Ferguson Activist Charged with Trafficking a 17 Year Old

@Lolaze (5092)
St. Louis, Missouri
May 19, 2016 6:26pm CST
Charles Wade, who founded Operation Help or Hush, during the Ferguson Protests is facing charges for human trafficking. He was arrested in April after a 17 year old girl was discovered prostituting out of a hotel room rented in his name in Maryland. Wade claims to help protest organizers find shelter and put protesters up in places to stay, but it looks like he might be helping line his own pockets with a bit of dirty money from putting underage 'protesters' to work in illegal sex trade. I have Help or Hush as a friend on Twitter and while they do provide fresh produce to low income people, there is an awful lot of talk about 'housing' people who are young (18-19 years old) and could easily be influenced into the wrong type of life style. I'll be following Wade's story closely and update when I know more.
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@mommaj (23112)
• United States
20 May 16
Don't you love(sarcastically) how the people who supposedly help so many are the ones hurting others?
@Lolaze (5092)
• St. Louis, Missouri
20 May 16
Yup. This isn't the first activist who emerged during Ferguson who's been found to be using others for their own gain.
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@mommaj (23112)
• United States
20 May 16
@Lolaze That's ridiculous.
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@Lolaze (5092)
• St. Louis, Missouri
21 May 16
@mommaj Its funny that this isn't hitting the national news like it should, though a friend of mine did hear about it on Facebook.
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