The Mac Miller Case

 

The Mac Miller Case

 

**This article/blog/piece is based on numerous hours of conversation with Ryan Reavis in the Santa Ana Jail.  I was his cellmate for approximately two weeks.  Specifically, I was violated on community supervision (the feds) for exposing corruption and being a renegade.  It’s the type of person I am.  Nevertheless,  I was violated on community supervision, sent to prison in Pennsylvania, and since I was no longer required to report to the United States Probation Department (the judge terminated my supervised released upon completion of the prison sentence) I was allowed to get a flight to where I needed to go after release.  I chose to relocate to California to move away from the law enforcement corruption in Western New York. 

 

The Bureau of Prisons flew me to Los Angeles in April.  I was released to a privately, and terribly, run halfway house in El Monte, California.  While there, the feds, again, had their little worm snitches surround me because they’re so terrified of my media and, for some reason, want to know what I’m going to write about next.  Meaning the halfway house rats were running around snitching on me and telling staff everything I talked about—worried about what I may write or say on a podcast.  I had no idea that I was this famous or powerful. 

 

               I was eventually written up by staff for made-up nonsense once I let them know I wasn’t going to take their bullshit and, in turn, was required to finish the last thirty days of my halfway house time in prison.  Because of coronavirus, coupled with how the feds contract out to local municipalities, I was picked up by the Santa Ana Police Department and brought to their jail.  For the first two weeks, I was in isolation because of coronavirus.  After a negative test result, I moved to a cell with Ryan Reavis.  The feds have a policy that you cell with your race—it’s just how things happen.

 

               This is where we met, did the prison thing (exchange of stories and assurance that neither of us are snitches or sex offenders), and began our time together.  Because of the pandemic, inmates were only allowed out of their cells for a few hours a day.  So, Ryan and I talked a lot and got to know each other a little bit better as we lived in this closet together.  He checked my background, learned of my education, and asked me to review his paperwork.  At this point in my sentence and life, I was hesitant with helping anymore inmates with their cases.  I was almost done with my sentence and simply wanted to leave this wretched system behind me.  However, I read it and offered whatever knowledge I could shell out.  I told him that I’m not a trained lawyer and am a rogue social scientist.  He laughed and still listened to what I had to say.  I wasn’t concerned about him looking for anything on me to bring to the feds—because he never asked any questions that made me wonder.  If you think this is strange, let me tell you that the feds are scum of the Earth when it comes to law enforcement.  All they do is use rats, undercover operations, and bugs—and they put them in jail cells and other alike places.  And a lot of this law enforcement is not inline with constitutional law.  By all means, look into their tactics—fuckin’ crazy!

 

All in all, this piece is about how Ryan Reavis—a defendant in a case that the United States has brought against him because of Mac Miller’s overdose—is innocent of the conspiracy resulting in a homicide charge.  I only mention this charge because we never talked about any other issues like we did with this charge.   



Given the sensitive nature of the matter, I want everyone to know that I refuse to make jokes or be sarcastic in this piece out of respect for the deceased and his friends and family.  Forewarning, it may be a bit dry. 

 

The Charge


            The homicide charge involving a drug sale—in the federal system and elsewhere—is complete bullshit and has been discussed in numerous United States Supreme Court cases and the highest courts in the state systems.  The routine underlying question of the constitutionality of this charge is often discussed with a comparison.  Which is, does the bartender get arrested for serving a person who later hits someone with their car and kills them?  Do you blame the bartender too, basically?  And then other specific questions always arise.  Does the substance matter?  Even if it’s illegal (See Burrage v. United States, 12-7515; see “scope of cause” argument)?

 

Personal and Legal Opinion (Neither Reflect the Factual Content of the Case Involving Ryan Reavis)

 

            Personally, I believe a person who uses drugs is aware of the dangers and that holding the dealers accountable for a death if they did not know the substance would cause it for a specific person is outrageous.  Drug users contact how many drug dealers a day, in a week, a month, or year?  Do drug users live a risky lifestyle by their own choice?  If yes, then a drug dealer can’t be held accountable for a drug overdose-related homicide unless they knew that the person who they sold drugs to was going to die or would most likely die or become seriously or permanently injured, or know that an additional party will be hurt or killed.  It’s that simple, yet simultaneously terrible because it’s associated with human death.   

