The saga Meek Mill's arrest continues. Today (March 6) it was revealed that the Philadelphia police ficer who arrested Meek in 2007, a case that he's currently incarcerated for again after disobeying parole violations, has a history corruption and was once investigated by federal authorities.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has been pursuing a "secret list" police ficers that the District Attorney's fice actively keeps f the witness stand due incidences "lying, racial bias, or brutality." That list was released to the public today, and includes none other than Officer Reginald Graham, who was a key player in the arrest and conviction Meek in 2007 for gun and drug charges. He was the sole witness to testify against Meek at his 23008 trial.
At the time, Meek Mill was 21, and was sentenced to 10 years probation for his crimes. In November, nearly 10 years after his conviction, Meek was found to have violated the terms his probation and sentenced to four years in prison.
The harsh sentence drew wide criticism from the hip-hop community and beyond, and many artists such as Drake, Beyonce and Jay-Z have rallied for his freedom in the months since he's been in jail.
The "corrupt" list includes 28 other police ficers with reported incidents from lying on the stand to aiding in a prostitution ring.
Officer Graham was investigated by federal authorities in 2013 for an undisclosed reason that is simply listed as "multiple incidences corruption." He never faced any penalties because he retired before his hearing took place.
This is good news for Meek and his lawyers, who filed a Post-Conviction Relief Act petition a few weeks back. If they are granted the PCRA, it would throw out Meek's former conviction and make him eligible for a retrial. The documents submitted by Meek's lawyers alleged that Graham ten stole money that was found during searches and arrests, beat up suspects and admitted at one point to another police ficer that he beat up Meek in 2007 or 2008.
The act sparked similar motions from other inmates that feel they were wrongfully convicted by corrupt Philly cops.
Given this new information, and that a second former Philly police ficer has previously said on record that Graham lied about the circumstances surrounding Meek's arrest, hopefully this should be enough for Meek Mill to get another shot at justice.