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Maybach Music Group's Meek Mill recently talked about coming up short in a legal battle against Philadelphia police over an unjust arrest dating back to 2012.
According to Meek, he ran into some bad luck with the jury selected for his case.
“The cop I had a lawsuit on, he had about so many complaints about him. He got fired right after I sued them. But he didn’t get fired for me suing them. On the day of court it was like they just believed the cop. I didn’t know that cop had 80 priors when I sued them. I found that when my lawyer investigated and found that out. You know how it go in Federal Court. It’s a jury. They pick a jury. I respect the opinion of the jury but most of the people in the jury was White. They don’t really like understand. They might live on a farm, some of these people live in like suburban areas, they don’t understand the culture where I come from. All they gonna understand is, ‘He’s a cop and he’s not a cop.’ They just went with his word.” (Complex)
Details of the case’s outcome and Mill’s reaction sprouted online a few days ago.
Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill lost his civil-rights case against city police Thursday over a 10-hour traffic stop that he called racially motivated. Mill, who trying to catch a flight to Atlanta to launch his debut album, was instead handcuffed and detained on Halloween night 2012 with his entourage: an Atlantic Records executive, an off-duty police officer and his cousin. “They ain’t from where I’m from,” Mill said softly of the jury after they reached their decision. “I (don’t) really expect them to understand what I go through.” (ABC Local)
Reports of Mill wanting to seek legal action against local police heated the Internet last month.
Meek says he was cuffed for refusing to let cops search — and he ended up missing a private jet flight to Atlanta. Meek claims he lost $22k on the cancelled jet and a $39K appearance fee for the A-Town party he missed. In the docs, he also claims he took a hit in negotiating a $2 million deal with Puma because all the negative pub from the arrest … forced him to settle for a mere $650K. Meek is suing the city of Philly for false imprisonment, invasion of privacy … and most importantly (we suspect) to get back some of that lost dough. (TMZ)
Coincidentally, Meek went on a Twitter rant early Saturday (April 26) about racism.
“Donald sterling is the definition of racism …. He could b your judge…. Your doctor…..you teacher etc… I bet nothing happens 2 him!,” he tweeted April 26.
“Vegas saying no hip hop rapper can have a event in Las Vegas something need 2 b done about this bcuz it is a racist act! #stepup #hiphop”
“Ima have my lawyer speak up and we have press get on top of this situations in Vegas ….I never had a incident in Vegas..We need answers”
“But when our culture losing and giving our money 2 casinos it’s okay….NAACP need 2 step up! Bcuz we let these things happen 2 many times”
“Skin color means nothing …….our souls are no different!!!! Just bcuz you have money don’t mean you will b judged different by GOD'”
“”street rappers” can perform across the world except Vegas how is this possible!! #Racisminourface and yet we are still silenced”
“most of these old racists are the ones really in power!! Jayz is no different than the younger rappers he spoke about the same stuff we did” (Meek Mill’s Twitter)
Check out Meek Mill’s interview:
