{"id":119822,"date":"2024-12-12T15:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/12\/meek-mill-slams-coverage-of-unitedhealthcare-ceos-murder-while-gun-violence-runs-rampant\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:07:03","slug":"meek-mill-slams-coverage-of-unitedhealthcare-ceos-murder-while-gun-violence-runs-rampant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/12\/meek-mill-slams-coverage-of-unitedhealthcare-ceos-murder-while-gun-violence-runs-rampant\/","title":{"rendered":"Meek Mill Slams Coverage of UnitedHealthcare CEO\u2019s Murder While Gun Violence Runs\u00a0Rampant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/meek-mill\/\">Meek Mill<\/a> is never one to mince words on X. He shared his thoughts on Wednesday (Dec. 11) regarding the rampant gun violence in America while pressing the media for being hung up on the murder of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/united-healthcare-ceo-shot-luigi-mangione-charges\/\">UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson<\/a>, who was shot and killed in New York City earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c100 kids get murdered in my hood the press stuck on one CEO,\u201d he began. \u201cI will never get it! When somebody put me to the challenge I\u2019ll collect 1000 guns off Philadelphia street without snitching just helping clean my community! I ain\u2019t come this far for off games! Only pain and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMeek continued: \u201cRip to that CEO too his life matters too! Never over looking the life of a human unless they\u2019re a danger to society and I don\u2019t know anything about no healthcare ceos except \u2018CINQCARE\u2019 because they are for us!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Dream Chasers boss then turned his attention to gun violence and revealed he was stopped from launching a program to get 1,000 guns off the street. Meek also voiced his frustration at being harassed by authorities over obtaining guns to protect himself when traveling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cGuns are for sale by the boatload in the streets, I choose to buy from the store legally and still getting harrased like I\u2019m buying guns for people,\u201d he added. \u201cY\u2019all don\u2019t even want me protecting me and my family legally! Racism lurking in my home state!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Philly native questioned why police allegedly continue to investigate his gun ownership across his home state of Pennsylvania, and Meek believes a racist motive could be at play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cOld white men pursing young black men need to be monitored,\u201d Meek penned. \u201cBecause I will never lay down again\u2026. I already had cops say I pointed firearms at them and had to live as a felon for years and I knew that wasn\u2019t my character! They tortured me already!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSince his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/meek-mill-free-released-prison-bail-8377041\/\">release from prison<\/a> in 2018, Meek has done plenty of work when it comes to reforming the criminal justice system and transforming the parole and probation system in his role as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/meek-mill-jay-z-reform-alliance-criminal-justice-reform-8494699\/\">co-chair of the Reform Alliance. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFind his tweets about gun violence below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guns are for sale by the boatload in the streets, I choose to buy from the store legally and still getting harrased like I\u2019m buying guns for people \u2026 yall don\u2019t even want me protecting me and my family legally! Racism lurking in my home state!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MeekMill (@MeekMill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeekMill\/status\/1866927828434129291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I been to the range in different cities more than 10 times but in Pa we got cops investigating me questioning why am I buying guns! I had 10 rap friends killed and couldn\u2019t protect themselves! I\u2019m working on my gun license help me not investigate my I\u2019m not retarted ya know!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MeekMill (@MeekMill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeekMill\/status\/1866928480186753290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Old white men pursing young black men need to be monitored! Because I will never lay down again\u2026. I already had cops say I pointed firearms at them and had to live as a felon for years and I knew that wasn\u2019t my character! They tortured me already!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MeekMill (@MeekMill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeekMill\/status\/1866929032136212643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I asked could I start a program to collect a 1000 guns off the streets and got ignored!  Nobody really care about people in the hood dying it\u2019s murders everyday \u2026 I can\u2019t even hang in Philly because it\u2019s too many guns and I don\u2019t wanna adapt to the habitat!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MeekMill (@MeekMill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeekMill\/status\/1866930845208154546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">100 kids get murdered in my hood the press stuck on one CEO \u2026.. I will never get it!  When somebody put me to the challenge I\u2019ll collect 1000 guns off Philadelphia street without snitching just helping clean my community!  I ain\u2019t come this far for off games! Only pain and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MeekMill (@MeekMill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeekMill\/status\/1866931861190017163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rip to that CEO too his life matters too! Never over looking the life of a human unless they\u2019re a danger to society and I don\u2019t know anything about no healthcare ceos  except \u201cCINQCARE\u201d because they are for us!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MeekMill (@MeekMill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeekMill\/status\/1866973156163858698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/meek-mill-slams-coverage-unitedhealthcare-ceo-murder-gun-violence-1235854207\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meek Mill is never one to mince words on X. He shared his thoughts on Wednesday (Dec. 11) regarding the rampant gun violence in America while pressing the media for being hung up on the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot and killed in New York City earlier this month. \u201c100 kids [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}