Meek Mill says police "harassed and violated" him for being famous
North Philly native rapper Meek Mill tweeted early Thursday morning that he was detained Wednesday night by Philadelphia Police. "Cops just harassed and violated me last night in Philly for being famous," Meek Mill, aka Robert Williams, told his nearly 1.9 million Twitter followers. Williams was in a vehicle stopped at 1100 W. Girard Avenue at 8:04 p.m. Wednesday but he was not arrested, said Officer Tanya Little, a Philadelphia Police spokeswoman.
Meek Mill says police "harassed and violated" him for being famous
Dan Gross
North Philly native rapper Meek Mill tweeted early Thursday morning that he was detained Wednesday night by Philadelphia Police.
"Cops just harassed and violated me last night in Philly for being famous," Meek Mill, aka Robert Williams, told his nearly 1.9 million Twitter followers.
Williams was in a vehicle stopped at 1100 W. Girard Avenue at 8:04 p.m. Wednesday. Neither Williams nor any other passengers were arrested, said Officer Tanya Little, a Philadelphia Police spokeswoman.
Little said she was not sure why the car was stopped, nor if Williams was driving, and declined to reveal the make of the vehicle. None of the passengers were arrested during the traffic stop, Little said.
"The crazy part about is I really had a handcuff and Rolex on my wrist yesterday.... Really," tweeted Meek Mill, whose new album "Dreams and Nightmares," released Tuesday, features handcuffs and a Rolex on its cover.
The incident didn't slow him down as we're told he shopped at Mitchell & Ness (12th & Chestnut) Thursday afternoon while the store kept other customers out.
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This comment has been deleted.— jbandit2116- i saw the scene driving past last night. 12 cop cars, but no arrests.... you'd have thought there was a homicide or some major drug bust.... either Meek is right, or something else went down. — TooTone
- Who is famous?— Roger Podacter
- Meek who??— SNJ_Native
- Meek who?— SNJ_Native
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Never heard of him.- Which of course raises the question: Who is Meek Mill?— Another_1
- He was probably on his ATV like an idiot. Kids like this clown complain about their "situation' but when he becomes famous and gets some coin, he stays in his 'situation." When will this second rate rapper learn?— PhillyIam
- So there is a badged officer in the shot & he is in cuffs, yet they claim they didn't "arrest or detain him"? Philly cops lose more & more credibility by the day.— main liner
- "This word 'famous'...I do not think it means what you think it means."— Roger Podacter
- dude, you were harassed because your a scum bag who makes everything worse— mecp22
- who cares.— Tyrone Biggums
- I'm sure those of you that have not heard of Meek Mills, can ask your millions of twitter followers who he is...oh wait.— mikenphilly
- Million twitter followers: who is Meek Mill?
Please reply herein.— Reprehensible - Mikenphilly, all that means that this guy has millions of followers on twitter is that there are millions of morons, on Twitter.
