In a span of 18 months two Black men have been found dead at the L.A. home of a high-dollar political donor for the Democrats. And up until now, nothing has been done about it. According to CBS2, the Los Angeles County District Attorney is now calling for police to re-investigate the deaths at the home of Ed Buck.
On January 7. 2019, 55-year-old Timothy Dean was found dead at Buck’s apartment. This was actually the second death from an accidental methamphetamine overdose at Buck’s in less than 18 months, which prompted renewed calls for criminal prosecution of Buck. In both cases, no charges were filed.
Buck has some deep ties in the Democratic party. “Buck has raised thousands of dollars of donations to Democratic politicians, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Kyrsten Sinema, the new U.S. senator for Arizona. California records show he recently donated to current LA mayor Eric Garcetti in 2016 and 2017, former state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De León, and the current attorney general, Xavier Becerra. (He also donated $100 to current Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s successful campaign for election in 2012. Lacey was the DA who declined to file charges in the death of Moore last July.),” the Daily Beast reported.
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Prior to the death of Dean, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore was found dead of a drug overdose at Buck’s home was in July 2017. According to a coroner’s report, Moore was found naked on a mattress Buck’s the living room. It was littered with drug paraphernalia.
“The coroner’s office said drug paraphernalia was found at the scene and ruled the death as an accidental methamphetamine overdose. Buck, who is in his 60s, was present at the time of Moore’s death, but the DA’s office declined to bring charges against him. Moore’s mother filed a wrongful death suit against Buck,” the Los Angeles Times reported.
The deaths have prompted protests outside of the 64-year-old’s apartment.
A former model and businessman, Buck has resigned from the steering committee of the Stonewall Democratic Club. “Buck became a nationally known political activist in 1987 when he led an effort to impeach Republican Arizona Governor Evan Mecham. At the time Mecham called his critics a ‘band of homosexuals and dissident Democrats.’ Mecham was later impeached over fraud and perjury allegations,” the Daily Beast reported.
