DA joins call for new Meek trial in Philly

ADD THE Philadelphia district attorney’s office to those in favor of granting Meek Mill a new trial.

The city’s DA says the rapper — who has controversially been behind bars since November due to a probation violation — deserves to have his case heard in court again, and that his original gun and drug charges from a 2008 arrest should be dismissed.

The office, which made the announcement during a court hearing Monday, supports a new trial due to “questions of credibility” regarding the officer who arrested Mill more than a decade ago, DA spokesman Ben Waxman said.

It will still be up to the judge overseeing Mill’s case to determine whether a new trial actually takes place. Judge Genece Brinkley did not dismiss Mill’s charges during Monday’s hearing, but she did set another court date in June.

“Cheers erupt as #MeekMill legal team announces Philly DA’s decision to support new trial for rapper,” reporter Alicia Lozano, of NBC’s Philadelphia affiliate, tweeted. “Meek’s lawyer says they will appeal to the Pa. Supreme Court.”

Many have argued Mill’s latest incarceration is the result of a failed justice system. He received a two- to four-year sentence after a pair of arrests while he was on probation last year, one for fighting at a St. Louis airport and the other for doing wheelies on a dirt bike without a helmet on.

The charges from those arrests were ultimately dropped, yet the judge still considered the incidents as violations of Mill’s probation.