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It took almost three years, but Ed Buck is finally sitting in a
jail charged with nine federal counts–including that he supplied
the crystal meth that caused two overdose deaths and that he
engaged in a pattern of soliciting Black men to consume drugs
that he provided.

They say that patience is a virtue. Still, I can’t help but feel
some kinda way about watching people who had very little to do
with putting Ed Buck behind bars and getting justice for his
victims taking advantage of the situation all the while
continuing to exploit his victims and taking opportunities from
those who actually did the work.

I spent two years calling attention to Ed Buck’s crimes, with
the first year and a half mostly falling on deaf ears.

Because of his political contributions, Ed Buck was popular
among the Democratic elite in L.A. County. Along with his bank
account, he had the complexion for protection. So much so that
when 26-year-old Gemmel Moore died in Buck’s apartment in 2017,
the sheriff’s department declared it an accidental overdose the
same night and closed the case. If it had not been for Gemmel’s
mother calling to attention to what she knew was not right about
her son’s death, Ed Buck might very well still be a free man.

And so, over the course of two years, I worked alongside Gemmel
Moore’s mother, his friends, and a concerned community to call
attention to the White man from West Hollywood who liked to
shoot needles filled with crystal meth into Black men.
Eventually, more families and friends would join in as a second
man, Timothy Dean, died just a year and a half after Gemmel
Moore in Buck’s apartment.

What went from me writing about the suspicious death of a young
Black gay man, turned into me interviewing countless other young
Black men who stepped forward with their own Ed Buck stories and
receipts, challenging the Democratic Party establishment that
was protecting him with their silence, pushing the news media to
cover the story, and building a case for Los Angeles County
District Attorney Jackie Lacey to use to charge Buck in the
deaths of Moore and Dean.

I can tell you that after Buck’s federal indictment, a lot of
folks caught the vapors.

Media that ignored me and wouldn’t cover the deaths of Gemmel
Moore and Timothy Dean were now interested. Politicians started
distancing themselves from Buck. Even Los Angeles District
Attorney Jackie Lacey tried to get in on the action at the last
minute by charging him with battery causing serious injury,
administering methamphetamine’s and maintaining a drug house.
Charges that at most would have netted Buck a little over five
years in prison and had nothing to do with the deaths of Moore
and Dean.

Like with other women (Black Lives Matter Co-Founders Patrisse
Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi, Erin Brockovich, to name
a few) who found that their hard work, dedication, and passion
had resulted in tangible justice that the world took notice of–I
was determined to pursue of a once in a lifetime opportunity
that is not afforded to many Black women–the opportunity to tell
our stories.

Let me be clear, no one knows the story of Ed Buck and his
victims better than me. That’s not me bragging, that’s just the
truth. I did the investigating, I made the contacts, grew the
relationships, put together the legal team, crafted and executed
the strategy to get Ed Buck charged for his crimes and I’m
hoping to be right there when he’s found guilty and sentenced to
prison.

So, after Buck’s arrest, I had all of these plans. With the
support and blessing of the families of Gemmel Moore and Timothy
Dean, I was going to write a book, do a podcast, produce a
docuseries, and hopefully a scripted series as well.

Why? Because it was important to me that not only were the
stories of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean told accurately but
also the stories of all of Ed Buck’s other victims. I wanted to
center Black voices in this story and make sure that they
weren’t written out or minimized. I wanted to call attention to
the thousands of White men just like Ed Buck who aren’t in jail.
I wanted to discuss the role that politics, class, and race
played in how Buck’s victims were treated and why Buck wasn’t
immediately arrested and charged. I also had plans to take deep
dive into crystal meth and sex in the Black gay community.

In the meantime, I’ve had a New York Times journalist spend over
a year working on a story that he had plans to sell the film
rights to the entire time–but never bothered to mention that to
me or the family members of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean when
he asked to interview us and use my contacts. He said he’s going
to tell his version of the Ed Buck story. Based off of his
article, he’s a revisionist apparently.

Other people who had nothing to do with getting justice for the
victims of Ed Buck, but rather used the story for clickbait and
neighborhood gossip, are now selling themselves to the highest
bidder as some sort of authority on Ed Buck.

Then there are the people claiming to have deals with this
streaming service or that network for an Ed Buck project and
they just need my help with getting information and getting in
contact with people.

My favorites are the ones who want me to turn over my contacts
and work to them. They are usually also the same people who
want me to work on their project for free. No thank you. Why
should I take a backseat on something that I helped to lead?

Just recently I had an interesting conversation with another
reporter turned filmmaker whose current strategy is to go to
everyone except me and poach as much information as she can for
her documentary. When I told her that I was planning on doing
my own documentary you could have heard a pin drop. Yes
girl–Black people can make documentaries.

Every week there’s someone new in my inbox asking me to do
something for their Ed Buck project.

Most, if not all of these people, are White people.

The irony of a bunch of White people appropriating the story of
the White man who exploited Black men from a Black woman is not
missed on me. It’s what Black people refer to as “getting a tan
off of my sunshine.”

I can’t tell you how many Ed Buck projects are under development
right now but I can tell you that I am not a part of any of them
and no one knows more than I do about Ed Buck and his victims as
well as the campaign for justice.

You will never be able to convince me that the story of the
lives of Black people is better told by non-Black people. It’s
been frustrating to watch other projects move forward, but this
story deserves to be told the right way, by me, with the
blessing of Ed Buck’s living victims and the families of Gemmel
Moore and Timothy Dean. Until then, in the immortal words of
Celie in “The Color Purple,” “I’m poor, Black, I may even be
ugly, but dear God, I’m here! I’m here!”

Jasmyne Cannick is an award-winning journalist, political
strategist and advocate. Her website is iamjasmyne.com.

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