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Tampa Bay, MMG Rapper Meek Mill claims that back in October 2012, Philadelphia police  jailed him without cause and posted his photos on Instagram. The Maybach Music  Group rapper, born Robert Williams, is now suing the City of Philadelphia and  police Officers Andre Boyer and Michael Vargas in Federal Court for civil rights  violations, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy and civil conspiracy and is  seeking punitive damages (read: mula).

Courthouse New Service reports that in his complaint,  Meek (the plaintiff) states that on October 31, 2012 he was driving a Range  Rover when he was pulled over around 7:30 p.m. by Officers Boyer and Vargas  "without cause or justification" near the intersection of 11th Street and Girard  Avenue.

Meek was handcuffed and taken into custody. The rapper claims during this  time—he was held for nine hours—the officers took photos of him that made it  onto Instagram and other social media outlets. Meek was eventually released in  the early morning of the next day (4:30am, Nov. 1) without being charged with  any crime.

As Hip-Hop Wired previously reported, on November 1, 2012, Meek took to Twitter to say that he was "harassed and  violated" by Philly police.

Because of the hold up, Meek claims he missed a promotional appearance in  Atlanta. While he was being held, Meek missed the private jet he booked to fly  him down to the ATL  that nice and was forced to refund its deposit.  Missing the date, and being locked up, meant "the loss of numerous sponsorships  and endorsements; the loss of plaintiff's solitude, seclusion and privacy; the  anxiety and embarrassment associated with plaintiff being placed in a false  light; and the anxiety and embarrassment of being seized, detained, confined and  imprisoned against plaintiff's will."

For his trouble. Meek is seeking monetary compensation for "civil rights  violations, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy and civil conspiracy."

Just last night, Meek Mill dropped a new song called "From Da Bottom," that  will be appear on his forthcoming Dreamchasers 3 mixtape. The "Amen" rapper's  debut album, Dreams and Nightmares, was released on  October 30, 2012