Body of Tafari Campbell, former White House chef, Found in Pond Behind President Obama’s Martha Vineyard Estate
Body of 43-year-old Black Male, Found in Pond Behind President Obama’s Martha Vineyard Estate
Details are just starting to come out, but while the identity of the victim has not been established the description matches Reggie Love, Obama’s body man.
The body of an unidentified black male, aged 43, was found this morning after an overnight search for a missing paddleboarder in the marsh pond behind the Martha’s Vineyard home of President Barack Obama.
Apparently, a call for search and rescue units came from the Obama home last night, and the body was located in 8′ of water this morning.
VIA DAILY MAIL – […] A massive joint-agency search resumed Monday morning for the African American male who was last seen wearing all black without a lifejacket, MV Times reported.
His paddle board and hat were recovered Sunday – and his body was found in the eight-foot-deep waters approximately 100 feet away from shore at 10am Monday. The dispatch address for the incident came from Obama’s Martha’s waterfront Vineyard home. It is unclear if the former president, 61, is currently staying at the estate.
[…] Massachusetts State Police said: ‘Shortly before 10 AM the body of the missing paddle boarder was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond by Massachusetts State Police divers.
‘MSP Underwater Recovery Unit divers made the recovery after the victim’s body was located by a Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers deploying side-scan sonar from a boat.
‘As previously noted, the victim is a 43-year-old male. His name is not being released at this time; we expect to release his name later today.
‘The recovery was made approximately 100 feet from shore at a depth of about eight feet.
‘The investigation into the fatality is being conducted by the State Police Detective Unit for the Cape and Islands District and Edgartown Police.’ (read more)
It’s Martha’s Vineyard. The whitest place in the USA.
How many black males not related to Barack Obama are on the Island?
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July 24, 2023, 04:05 PM
recoatlift
A prayer for the faithfully departed. Ye must be born again.
July 24, 2023, 04:05 PM
Hildur
What is a body man? Body Guard?
July 24, 2023, 04:14 PM
chellim1
quote:
Originally posted by Hildur: What is a body man?
Reginald L. Love (born April 29, 1981) is an American personal aide, former college basketball player, and media editor. Love served as the special assistant and personal aide, commonly referred to as body man, to U.S. President Barack Obama.
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor
July 24, 2023, 04:15 PM
Hildur
Thanks, I had no idea what that was supposed to mean.
July 24, 2023, 04:28 PM
erj_pilot
^^^^ You ain't alone on that one, Hildur.
Very strange circumstances indeed [rubbing chin in deep thought]...
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
July 24, 2023, 04:33 PM
recoatlift
I figured he was a car painter or bondo man. That estate could house a beautiful body shop. State of the art.
July 24, 2023, 04:40 PM
dsiets
Where's the pond? I see a lake.
Ok, I guess it could be a pond "Key Points:
Ponds are small and enclosed, while lakes are large and open. Ponds are usually under twenty feet deep, while lakes can be 4,000 feet deep or more. Ponds are less than two hundred acres wide, while lakes are larger than that.
"A body of water is called a pond when it is small and enclosed, while a lake is large and open. There are many lakes in the world, even though there are more ponds than lakes. Some lakes can be 4,000+ feet deep, while most ponds are shallow. Many people use the word “lake” to describe any body of water that does not distinguish between its size or depth. The two terms are often used interchangeably because there is no standardization on the matter."
July 24, 2023, 04:42 PM
parabellum
The term is actually "body servant" but there's just no way the Obamas could deal with that, so they pull this "body man" shit to make themselves feel better. They could never admit that he was a servant, as in a half-assed slave.
Fucking hypocrites
July 24, 2023, 04:58 PM
Russ59
That's sad news. I assume he's USSS? My brother in Federal LEO told me that the USSS guys are top notch, regardless of who they're protecting.
P229
July 24, 2023, 05:05 PM
bigwagon
In the old days they called them a valet or man servant. I'm sure he wasn't a member of the Secret Service.
WASHINGTON — The body of the former White House sous chef who worked for ex-President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle was recovered Monday in the waters near their Martha’s Vineyard estate, Massachusetts police said.
Tafari Campbell, 45, known as one of the chefs who brewed White House honey ale beer while Obama was in office — using honey from Michelle Obama’s famous South Lawn garden — went to work for the former first couple when they left the White House.
In a statement, the Obamas said of one of the top chefs in the White House kitchen: “Tafari was a beloved part of our family. When we first met him, he was a talented sous chef at the White House — creative and passionate about food, and its ability to bring people together. In the years that followed, we got to know him as a warm, fun, extraordinarily kind person who made all of our lives a little brighter.
“That’s why, when we were getting ready to leave the White House, we asked Tafari to stay with us, and he generously agreed. He’s been part of our lives ever since, and our hearts are broken that he’s gone.
Today we join everyone who knew and loved Tafari — especially his wife Sherise and their twin boys, Xavier and Savin — in grieving the loss of a truly wonderful man.”
The Obama’s have been spending part of the summer in Martha’s Vineyard for years.
Massachusetts State Police said Campbell was from Dumfries, Va., and “was visiting Martha’s Vineyard at the time of his passing. President and Mrs. Obama were not present at the residence at the time of the accident.”
Authorities started searching the waters near the Obama home after receiving reports of a missing paddle boarder on Sunday.
Campbell’s body was found shortly after 10 a.m., recovered from the Edgartown Great Pond by Massachusetts State Police divers.
The divers made the recovery after the Campbell’s body was located by Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers “deploying side-scan sonar from a boat.”
Police also said Campbell was found “approximately 100 feet from shore at a depth of about eight feet.
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July 24, 2023, 05:15 PM
bigwagon
Tafari Jo Kopechne?
July 24, 2023, 05:35 PM
recoatlift
Now he’s called the chef.
July 24, 2023, 05:35 PM
cas
Amazing what you can buy on a civil servants salary.
July 24, 2023, 05:40 PM
Balzé Halzé
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July 24, 2023, 05:47 PM
radioman
quote:
known as one of the chefs who brewed White House honey ale beer while Obama was in office — using honey from Michelle Obama’s famous South Lawn garden
I think they're missing a step involving bees, but that's ok. Probably omitted from the story for the same reason that real vegans don't eat honey: "It's exploitation of the bees."
Can't have the Obamas using exploited bee labor.
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July 24, 2023, 05:51 PM
PASig
That’s one heck of a pond!
July 24, 2023, 05:55 PM
architect
Logic quiz (multiple choice).
Q:
Hillary Clinton is to Vincent Foster as Michelle Obama is to ...
A: Reggie Love B: Hunter Biden C: Honey Bee
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July 24, 2023, 06:07 PM
parabellum
No conspiracy theories, please. You should know better than that in this forum.