Based on the article and information in my graphic organizer I believe that Van Jones and Shaka Senghor do make a credible argument. I know this because the central idea of the article is how Meek Mill has been charged and sentenced to prison for various reasons and is beginning to be treated unfairly and tried with cruel punishment. One example from the article that shows the author’s do have a persuasive argument is when they explained how Meek Mill has been treated poorly by the judge. I know this because in the article it says “when she arrived, she found out he was sorting clothes instead of serving food to the homeless”. It also says in the same paragraph that Mill was assigned to sort clothes and he explained that to the judge, but she still got mad and said he failed to follow her orders yet again. So, that is one example in the article that supports both of the author’s arguments on how Meek Mill has been treated unfairly. …show more content…
I know this because in the article it says “sadly in spite of all his hard work and community leadership Mill was sentenced to prison for 2-4 years for technical violations of his probation from a 2008 gun and drug case”. So that shows that the author’s believe Mill was treated unfairly because he was doing a positive thing for the community, but not long after trying to do the right thing and something positive, he was