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Ed Buck, a prominent California donor to politicians, was
arrested and charged last week with operating a drug house just
days after a third gay, Black man overdosed in Buck’s house. The
arrest comes after local Black and LGBTQ activists tried for
years to bring attention online to the deaths of two men, Gemmel
Moore and Timothy Dean, who died in Buck’s home. Federal
prosecutors charged Buck last week for the murder of Moore.

The 37-year-old who overdosed most recently in Buck’s home
survived and gave investigators evidence that in part led to
Buck’s arrest. But the men’s deaths and the two years that it
took to start holding Buck accountable is yet another example of
erasure of Black people.

I have always been aware that the intersection of my identity as
a gay, Black man makes me especially vulnerable to violence.
Before coming out to my family, I often mentally rehearsed what
I’d do if they kicked me out—or worse. While traveling in the
Philippines for three months, I accepted a ride from police
officers. I sat in the backseat, terrified of the possibility
that they may try to harm me and wondered how long it would take
to find my body.

Statistics, too, reflect the vulnerability of Black, LGBTQ
people. When reporting hate crimes to the police, Black
survivors are 1.3 times more likely to experience police
violence than non-Black survivors. Young, gay Black men are
among those most affected by HIV and AIDS, which can be
contracted by sharing needles.

The case of Buck and the gay, Black men who died in his home
reminds me of the 11 Black women killed by Anthony Sowell in my
home city of Cleveland, Ohio. The victims included sex workers,
drug addicts, or runaways, and it’s difficult not to question
whether Cleveland police could have worked harder to find them.

The first death reported in Buck’s West Hollywood home, that of
Gemmel Moore in 2017, was initially ruled an accident. Among
Moore’s possessions found at the time was a journal with damning
entries. But when local homicide investigators encouraged
prosecutors to press charges against Buck, prosecutors declined
on the grounds of insufficient evidence. Two years later,
Timothy Dean died of an overdose.

One of the most troubling allegations to emerge about Buck’s
behavior is that he would lure in gay, Black men for sex work
and force them to do “slave play” before injecting them with
large amounts of methamphetamine. It seems that Ed Buck believed
that his whiteness and wealth gave him claim to the lives of
beautiful, gay Black men. In his journal writings, Moore
described how his addiction and pain became Buck’s
entertainment. “Ed Buck is the one to thank, he gave me my first
injection of chrystal [sic] meth,” Moore wrote. “It was very
painful but after all the troubles I became addicted to the pain
and fetish/fantasy…”

In an anti-Black world, Black people, especially Black LGBTQ
people, can disappear so easily and never be found, as if their
pain warrants little or no justice. This is why the work of
allies and other members of the LGBTQ community is so important.
Among those who fought for the gay, Black men victimized in
Buck’s home were their families. Gemmel Moore’s mother, Latisha
Nixon, filed a lawsuit against Buck’s attorney and LA County
District Attorney, Jackie Lacey, for failing to properly
investigate her son’s death. In a recent video, Nixon stated, “I
just asked for [Jackie Lacey] to do her job. Everything was in
front of her. We tried to deliver ballots. They treated us like
we were criminals. Jackie Lacey wouldn’t let us into the office.”

Jasmyne Cannick, a co-founder of National Black Justice
Coalition, has been increasingly vocal in recent years about
Buck’s predatory ways. Cannick connected with family members of
the men who overdosed and exposed incriminating facts about
Buck. Jerome Kitchen, a godbrother to Moore, regularly went to
nearby neighborhoods to pass out flyers to local men to warn
them about Buck.

In a criminal justice system that profits off of the erasure of
gay, Black men, the organization of Black community members and
allies to hold Ed Buck accountable was vital. When Black people
unite to protect ourselves and others, we liberate ourselves
from the evils of white supremacy and rewrite history that is
already in the making.

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