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LaTisha Nixon never thought she would be back to 1234 N. Laurel
Avenue.

Her 26-year-old son, Gemmel Moore, died at this West Hollywood
apartment building two years ago. An LA County coroner's report
determined that Moore died of an accidental drug overdose; the
crystal meth that killed him was injected into his body.

The apartment unit where Moore died belongs to Edward Buck, a
well-known LGBTQ activist in West Hollywood and Democratic party
donor.

Two years later, no one has been charged in Moore’s death,
something that Nixon says she cannot let go.

“I want them to do their job,” Nixon says, flanked by about two
dozen friends, community members, and civil rights activists
last weekend. Her voice is quivering as she battles back tears.

“I want them to look at the evidence and prosecute Ed Buck,”
Nixon says. She's referring to the attorneys inside the LA
County District Attorney’s Office.

They looked at the circumstances surrounding Moore’s death and
determined in 2018 that there was insufficient evidence to
charge Buck with a crime.

But the national spotlight began shining on Buck again earlier
this year when another man, 55-year-old Timothy Dean, died at
his apartment under similar circumstances. He also overdosed on methamphetamines.

“We just hear the same tired excuse - that they don't have
enough,” says Hussain Turk, an attorney representing Moore’s
family. “Their policy is not caring about the [black and queer]
community, and it's caused the deaths of not one but two… and it
could likely cause the death of a third if an arrest isn’t made.”

There is an ongoing investigation into Dean’s death. The LA
County Sheriff’s Department delivered evidence to the District
Attorney’s Office in early July. Attorneys for the county have
since asked for the sheriff’s department to do more
investigating, including additional forensic analysis,
interviewing more people, and reviewing medical records, says
Greg Risling, Public Information Officer at the District
Attorney's Office.

But Turk says he believes there already is enough evidence for
charges to be filed. He says he recently took a client, whom he
did not name to protect his privacy, to the LA County Sheriff’s
Department station in West Hollywood, who had a similar
experience with Ed Buck.

“He connected with Ed Buck [who] told him that he would hook him
up with a hotel for a couple nights and give him some money if
he came over to hang out,” Turk says.

“He had an extremely harrowing experience when he came over to
Buck's apartment. He was pressured to do drugs that he had never
done before, namely crystal meth.”

Amid the calls for Buck's prosecution, his attorney has
maintained his innocence.

“In spite of all of this, these two individuals were his
friends” says Seymour Amster, Buck’s attorney. “He does have
sorrow for that… but he doesn’t understand why he has become
such a target. He would like to live in peace.”

Amster says that he continues to fight the wrongful death
lawsuit filed against his client and the County of Los Angeles,
among others.

The next hearing in that case is scheduled for this September.

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/la-activists-call-for- prosecution-of-ed-buck/will-la-county-prosecute-ed-buck

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