was his 6th violation… Stop making Meek a poster child, he got off easy… help someone else who got a sentence they didn’t deserve… there’s plenty to choose from all ethnicities!!!
People need to understand that cosigning this Bullsh*t is damaging the Black Community. Racism and unjustice based on skin color exist but if you cry wolf when there is no Wolf nobody believes you when there is a wolf for real. You lose credibility if you use the real victims of racism to support this street rat. Dont be stupid people
Al is a SCAM ARTIST and EXTORTIONIST! When did we ‘elect’ him spokesman for our generation?! the weak meek RAT is NO Hero, he constantly did stupid sh*t, was warned over and over and still stuck on STUPID and grabbing ‘L’ after ‘L’ after ‘L’ and needs to sit down and do his time! The Music Business is NOT missing this third stringer…… forget ‘free meekness’, more like F*CK MEEK!
U brought this upon yourself Meek… Quit being a PUSSY!!!
Big up to Rev Al Sharpton and F%ck all you haters who hate on this man you have accepted what the white media have feed you about black people and its sick and sad to be so ignorant and spew hate towards those blacks who help open doors fighting thru civil rights era Jim crow laws what you need to do is open a book and gain knowledge stop excepting what the devil has been feeding you Lies got you hating yourself for no reason .Once again Big Ups To Rev Al Sharpton !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can sum up the entire conversation. Rev Al: You dindunuffin son. Meek: I dindunuffin reverand. Goodbye. See you later.
Free the G.O.A.T!!! injustice should not be accepted in this century.. u let rapists walk or get house arrest n jail some1 for doin a wheelie n stopping a fight.. that’s insane!! because of him, this topic is being discussed n hope it changes the system.. u can’t have a person on probation his whole adult life n expect him not to make a mistake!!