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2019-01-08 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Another Black Man Has Died in the Home of Democratic Donor Ed Buck
[Advocate] The body of another young black man has been found at the West Hollywood apartment of Ed Buck ‐ a prominent Democratic donor who allegedly has a fetish for drugging sex workers ‐ reports Wehoville.

Buck, a white man in his 60s, was investigated previously by authorities after the death of Gemmel Moore, who died of a methamphetamine overdose in Buck's home in July 2017. Since Moore's death was classified as an accidental overdose, numerous young black gay men have alleged that Buck has a fetish for shooting drugs into black men he picks up off the street or on hookup sites. Moore had written about Buck injecting him with dangerous drugs before his death.

"I’ve become addicted to drugs and the worst one at that," Moore wrote in his journal in December 2016. "Ed Buck is the one to thank. He gave me my first injection of crystal meth."

Buck claims he's not responsible for Moore's death and did not furnish him with drugs. The Los Angeles County District Attorney declined to file charges against Buck, saying there was "insufficient evidence."

The name of the person who died in Buck's home in the early hours of Monday has not been released. Wehoville described him as a young African-American man and featured a picture of a body being removed on a gurney.

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. Cannick is organizing a vigil and rally for tonight in front of Buck's home, at 1234 Laurel Ave.

"City Council members John D’Amico and Lindsey Horvath have reached out to City Manager Paul Arevalo, asking him to request that newly elected Sheriff Alex Villanueva put priority on investigating [the young man's] death," Wehoville reports. "Councilmember Lauren Meister also has pressed for the homicide division to investigate."
Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ]  Top

#1 Can we assume Ed Buck baked his bread in a cold oven ?
Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-08 00:13||   2019-01-08 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Double or nothing?
Posted by gorb 2019-01-08 02:16||   2019-01-08 02:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah, political euthanasia comes to California,
Posted by ed in texas 2019-01-08 07:47||   2019-01-08 07:47|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought the altered carbon bad guys were a bit OTT.

I retrospect it was too soft.

This vermin's "sex" fantasy is pretending as much as he can get away with (legal or not, use LA legal "connections" for deals) to murder black men.

That sounds possibly the most racist thing I can think of bar actually murdering them, and it looks to me like he murdered two.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-01-08 07:56||   2019-01-08 07:56|| Front Page Top

#5  more from FoxNews
Posted by 3dc 2019-01-08 08:44||   2019-01-08 08:44|| Front Page Top

#6 awkward, that
Posted by Frank G 2019-01-08 08:54||   2019-01-08 08:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Ed Buck from Wiki

I've never really felt comfortable around pipe smokers, men with four names, or with Roman numerals following last names.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-08 08:55||   2019-01-08 08:55|| Front Page Top

#8 In July of last year, prosecutors declined to file charges against Buck in the death of Moore. According to a coroner's report, Buck's apartment was full of drug paraphernalia, including 24 syringes containing 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 containing a piece of crystal-like substance.
Gemmel Moore, 26, was found dead at Buck's West Hollywood apartment on July 27, 2017.

Moore's death initially was ruled an accidental methamphetamine overdose, but the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office re-opened the investigation after writings in Moore's journal implicated Buck in his drug use.

Think a GOP Donor would (or should) get away with that?
Posted by Frank G 2019-01-08 09:03||   2019-01-08 09:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Buck's attorney, Seymour Amster said “All indications are he had nothing to do with this tragedy.”

Some said Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer were nice boys too.
Posted by JohnQC 2019-01-08 09:08||   2019-01-08 09:08|| Front Page Top

#10 >Think a GOP Donor would (or should) get away with that?

Trump donors would be arrested for giving to Trump. Certainly grounds for FBI file opening.

FBI seem "strangely" disinterested...
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-01-08 09:16||   2019-01-08 09:16|| Front Page Top

#11 declining to prosecute Buck in 2017 thanks to his contributions to powerful politicians


Boy Howdy now there's a surprise. The Dems are the most degraded thug tribe around.

How long before the first shots are fired back?
Posted by AlanC 2019-01-08 09:42||   2019-01-08 09:42|| Front Page Top

#12 He's a VIP Money Source - you've gotta let a guy have hobbies
Posted by Frank G 2019-01-08 09:45||   2019-01-08 09:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Buck's attorney, Seymour Amster said “All indications are he had nothing to do with this tragedy.”

Ok, sounds like we all agreed that the death was a tragedy and any punishment be meted out accordingly. The rest sounds like the lawyer is talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time.
Posted by gorb 2019-01-08 12:02||   2019-01-08 12:02|| Front Page Top

#14 The West Coast's branch of Arkancide?
Posted by warthogswife 2019-01-08 13:27||   2019-01-08 13:27|| Front Page Top

#15 I wonder what this unspecified 'residue' residing in Buck's equipment really was and why apparently no one in authority had it analyzed.
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-01-08 13:56||   2019-01-08 13:56|| Front Page Top

#16 He injects meth into his guests. As the lyrics of Hotel California warn you, you can check in but you can never check out.
Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2019-01-08 14:07||   2019-01-08 14:07|| Front Page Top

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