StereoBros

UPDATE: MEEK IS FREE!

First off, free Meek, I hope he returns to the free world sooner than later. To be on some combination of physical incarceration/probation/parole/house arrest for almost a decade for a bad conviction that occurred when he was only a teen is a bit excessive.  For the District Attorney and Probation Officer to both recommend no jail time and a judge to ignore  those recommendations can be seen as excessive. For all of the charitable work Meek does you would think he could be seen as a humanitarian. However, the glaring elephant in the room is that this situation could have all been avoided.

As far as I can tell, the sentence was a combo of public arrests and scheduling communication issues. See Meek should have never rode dirtbikes in NYC. Yes it is a thing in Philly. In NY, plainclothes and uniformed cops have nearly killed dirtbike riders and still try to confiscate them. This is well known, so who let Meek take such a public chance with his freedom? Its hard to justify such a public and reckless arrest. The airport fight charges were dropped and I don’t think we can consider that a bad thing. He has to travel for work and is famous enough that some heckler could cause a public issue for him and his team. But why such a public mistake in NYC of all places? Did he really comply with the scheduling conditions for his travel? Regardless of how you feel, if he had conditions of parole/probation and he knew of them, did he choose to not comply?

Meek has been mostly quiet regarding his legal situation and tried to follow the Judge’s terms. He has had violations in the past and the Judge has been quick to send him back to jail. Those should have been signals to fall back and stay out of her way.  Would we feel differently if Meek was on 10 year parole or this sentence was for a new charge independent of the others?

I know of and know folks who got off of lifetime parole or other post release supervision by keeping their judge happy for a few years. Could Meek have done the same thing? Did he try to do the same thing?

Yes the system is flawed, but calling for the judge’s head and job is a bit much. She is a black woman, HBCU educated and a member of a BGLO.  Does she have a vendetta against Meek or is she giving him tough love? Its tough to tell without speaking to her. Did she feel like he hasnt learned because he has allegedly had travel schedule issues and a public arrest?

What I don’t want lost in all this is that I want Meek and folks like him free.  But, we can use this opportunity to elect judges that we feel better reflect our criminal justice stances and DAs who do the same. We also have to help our ppls on papers stay free and out of the way until we can fix the system itself.

Comments are closed.