Nigga/wigga outrage mounts over parole violatin' nigga Meek Mill's justifiable prison sentence

[It Ain't No Big Deal - Niggas Misbehavin']

Act like a nigger, get treated like a nigger.

(CNN)Amid mounting backlash over rapper Meek Mill's prison
sentence, hundreds of activists and prominent personalities --
including Rick Ross, the Philadelphia Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins
and the Philadelphia 76ers' Julius Erving -- gathered at
Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center on Monday for a rally
protesting the rapper's imprisonment.

"(Meek)'s obviously despondent about his plight, so to speak,
but also is encouraged by all the support," Mill's attorney, Joe
Tacopina, told CNN in a phone interview Monday night. "This is
overwhelming to me, all the people who have come rallying behind
him."
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's office told CNN that the governor's
hands are tied because he is "not able under PA law of
intervening" in a specific case, as it was suggested in a
Change.org petition.

The petition, which has been signed by more than 351,000
supporters of Mill by Monday night, initially called for Wolf to
re-evaluate the Philadelphia rapper's two- to four-year prison
sentence. The petition has since been revised and addressed to
the state's Board of Pardons as well as Wolf.

"The pardon process in Pennsylvania is different than some other
states and the federal government," Wolf's press secretary, J.J.
Abbott, told CNN in an email Monday, alluding to the fact that
in other states, a governor can evaluate cases without the
involvement of a board.

This case has sparked outrage not just from the hip-hop
community but from activists for criminal justice reform around
the nation, including Colin Kaeperinck.

The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback became a symbol of
resistance against racial bias in policing after he took a knee
during the National Anthem last year to protest police brutality.

"Sadly there are Black folks going through the same radicalized
injustice(s) within the justice system that Meek Mill has
experienced for over a decade EVERY SINGLE DAY. This requires
more than just gradual reform in laws—It requires a swift
overhaul," Kaepernick tweeted on Monday.

In a show of support and encouragement for Mill, a crowd of fans
rapped one of his most popular songs, "Dreams and Nightmares,"
at the rally. The single was released in 2012, and in it, the
rapper reflects on growing up in poverty, his initial
incarceration in 2008 and how he overcame his struggles -- going
from handcuffs wrapped around his wrists to a Rolex watch.

What happened

Mill appeared in court last Monday after a pair of arrests this
year -- one for popping wheelies on a dirt bike and another for
getting into a fight -- that violated his probation from a 2008
gun and drug case. He was sentenced to another five months in
prison in 2014 after he violated his probation by performing out
of state.

He received to two to four years in state prison last week by
Judge Genece Brinkley, who cited a failed drug test and the
rapper's noncompliance with a court order restricting his travel.

Tacopina accused Brinkley of "taking an inappropriate personal
interest in (Meek Mill) that goes above and beyond her role as a
judge."

"(Meek's) frustrated, really frustrated, and knows he's being
treated different than anyone else," Tacopina said.

"He's been on probation for nearly 10 years. Nobody goes on
probation for 10 years," he added.

Brinkley's office did not respond to a request for comment and
instead referred CNN's request to Gabriel Roberts, a spokesman
for the 1st Judicial District of Pennsylvania, which declined to
comment as the matter is "subject to future litigation."

Supporters of Mill, including Jay Z, argued that the sentence
was too harsh and should not have included incarceration.

Read more about the controversy and Mill's background with the
judge.

What's next

Tacopina told CNN on Monday that he plans to exhaust all legal
avenues as well as political avenues to remedy what he called
"an obvious injustice."

In the next couple of days, Tacopina said he plans to make a
motion for Brinkley to "recuse" herself from the case and then
file a motion for her to reconsider the sentence.

Asked what his plan is if both motions fail, Tacopina said he
would then "go the appellate route" and file a formal appeal.

Another way forward is filing an application for the state's
Board of Pardons, a political avenue that Tacopina said they
also plan to pursue.

Mill is signed to Jay Z's record label Roc Nation, which urged
fans to sign the Change.org petition addressed to the board and
Wolf.

"The sentence handed down by the judge -- against the
recommendation of the assistant district attorney and probation
officer -- is unjust and heavy-handed," Jay Z said in a
statement provided to CNN. "We will always stand by and support
Meek Mill, both as he attempts to right this wrongful sentence
and then in returning to his musical career."

Niggers don't have to obey the law or comply with any agreement
they signed. That's what Obama said.

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