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   Since 2017, activists have demanded justice for Timothy Dean   
   (55) and Gemmel Moore (26), two Black men who died in the West   
   Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck. Multiple   
   reports allege that Buck had a history of luring Black men to   
   his home, where he would reportedly inject them with crystal   
   meth for sexual gratification.   
      
   On July 27, 2017, Moore, who worked as an escort, was the first   
   of two men to die in Buck's home. Paramedics reportedly found   
   Moore nude on a mattress in Buck's living room with "male   
   pornography movie playing on the television," according to a Los   
   Angeles County coroner's report. Ed Winter, a spokesperson for   
   the coroner's office, said Buck was inside his home at the time   
   of Moore's death and that drug paraphernalia was recovered from   
   the scene. According to the Los Angeles Times, police reportedly   
   uncovered sex toys, 24 syringes, five glass pipes, and a plastic   
   straw with drug-usage residue, and "clear plastic bags with   
   suspected methamphetamine in a tool box roll-cabinet in the   
   living room."   
      
   Following a year-long investigation by the LA County Sherriff's   
   Department, Buck was officially not charged in connection with   
   Moore's death, which was ruled accidental. When Dean was found   
   dead in Buck's home this January, a coalition of 50 civil-rights   
   organizations put pressure on officials to investigate the death   
   and ultimately charge Buck.   
      
   In February, Moore's mother LaTisha Nixon, filed a wrongful   
   death lawsuit in California Superior Court against Buck, Los   
   Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey, the assistant district   
   attorney and others. Finally, on September 17, when a 37-year-   
   old man survived an overdose after being injected by Buck, he   
   was arrested and charged with three counts of battery causing   
   serious injury, distributing methamphetamine resulting in death,   
   and maintaining a drug house.   
      
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   In a federal court filing last week, prosecutors claim Buck has   
   reportedly exploited at least 10 men, offering them drugs, sex,   
   and money. If convicted of the federal charge, Buck could face a   
   mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison to a   
   maximum sentence of life without parole.   
      
   When the news first broke about Moore's death, Los Angeles-based   
   activist Jasmyne Cannick was one of those leading the charge to   
   hold Buck accountable. In July 2018, after Moore's death was   
   determined an accident, she wrote on Twitter: "If another young,   
   Black gay man overdoses or worse dies at Democratic donor Ed   
   Buck's apartment it's going to be the fault of the sheriff's   
   dept and L.A. District Atty for not stopping him when they had   
   the opportunity to."   
      
   Set Heru, a New York artist/activist, is another name voicing   
   dissent against Ed Buck's crimes. Last year, he began posting   
   art on his Instagram inspired by his relationship to the men who   
   died under Buck's watch. While Heru did not know them   
   personally, his lived experience as a young, queer Black man and   
   former sex worker in recovery from crystal meth addiction   
   catalyzed his activism.   
      
   He got involved with an established online campaign through the   
   website Justice4Gemmel.org, ultimately aimed at providing   
   assistance to the legal experts and relatives pursuing justice   
   for Moore. Heru also created shirts reading, "Justice For Gemmel   
   Moore, Fuck Ed Buck, Justice for Timothy Dean," and handed them   
   out during the Queer Liberation March on NYC's World Pride   
   weekend. In doing so, Heru established contact with Moore's   
   mother and Dean's sister, and has constantly given voice to the   
   intersectional issues at play in the Ed Buck case: that of   
   systemic injustice against queer Black and Brown bodies, when   
   the perpetrator is a white man using his connections and power   
   to prey on their vulnerability.   
      
   PAPER caught up with Heru after Buck's arrest to discuss, among   
   the above issues, how his journey in sobriety motivated him to   
   seek justice for those who have been in similar situations.   
      
   How did you first get drawn to this case?   
      
   I started following it back in May 2018. I was down in Florida   
   and I made some art about the crystal meth epidemic, and I   
   dedicated the piece to Gemmel Moore. His mom contacted me and   
   was like, "I really appreciate what you're doing, more people   
      
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