{"id":638935,"date":"2026-07-21T12:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=638935"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:11:22","slug":"sharpton-joins-tyler-perry-in-high-profile-push-for-answers-after-nolan-wells-death-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=638935","title":{"rendered":"Sharpton joins Tyler Perry in high-profile push for answers after Nolan Wells\u2019 death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sg-al-sharpton-on-stage-1200x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-facebook size-facebook wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Professional race hustler Al Sharpton and filmmaker Tyler Perry have offered a joint $100,000 reward for answers regarding the fate of Nolan Wells.<\/p>\n<p>Nolan Xavier Wells was an 18-year-old black college freshman and football player at Southwest Mississippi Community College who went missing during a July Fourth boat trip to Horn Island with his friends.<\/p>\n<p>After their visit to Horn island, the three high school friends, all of them white, returned to the mainland without him. He remained on the island, reportedly possibly to meet someone. Wells was last seen alive 3:00 p.m. on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>Following a major search, Wells\u2019 body was found on July 6 in the water near the shoreline on the west\/northwest end of the island.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Authorities in Mississippi have found a body believed to be missing teen Nolan Xavier Wells, 18, who was last seen on Horn Island on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News\u2019 Alex Perez has the latest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GgyYQHmhSf\">pic.twitter.com\/GgyYQHmhSf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ABC\/status\/2074243168527368480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Officials with the Jackson County Sheriff\u2019s Department have said no foul play is suspected and that it appears to be a drowning, citing dangerous currents, possible alcohol involvement, and no signs of homicidal trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Autopsy and toxicology results, including independent ones requested by the family, are still pending.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Wells\u2019 death, race hustlers have rushed to suggest that his three friends are somehow responsible for his disappearance and death and that the reason for his death has to do with race.<\/p>\n<p>During Wells\u2019 funeral this Monday, Sharpton, himself a race hustler, announced that he would be offering a $50,000 reward to anyone who comes forward with information about the case. Perry then matched that amount, bringing the total to $100,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reverend Al Sharpton offered a $50,000 reward for anyone with information that can lead to an \u201carrest and a conviction\u201d in Mississippi teen Nolan Wells\u2019 death investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Sharpton offered the reward while speaking at Wells\u2019 memorial service on Monday in Ocean Springs,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dJtv5ihhUR\">pic.twitter.com\/dJtv5ihhUR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ABC\/status\/2079264117245026597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sharpton made it very clear during his funeral remarks that he doesn\u2019t believe the official drowning narrative.<\/p>\n<p>When explaining the reason for a reward, he alleged that the money is for those who \u201ccould give the information that will lead to an arrest and a conviction in the case of what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharpton continued by blowing smoke out his ass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Wells] was not on that island by himself. Somebody saw something and know something,\u201d the race hustler insisted. \u201cWe just want the truth, that\u2019s all. We just want the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics say he can\u2019t handle the truth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Authorities are still investigating, but Race Hustler Emeritus and his Protege have already decided somebody has to be guilty. I used to love Tyler Perry as Madea. Not so much anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Allen Willis (@allenw111) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/allenw111\/status\/2079290009916744129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wells\u2019 family is being represented by top race hustler Benjamin Crump. He too spoke at the deceased young man\u2019s funeral, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/article\/ben-crump-calls-for-justice-nolan-wells-funeral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolt TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny parent would want the answers as to what happened to their child,\u201d he said. \u201cThey went on the boat, the boat came back, and Nolan washed up on the shore two days later, dead. Wouldn\u2019t you want answers? Wouldn\u2019t you want transparency? Wouldn\u2019t you want the truth? Wouldn\u2019t you want justice?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think about Trayvon Martin. I think about Michael Brown. I think about Breonna Taylor. I think about Botham Jean. I think about Stephon Clark. I think about Sonya Massey. I think about so many of our children that were taken from us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all the people he listed were justifiably killed either by the police or by civilians practicing self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say the problem with race hustlers like Crump is they only care about black deaths that can somehow be blamed on white people. When it comes to black children being murdered or paralyzed daily on the streets by other black people, they don\u2019t seem to give a damn.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A little girl gets shot and paralyzed.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Crump, where you at?<\/p>\n<p>BLM where you at?<\/p>\n<p>Why do they only care when whites are involved?<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UFw6uOQExd\">https:\/\/t.co\/UFw6uOQExd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3oJrJbRg4f\">pic.twitter.com\/3oJrJbRg4f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amiri King (@AmiriKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AmiriKing\/status\/2078067716368281671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sg-al-sharpton-on-stage-1200x630.jpg\" title=\"Sharpton joins Tyler Perry in high-profile push for answers after Nolan Wells\u2019 death\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional race hustler Al Sharpton and filmmaker Tyler Perry have offered a joint $100,000 reward for answers regarding the fate of Nolan Wells. Nolan Xavier Wells was an 18-year-old black college freshman and football player at Southwest Mississippi Community College who went missing during a July Fourth boat trip to Horn Island with his friends.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=638935\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sharpton joins Tyler Perry in high-profile push for answers after Nolan Wells\u2019 death<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":638919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=638935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/638919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=638935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=638935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=638935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}