You obviously know nothing about Southern black culture. I personally know several black "families" who have 8 to 10 children, with multiple fathers, and know of others with 15 or more children. More young'uns, more Government money.
The court records say that he has "Nine brothers and sisters" i think the writer misinterpreted that as 18 siblings
I taught school in North Madison County and a woman there that had 18 kids. The check she received from the government was unreal. She got more a month than I did teaching and coaching, more than double than my salary, and got food stamps (EBT) also. She did not work, had insurance for the kids and wait, was not, MARRIED, and had several different fathers of the kids. That is what you called having your cake and eating it too. Kids wore nice clothes and Air Jordans. So don't tell me about feeling sorry for them. They ate free at school, breakfast and lunch but bought stuff out of the vending machine all the time. Always had money on them. Oh, and drugs were a problem there also, but the kids always had the money to buy them even though it was suppose to be a poor school.