 

            The legal opinion of cases involving drug-related deaths often goes for prosecution because of politics.  The idea of letting illegal drug dealers off the hook tends to be a big influence in the minds of judges while making decisions related to these matters.  Victims’ family members and friends are calling for justice, anti-drug advocates are swirling around in justices’ brains when a drug-related death case arises, and many trial judges in the state systems are elected officials.  Disappointing the public is nothing that any judge or prosecutor wants, especially if they’re voted into office. 

           

            Moreover, judges and prosecutors don’t treat accused drug dealers like they treat large and wealthy organizations, or doctors, that’ve faulty products and, in turn, cause death.  Legitimate business—in the eyes of the law—usually includes people who're not involved in the underground drug world.  This only heightens the pessimism of a judge or prosecutor while on duty.  Politics, and care for personal reputations, does find itself heavily involved in these types of cases, that is. 

 

The Evidence


            The evidence in the Ryan Reavis case is extremely weak and the government, and especially the DEA, is attempting to cover their asses by not admitting that they fucked-up.  All it includes is chit-chat text messages and evidence of another group of people delivering drugs to Mac Miller close to the same time that it's alleged that Mac Miller met whoever for the alleged drugs that killed him.  The connectivity that the federal government is reaching for is ridiculous and in the realm of prosecutorial misconduct.  


           Case in point, if the prosecutor can prove that Reavis put pills in Mac Miller’s hand and he (Reavis) knew that they were going to kill him (Mac Miller), then present the proof without any ambiguity.  The problem is that the United States government can’t present this factually, so they’re playing the “break him down” game.  Which includes forcing defendants to stay in jail and serve time regardless of the facts of their legal situation.  The federal courts have no one watching them and they do whatever they want until people start watching them.  It’s time to start watching this case more closely. 

 

The Hoopla       

 

            Prosecutors in the Ryan Reavis case are using the media propaganda surrounding fentanyl and the celebrity status of Mac Miller to have a decision rendered in their favor.  The rappers are pissed, his (Mac Miller’s) homies are pissed, his (Mac Miller’s) family and management is pissed, and Ariana Grande is claiming to be suffering from PTSD—it’s a perfect storm for overzealous prosecutors.  


            It needs to be known that these emotions should be not guiding the facts of the Mac Miller situation.  As understandable as they are, a death happened because of addiction—and not because of a deliberate causation by Reavis and others.  

 

Conclusion

 

            Law enforcers, lawmakers, and celebrities are constantly poking their noses around my business, it was no surprise for me that I made it into a cell with Ryan Reavis.  For whatever reason, the law enforcers and others think this is great, yet all they do is bitch about my media and cry like babies when it’s distributed.  Literally, they make no damn sense and are dumb as hell!  There's your tax dollars hard at work.   Regardless, I’d like everyone to think about how the jackass cops put me in a cell with Ryan Reavis and were probably expecting me to write about it afterwards.  Name another writer that deals with the shit I have to deal with?  And think about how fucked-up it is to send someone to prison just to do that.  I find it specially strange because this isn’t a piece advocating for the finding of guilt for Reavis—it’s the opposite.   

 

            Furthermore, everyone needs to know that the death of Mac Miller isn’t cool or something that I want to write about.  I’m not the commercialized media that leeches onto terrible tragedies to make a buck and feel important.  Fuck the scum-sucker national and local news media fucks!  


            Overall, the charge that involves a drug sale that resulted in a death is frivolous and can’t be proven to be true in the Ryan Reavis case.  The case is being propped up as something it’s not because of the untimely death of Mac Miller and how great he was.  The government is using his (Mac Miller’s) death for unconstitutional administrations of law and is simply trying to appease the media and Mac Miller’s family members and peers.  That’s not how the law works.           

 

R.I.P.  Mac Miller

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