Overview

• Meek Mill wrote on X that the country faces a mental-health crisis and urged people not to view recent killings solely through a racial lens.
• He contrasted a widely discussed Charlotte stabbing with a Philadelphia shooting he said drew less attention, arguing that violence should be addressed consistently.
• Philadelphia prosecutors downgraded charges against John Kelly from murder to voluntary manslaughter on Sept. 9 after new evidence in the death of Lauren Jardine.
• In Charlotte, Decarlos Brown remains charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 22 stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail.
• The rapper’s comments align with his longtime advocacy on mental health and criminal-justice issues, which he has highlighted in past statements and music.