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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 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 Buck’s crimes, with the
first year and a half mostly falling on deaf ears.

Because of his political contributions, 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, Buck might very well still be a free man.

And so over the course of two years, I worked alongside 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 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 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 Moore and
Dean were now interested. Politicians started distancing
themselves from Buck. Even Lacey tried to get in on the action
at the last minute by charging him with battery causing serious
injury, administering methamphetamine 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 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 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 Moore and 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 Moore and Dean told accurately but also the stories
of all of 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 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 Moore and Dean when he asked to
interview us and use my contacts. He said he’s going to tell his
version of the 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 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 Buck.

Then there are the people claiming to have deals with this
streaming service or that network for a 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 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 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 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 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 Buck’s living victims and the families of Moore and
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.

https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/12/29/should-white- people-be-telling-ed-bucks-black-horror-story

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