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   From: ed.buck.democrat.pervert@disney.com   
      
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   It took almost three years, but Ed Buck is finally sitting in a   
   jail charged with nine federal counts–including that he supplied   
   the crystal meth that caused two overdose deaths and that he   
   engaged in a pattern of soliciting Black men to consume drugs   
   that he provided.   
      
   They say that patience is a virtue. Still, I can’t help but feel   
   some kinda way about watching people who had very little to do   
   with putting Ed Buck behind bars and getting justice for his   
   victims taking advantage of the situation all the while   
   continuing to exploit his victims and taking opportunities from   
   those who actually did the work.   
      
   I spent two years calling attention to Ed Buck’s crimes, with   
   the first year and a half mostly falling on deaf ears.   
      
   Because of his political contributions, Ed Buck was popular   
   among the Democratic elite in L.A. County.  Along with his bank   
   account, he had the complexion for protection.  So much so that   
   when 26-year-old Gemmel Moore died in Buck’s apartment in 2017,   
   the sheriff’s department declared it an accidental overdose the   
   same night and closed the case.  If it had not been for Gemmel’s   
   mother calling to attention to what she knew was not right about   
   her son’s death, Ed Buck might very well still be a free man.   
      
   And so, over the course of two years, I worked alongside Gemmel   
   Moore’s mother, his friends, and a concerned community to call   
   attention to the White man from West Hollywood who liked to   
   shoot needles filled with crystal meth into Black men.   
   Eventually, more families and friends would join in as a second   
   man, Timothy Dean, died just a year and a half after Gemmel   
   Moore in Buck’s apartment.   
      
   What went from me writing about the suspicious death of a young   
   Black gay man, turned into me interviewing countless other young   
   Black men who stepped forward with their own Ed Buck stories and   
   receipts, challenging the Democratic Party establishment that   
   was protecting him with their silence, pushing the news media to   
   cover the story, and building a case for Los Angeles County   
   District Attorney Jackie Lacey to use to charge Buck in the   
   deaths of Moore and Dean.   
      
   I can tell you that after Buck’s federal indictment, a lot of   
   folks caught the vapors.   
      
   Media that ignored me and wouldn’t cover the deaths of Gemmel   
   Moore and Timothy Dean were now interested.  Politicians started   
   distancing themselves from Buck.  Even Los Angeles District   
   Attorney Jackie Lacey tried to get in on the action at the last   
   minute by charging him with battery causing serious injury,   
   administering methamphetamine’s and maintaining a drug house.   
   Charges that at most would have netted Buck a little over five   
   years in prison and had nothing to do with the deaths of Moore   
   and Dean.   
      
   Like with other women (Black Lives Matter Co-Founders Patrisse   
   Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi, Erin Brockovich, to name   
   a few) who found that their hard work, dedication, and passion   
   had resulted in tangible justice that the world took notice of–I   
   was determined to pursue of a once in a lifetime opportunity   
   that is not afforded to many Black women–the opportunity to tell   
   our stories.   
      
   Let me be clear, no one knows the story of Ed Buck and his   
   victims better than me.  That’s not me bragging, that’s just the   
   truth. I did the investigating, I made the contacts, grew the   
   relationships, put together the legal team, crafted and executed   
   the strategy to get Ed Buck charged for his crimes and I’m   
   hoping to be right there when he’s found guilty and sentenced to   
   prison.   
      
   So, after Buck’s arrest, I had all of these plans. With the   
   support and blessing of the families of Gemmel Moore and Timothy   
   Dean, I was going to write a book, do a podcast, produce a   
   docuseries, and hopefully a scripted series as well.   
      
   Why? Because it was important to me that not only were the   
   stories of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean told accurately but   
   also the stories of all of Ed Buck’s other victims.  I wanted to   
   center Black voices in this story and make sure that they   
   weren’t written out or minimized.  I wanted to call attention to   
   the thousands of White men just like Ed Buck who aren’t in jail.   
    I wanted to discuss the role that politics, class, and race   
   played in how Buck’s victims were treated and why Buck wasn’t   
      
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