Black Lives Matter Leader Charged With Pimping A 17-Year-Old Girl

A Black Lives Matter activist who operates a social justice charity was arrested last month on charges of sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl. Charles Wade co-founded Operation Help or Hush in the aftermath of the August 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. The group claims it helps raise funds for the needy and provide food and shelter for activists. But according to a police report obtained by TheDC, the 33-year-old Wade was raising money in more explicit ways. Read more: