http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-43881321
Meek Mill, whose real name is Robert Williams, was arrested in August 2017 for reckless driving.
It happened while he was riding a dirt bike in New York filming a music video.
Although the charges were later dropped, a judge ruled the arrest itself was a breach of his probation. He'd been on probation since 2008, when he was convicted on drug dealing and gun charges.
However, the decision to jail him last November came as a surprise.
His lawyers announced they were going to appeal, claiming he was being unfairly punished and that Meek Mill had turned his life around and was now a role model to others in a similar position.
is this article missing something? so the charges that he was arrested for were dropped but the arrest was a breach of probation
how do dropped charges not make an arrest invalid? this is super fucked up
dude meek's case is all sorts of fucked up, im just glad to hear he's out of there
Although the charges were later dropped, a judge ruled the arrest itself was a breach of his probation.
The fuck?
fact he was arrested for wreckless driving and charged for it was the issue. If ever you have to do a background check, they'll ask if you've ever been arrested, even if you weren't charged.
As far as I'm concerned if you're not convicted, nothing should come of it. A police officer can make up a plethora of excuses to arrest a person.
Gotta love the bullshit man. Gotta fucking love all the bullshit in the world.
This sounds super fucked up because it is fucked up. Parole systems are designed to punish vulnerable people further instead of helping them return to society. Meek Mill's case is just an example of it happening to a high-profile figure.
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