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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 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 Buck’s crimes, with the   
   first year and a half mostly falling on deaf ears.   
      
   Because of his political contributions, 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, Buck might very well still be a free man.   
      
   And so over the course of two years, I worked alongside 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 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 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 Moore and   
   Dean were now interested. Politicians started distancing   
   themselves from Buck. Even Lacey tried to get in on the action   
   at the last minute by charging him with battery causing serious   
   injury, administering methamphetamine 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 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 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 Moore and 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 Moore and Dean told accurately but also the stories   
   of all of 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 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 immediately arrested and   
   charged. I also had plans to take deep dive into crystal meth   
   and sex in the Black gay community.   
      
      
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