Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Meek Mill is the Latest Victim of America's Unjust Justice System. When Will It End?


By Rev. Al Sharpton 

This week, I made a visit to Chester State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania. For about an hour and a half, I met with Meek Mill, a 30-year-old rapper who is currently serving a two- to four-year jail sentence for allegedly violating a probation agreement stemming from a 2008 conviction. We discussed the issue of criminal justice and probation and parole reform. As I spoke with this young man, I thought about the countless known but mostly unknown men and women who have been victimized by the justice system in general, and by the parole and probation system in particular.

For decades, I have helped advocate for victims of injustice, from Michael Griffith’s family in the 1980s to the families of Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner more recently. Meek Mill is an extension of that fight. Today, there are thousands in Pennsylvania — and untold numbers nationally — who are sitting behind bars because of a supposed probation violation related to minor and meager acts. America’s continuing fetish for incarceration (and disdain for rehabilitation) is a national disgrace.

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Source: NBC News 

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