In The Wake Of Freddie Gray’s Death, Meek Mill Shares His Own Police Brutality Story

As the death of Freddie Gray continues to rock the city of Baltimore and the rest of the nation, stars are among the vocal as they have taken to social media with commentary of their own. Along with responding to Donald Trump on Twitter, Meek Mill also took to Instagram to share his own police brutality story. Detailing an arrest at 18 years old, the MMG rapper posted his mugshot, with injuries to his face on full display.

Writing that he had been “punched and stomped” as well as had one of his braids ripped out, Meek chronicled the beginning of a case that would haunt him for the coming years. After being found guilty of assault against the officers, he admitted that he turned to hustling to round up the money for a good lawyer:

Lips swollen …. Stitches in both swollen eyes! One of my braids ripped out! I weighed about 130 at the time And I was found guilty of assaulting cops! It’s clear 2 see I was punched and stomped by a few cops! If I wasn’t blessed the way I am I still would have hatred in my heart towards cops but I forgave bcuz I know all cops ain’t the same! 2 “black cops” got on the stand and lied and cried about how I chased them down with a gun and tried to kill them!

I caught that case at 18 and was stripped of my freedom and taken away from my family 4 times for the same case and still on probation.. 1 step away from jail if I make one mistake! I can’t blame my judge because the law labels cops as “expert witnesses” and it was cops against a black kid and she’s suppose to believe a cops testimony first!! I never got a chance to speak to my judge about this from young man to woman and I hope she sees this to help other young men that won’t b able to make it thru what I made it thru! After I caught the case I had no choice to hustle in the streets to get a good lawyer aka a good liar to help me get my freedom!

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Meek has spoken his piece about the deaths of Gray, Eric Garner and other victims of police brutality. He also spoke against the rioting that took place in Baltimore on Monday night (Apr. 27):

And tearing down Ya own neighborhood is not the solution. it only makes the system look down on us even more as blacks! Let’s pray 4 #bmore

— Meek Mill (@MeekMill) April 28, 2015

See Meek Mill’s Instagram post below:

Lips swollen …. Stitches in both swollen eyes! One of my braids ripped out! I weighed about 130 at the time And I was found guilty of assaulting cops! It’s clear 2 see I was punched and stomped by a few cops! If I wasn’t blessed the way I am I still would have hatred in my heart towards cops but I forgave bcuz I know all cops ain’t the same! 2 “black cops” got on the stand and lied and cried about how I chased them down with a gun and tried to kill them! I caught that case at 18 and was stripped of my freedom and taken away from my family 4 times for the same case and still on probation.. 1 step away from jail if I make one mistake! I can’t blame my judge because the law labels cops as “expert witnesses” and it was cops against a black kid and she’s suppose to believe a cops testimony first!! I never got a chance to speak to my judge about this from young man to woman and I hope she sees this to help other young men that won’t b able to make it thru what I made it thru! After I caught the case I had no choice to hustle in the streets to get a good lawyer aka a good liar to help me get my freedom!

A photo posted by Meek Mill (@meekmill) on Apr 28, 2015 at 2:14am PDT