Wealthy Democratic party donor and political activist Ed Buck has been in a world of trouble after not one but two gay black men died inside his home just 18 months apart from one another.
26-year-old Gemmel Moore was found inside Buck’s West Hollywood apartment in July 2017. His death was ruled an accidental meth overdose. Then last month, Timothy Dean also died inside of Buck’s apartment, though his official cause of death has not been released.
After Moore’s death, police found several clear plastic bags with suspected methamphetamine, 24 syringes with brown residue, five glass pipes with white residue and burn marks, a plastic straw with possible white residue, clear plastic bags with white powdery residue, and a clear plastic bag with a “piece of crystal-like substance” inside Buck’s living room.
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Since Dean’s death, Buck has been keeping a very low profile, blocking out his living room windows, rarely going out in public, and avoiding media altogether.
When a local Fox 11 TV news reporter tracked him down this week at the West Hollywood apartment building where the deaths happened, he became enraged and told the reporter to “get a life!”
The TV crew was let into the building by another resident, and a frail-looking Buck did not appear happy about it.
Fox 11 reports:
Wednesday evening, a resident of Buck’s building invited FOX 11 inside the property, where we confronted him.
Buck declined to answer any questions, said he didn’t want to talk and told the FOX 11 crew to “get a job, get a life.”
When pressed with questions about two men being found dead inside his apartment, Buck appeared to respond “Yeah, and I’m gonna die in here soon too!”
When another reporter from CBS 2 confronted Buck earlier in the week, the 65-year-old political power donor became irate, calling the reporter an “asshole” and that he should be “ashamed of yourself!”
“Why should I be ashamed,” the reporter replied.
“You assaulted me,” Buck snapped back.
To which, the reporter responded: “I’m not touching you at all, sir.”
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Both Dean and Moore’s deaths are still being investigated LAPD’s Homicide Bureau, and so far, Buck has not been charged with anything. His attorney, Seymour Amster, insists Buck has done nothing wrong and is 100% innocent.
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Bob LaBlah
This b t a r d is going to get away with accessory to murder again because it can not be proven that he supplied those drugs to either man (regardless of how imbecilic it is to believe those men had any interest in this old f a r t beyond drugs and money that he readily supplied them with). I just don’t get the sexual stimulus from watching some one get high until they are at the point of death. There are plenty more out there who can testify against him but their credibility comes into question because of various reasons.
Vince
From my own drug experiences from years ago getting high to the point of death was a regular thing for many. It’s just a simple matter of fact when you inject that crap into your veins. That and never trust what a tweaker says. There always a victim of someone or something.
If you think about it someone will always be an accessory to an OD. Most don’t get charged though.
Vince
This is harassment and the fact that Fox is doing it with such gusto against a Democratic Donor like Buck is very suspect. When was the last time they ever cared about some black gay drug addicts?
Kangol
They care because two men died in his home. Does that happen regularly with people you know? Rich white people you know? Rich white people who are politically plugged in and palling around with former Presidents, governors, mayors, major candidates? Uh no, I thought not. That’s why they’re following him around asking questions, as the media should. Sheesh.
Creamsicle
Local Fox affiliates don’t have ththe same agenda as the national Fox News channel. If this reporter was employed by a local Fox affiliate in the LA area, it was probably because there’s local interest in the story. Just because this guy gives money to Democrats, doesn’t give him a pass on his highly suspicious behavior.
If even half the paraphernalia listed in this post was found in an East LA apartment, or within 50 feet of a homeless person on Skid Row, you would not see this kind of leniency front Law Enforcement. Guys like Buck donate to local political campaigns because it buys them a level of immunity.
How much has Buck donated to Garcetti’s mayoral campaign? Or to LAPD?
Hdtex
Two deaths are purely coincidental. Happens to me all the time. Is Buck single? Asking for a friend.
Blackceo
Again, Buck may not be held culpable legally, but the lesson here surely is don’t do drugs with Ed Buck. The rumors alone that he gets off on injecting men with the drugs so he can see the reaction should be enough for some, but anyone educated on addiction knows that if he’s offering free drugs to an addict, what I advised is much easier said than done.
OhNoYouDont
They were throwing “Democratic Donor” around a bit much…..so what?!!!
Vince
“Gay Democratic donor” . Like a two-for-one.
One part scandalous and the other is to show how immoral the Democrats are.
Hdtex
Vince, let me give you Buck’s address. I can think of no better friend for you. Seriously. Buck’s an upright citizen and he’s single! BONUS!!!