In July 2017 a 26-year-old black man died of a drug overdose at the home of a prominent Democrat donor linked to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Less than two years later, another black man whose name is being withheld but is reportedly in his 50s, died early Tuesday morning at the West Hollywood apartment of the same Democrat donor Ed Buck who contributed a large chunk of change to failed presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.
“Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s West Hollywood station responded to the Laurel Avenue apartment complex at 1:05 a.m. in response to a report of a person not breathing,” the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a statement from local authorities.
“At some point, the 911 caller performed CPR, the department said. Paramedics pronounced a man dead at the scene. The cause of death was not yet known.”
How much money did Ed Buck throw at you? pic.twitter.com/oVKgo2ZYAG
— chrisLEISING (@oort_cloud_9) January 8, 2019
Buck has denied responsibility for both deaths, but was at the scene each time, Los Angeles CBS, reported.
“From what I know, it was an old friend who died of an accidental overdose, and unfortunately, we believe that the substance was ingested at some place other than the apartment. The person came over intoxicated,” Buck’s attorney, Seymour Amster, has reportedly claimed.
This claim does not fit his client’s modus operandi.
Gemmel Moore, a male escort, died from a methamphetamine overdose at the apartment less than two years ago, and authorities found drug paraphernalia at the scene. Moore’s death was ruled accidental.
Moreover, Moore’s personal diary/journal was found to contain allegations that Buck had introduced him to methamphetamine: “I’ve become addicted to drugs and the worst one at that. Ed Buck is the one to thank. He gave me my first injection of crystal meth,” he reportedly wrote, according to the Advocate.
The Advocate, an LGBT magazine, maintains that the pattern fits with widespread claims by “numerous young black gay men” that the Democrat donor “has a fetish for shooting drugs into black men he picks up off the street or on hookup sites.”
Despite all the evidence against him, local prosecutors chose not charge him for Moore’s death. Community activists have and continue to maintain that Buck was let off the hook because of his contributions to powerful political figures like Clinton, among others.
“Community activists like Jasmyne Cannick have accused Los Angeles officials of declining to prosecute Buck in 2017 thanks to his contributions to powerful politicians such as Hillary Clinton, California Gov. Jerry Brown, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, and numerous West Hollywood City Council members,” The Advocate reported.
The death of another black man at his home has only served to aggravate them further.
“The death of another young Black man in the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck is on the hands of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney Jackie Lacey,” Cannick said in a lengthy Twitter statement early Tuesday evening.
Look:
MY STATEMENT ON ANOTHER DEATH AT THE HOME OF DEMOCRATIC DONOR ED BUCK:
“The death of another young Black man in the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck is on the hands of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney Jackie Lacey.
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) January 7, 2019
“For two years I have worked to bring forth witness after witness who told authorities about Ed Buck and how he uses the internet to stalk and prey on young, Black gay men who are usually homeless, HIV positive and often work as sex workers.
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) January 7, 2019
“We repeatedly told the sheriff’s department and the district attorney’s office that if Ed Buck wasn’t stopped, that another young man was going to end up dead in his apartment.
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) January 7, 2019
“Regrettably, today that prediction came true.
“Six months later, on the eve of what would have been Gemmel Moore’s 28th birthday, another young Black man has been found dead in Ed Buck’s apartment under the same suspicious circumstances as Moore’s death.
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) January 7, 2019
“In 2017, the sheriff’s department had to be forced to investigate the death of Gemmel Moore as a homicide. We hope that is not the case with this latest death. Though the fact that Ed Buck is not in the custody of the sheriff’s department seems like more of the same.
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) January 7, 2019
“How many more have to die before the sheriff’s department and district attorney’s office take action?”
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) January 7, 2019
Later that evening she organized a protest outside Buck’s West Hollywood apartment.
Look:
Protesters gathering to call for the prosecution of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck after two men separately die inside of his #WestHollywood apartment in less than two two years. One was a meth overdose. Protesters meeting in front of his building on Laurel Ave. @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/B0r4BCFtFP
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) January 8, 2019
Rally on Laurel Avenue Calls for Arrest of Ed Buck and New Investigation Into Gemmel Moore’s Death – WEHOville https://t.co/NrlguUHGPA pic.twitter.com/7RTIlMom0h
— WEHOville (@WEHOville) January 8, 2019
Here We Go: Protests Erupt Outside Wealthy Democrat Donor Ed Buck’s Home After Second Young Black Homosexual Man Dies There as Police Investigation Into First Death of Male Prostitute Is Slammed https://t.co/pdolCyYQMM pic.twitter.com/crZpdwbK8I
— BCNN1 (@bcnn1) January 8, 2019
Thank you to everyone who came out tonight to call for justice for Gemmel Moore and Ed Buck’s latest victim. @BLMLA will be holding their weekly protest in front of DA Jackie Lacey’s office on Wed. at 4P at 211 W. Temple. Join them in calling for the prosecution of Ed Buck.
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) January 8, 2019
“Arrest Ed Buck, prosecute Ed Buck, and then a jury needs to convict Ed Buck,” one activist at the demonstration reportedly said, according to Fox News.
“This man is a danger to our community,” another added.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.
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