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"Mr. Wade" your ass.

Charles Wade, a prominent Black Lives Matter organizer and co-
founder of Operation Help or Hush, was arrested last month and
charged with human trafficking and prostitution.

Mr. Wade was arrested at a Howard Johnson Inn in College Park,
Maryland, on April 25. Police said he was residing in a motel
room where he allegedly pimped a 17-year-old girl, The Daily
Caller reported Thursday.

Mr. Wade was held on seven counts relating to felony human
trafficking and prostitution. He was bailed out shortly after
his arrest, according to a statement he released on Twitter
Wednesday.

He was arrested as part of a sting operation in which an
undercover officer responded to an ad Mr. Wade allegedly placed
for a 23-year-old woman on backpage.com, a website frequently
used by sex traffickers and prostitutes, The Daily Caller
reported.

Investigators said the woman, who turned out to be a 17-year-old
girl, called Mr. Wade her manager. She said he knew she was a
minor but wasn�t worried because of her upcoming birthday. She
also told investigators that she provided all the money she
earned to Mr. Wade, The Daily Caller reported.

Mr. Wade told The Daily Caller that he was unfairly arrested
because he was �too trusting� of a female tenant whom he was
temporarily housing as part of his Operation Help or Hush
charity.

Mr. Wade said she told him she was 20 years old. He said he was
arrested because he signed for, provided identification for, and
paid for the room, but said she acted alone in conducting
illegal business there. He said she was also arrested for
solicitation and prostitution.

�Her family said she has a history of running away and doing
this. I didn�t know. I am not pimp. Never have been,� Mr. Wade
tweeted Wednesday.

His statement posted on Twitter blamed conservative �trolls� for
attempting to smear him with the story of his arrest.

�For the past two to three days, �trolls� have been actively
baiting conservative news outlets to report on my arrest,
amongst other vindictive things that they are actively working
on,� he wrote. �I am confident that I will be cleared of the
charges I am currently facing.�

Mr. Wade�s nonprofit was created during the Ferguson, Missouri,
unrest in 2014. Last September, he began crowdsourcing a center
for children and youth near Ferguson and Dellwood, a local Fox
News affiliate reported.

Last year he was listed as No. 40 on The Root�s 100 most
influential black activists.

He was also invited Tuesday by the White House to a movie
screening with other Black Lives Matter activists. He said he
did not attend, The Daily Caller reported.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/19/charles-wade- black-lives-matter-leader-charged-wit/
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