Since his release from prison in 2018, Meek Mill has blossomed into an ardent proponent of criminal justice reform. In doing so, heβs gone to great lengths to not only rehabilitate his image, but help others avoid the pitfalls of our broken criminal justice system with the launch of the REFORM Alliance. Despite his best efforts to evolve beyond his past, the Grammy-nominated artist is acutely aware that heβs still a black man in Trumpβs America, and because of that he believes heβs still being unfairly targeted by the authorities.
While traveling on his private jet over the weekend, the βGoing Badβ rapper made a pit stop in Miami to refuel. And what shouldβve been a quick delay ended up taking much longer as security descended upon his plane and conducted an unsolicited search, which Meek documented on Instagram.
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βHow many times we gotta be searched being black, man?β he says in the clip. βI be telling them, βThe least yβall could do is give us an explanation for being searched.β Yβall already know we black, we be getting searched too much.β
He continues, βAll this shit, all our bags and shit got laid out. We just landed in Miami to pick up food and gas and they making us take all our bags off.β
Thankfully, security failed to find anything illegal or concerning on board, and Meek and his crew were able to continue on undeterred. Weβll never know the true nature of why the 32-year-old rapperβs private plane was searched, but letβs hope this encounter inspires Meek to go even harder with his commitment to criminal justice reform.
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