• Nigga/wigga outrage mounts over parole violatin' nigga Meek Mill's just

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    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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