Charles Wade was charged April 25 with four counts of prostitution and three counts of human trafficking after a 17-year-old prostitute told police he was her “manager.”
By Ashley Jost
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 21, 2016
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland -- An out-of-town activist and member of the Black Lives Matter movement who was vocal during Ferguson protests was arrested and charged in Maryland with prostitution and human trafficking last month.
Charles Wade, a fashion stylist turned consultant, was charged April 25 with four counts of prostitution and three counts of human trafficking.
Wade, 33, is using social media to dispute the charges.
An undercover officer responded to an advertisement on a website often used for sex trafficking, and set up a meeting at a Howard Johnson Inn in College Park, Md., according to police. After he identified himself to a girl, 17, who met him, she told him Wade was her “manager,” according to the charging documents.
In a statement posted to Wade’s Twitter account, he says he was asked to temporarily house the girl, whom he believed to be 20. He redeemed his hotel reward points to get her a room. A few hours later, she was arrested.
“As the person who booked, paid for, checked in with government issued identification, I was also arrested as I was walking to store on about a half dozen charges related to her activities and arrest,” Wade said in his statement.
He posted his $25,000 bail two days after his arrest.
“This situation in no way should reflect on the movement or anyone else in the movement other than myself,” Wade said. “Ultimately, I had the final decision on moving forward with housing her and putting my name on the line. And ultimately, the embarrassment now caused and whatever consequences there may be are solely mine.”
Wade runs Operation Help or Hush, an organization created during the Ferguson protests focused on building an infrastructure of support for protests to continue, including raising money to feed and temporarily house protesters.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was obviously a bum bust designed by white cops to discredit Mr. Wade who was only helping out a 17-year-old BLM protester by temporarily housing her at a Howard Johnson Inn.
2 comments:
Howard Johnson's motels went downhill 20 years ago. They won't even keep the light on for you.
The wife and I were once was traveling on I-10 outside of Indio, Ca. We were tired having driven from Napa Valley and needed to sleep. I saw the Motel 6 and we pulled in. The room wasn't $6, but it was clean. The wife wanted some ice for her tea so I went down two flights of stairs to the ice machine. While getting the ice a worn out looking prostitute asked me something. I asked her to repeat because the ice machine was growling. She said, "Mister, do you want Super Sex?" I replied, Young lady, I'm too tired for sex. How much is the soup?" She laughed.
I reckon it was funny because it made a down trodden whore laugh.
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