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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Not long ago, Ed Buck was rubbing elbows
with some of the Democratic party’s biggest stars – donating
tens of thousands of dollars to various candidates and causes.

But now, Buck is under fire from community activists after a
second gay black man – identified as 55-year-old Timothy Dean –
died in his home in January. People gathered twice last month,
chanting outside Buck’s West Hollywood apartment building.

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Leticia Nixon – the mother of Gemmel Moore, who died at Buck’s
apartment in July of 2017 of a drug overdose – spoke to the
crowd.

“We shouldn’t even be here. There shouldn’t be a second victim,”
she said.

Before the two deaths at his home, Buck was a well-known
activist. Originally from Arizona, he reportedly made around $1
million selling a courier company and moved to West Hollywood in
the early 90s.

He’s often referred to as a wealthy donor. CBSLA’s Tom Wait
found campaign finance records for federal, state and local
donations.

Buck’s biggest political investment was for more than $300,000
to his political action committee called Animal PAC. The
organization says it was “formed to represent animal welfare
interests throughout California.”

Buck was a well-known animal rights activist. But he has also
donated thousands of dollars to various politicians. Many of the
donations were made years before the deaths at his home. In many
cases, the money was returned to Buck or donated to charities
after Moore’s death.

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Records dating back to 2009 showed Los Angeles Mayor Eric
Garcetti was one of Buck’s high-profile recipients, receiving
$1,400 in 2016. That money was returned about a month after
Moore died.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey received $100
from Buck in 2012. Her campaign claims that money was given back
in February of 2018.

He gave former California state Senate leader Kevin De Leon
$18,700 over several campaigns. A former staffer says most of
that money was donated in January of 2018 to a nonprofit that
helps domestic violence survivors.

Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu took in $19,400 in state and
federal donations from Buck. Lieu’s campaign says after the
second death at Buck’s home, they donated the contributions they
received to various charities.

Buck gave Adam Schiff, now chairman of the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence, $2,700 in 2016. The campaign
says the money went to the nonprofit Trevor Project.

West Hollywood Mayor John Duran received $12,500 from Buck in
various campaigns in 2012 to 2016. Without offering specifics,
he said most of the money was spent and some was donated to
charity.

“Every candidate and politician sort of has to find their own
way,” said California State University Northridge Professor
Lawrence Becker.

Becker says it’s up to the candidates whether or not to return
the money. Buck has broken no laws and the donations are
perfectly legal.

“In a case where it’s a legal donation – and it just kind of
looks bad or seems unethical or something – no, there’s no
roadmap, but the best roadmap I would say is good judgement. It
starts to become a lot more murky the further back in time you
go,” he said.

Those donations are just a few of the many thousands of dollars
Buck has dolled out over the years.

Find more information on Buck’s donations to state and federal
candidates.

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/02/06/ed-buck-political-
donations/

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