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Many people have seen the name Ed Buck gracing the pages of the
news lately. The millionaire, high-profile political donor spent
large chunks of money over the past decade on popular Democratic
candidates, gaining a seat at the political white, politically
elite table. Along with Buck’s history of sizable contributions
to the candidacy of politicians like Kirsten Synema and Hillary
Clinton, Buck has a record of something far more sinister:
preying on young, black queer men.
Predation works in patterns. Once one victim is discovered,
others appear soon after. In the case of Ed Buck, his preferred
victim was and still is gay, black men who are in vulnerable
positions.
The case of 26 year old Gemmel Moore provides an example of Ed
Buck relying on his money and power to lure in potential targets.
According to Gemmel Moore’s own diary, Ed Buck provided him his
first injection of crystal meth and continued to inject it into
him, eventually getting Gemmel hooked on the drug. His diary
entries from that year went so far as to say, “I ended up back
at Buck [sic] house again and got manipulated [sic] into
slamming again…If it didn’t hurt so bad, I’d kill myself, but
I’ll let Ed Buck do it for now.”
Gemmel was found dead in Buck’s apartment, naked on a mattress
with a pornography film playing in the background. A large
number of syringes containing drug residue were found near his
body along with a significant amount of other drug paraphernalia.
A lesson in the vicious nature of white privilege followed
Gemmel’s death.
Buck, still revered by some in the white political
establishment, was not arrested, was not charged with any
crimes, and was allowed to continue his life unimpeded. The
baffling nature of those events boggles even the dullest
political minds. After all, how many people can really get away
with having a drugged, dead body in their home next to a
stockpile of needles and pipes in the same apartment?
The answer was the one-hundred and eighty degree opposite of
what we all expected.
And what could be more traumatizing than one dead body in a drug-
riddled apartment, but a second black, gay man found dead in the
exact same circumstances.
In January of 2019, the body of Timothy Dean, a 55 year old man
from Hollywood, was found in Buck’s apartment.
What is the public supposed to make of a second death of a
black, queer man in less than two years, with zero prosecution,
no charges, and no arrest of the man in whose home the deaths
occurred?
What is the Black queer community supposed to make of West
Hollywood’s seeming lack of urgency about the lives of these
men? Are we even safe here? Do black lives matter in West
Hollywood?
The ridiculous spectacle that has ensued since Timothy’s death
has shown the insidious nature of whiteness and political power.
Not one single punishment has been levied against Buck; he
continues to roam the streets of Los Angeles. He spends time
with other young, Black men in public.
After the bodies of two Black men were found in his living
quarters, the fact that he feels free to walk the streets of
this city is a travesty.
Buck and the system, politicians and his supporters reek of
white privilege because a man who has wielded so much political
clout through the years is not alone in his actions.
It takes a village to cover up a murder, let alone two.
West Hollywood has endured a whirlwind of trauma related to
sexual violence in the past two years. From the loss of two
Black lives, to the allegations of sexual harassment at the
hands of Mayor John Duran, the city has shouldered a big burden.
The misconduct allegations against John Duran represent another
disturbing pattern of powerful white men abusing their positions
for their own benefit.
John Duran’s practice of slippery denials have been a prolonged
and damaging embarrassment for the wider LGBTQ community. Duran,
a proud champion of queer rights since the beginning of his
career, leverages his power to hide and his gay identity to
justify predatory behavior; it’s a crushing realization for
members of the queer community that the politician they elected
to be their hero has shown that he cares more about his
political legacy than the lives of the WeHo residents he was
charged with protecting.
A protest in support of the removal of John Duran as Mayor of
West Hollywood. (Photo courtesy the author’s Facebook page)
John Duran and Ed Buck are inextricably linked, even beyond the
fact John Duran was Ed Buck’s attorney in the past.
The pair represent the way predators in power protect other
predators at all costs.
When John Duran was mayor, Ed Buck faced zero pressure from the
city to answer for the deaths of Timothy and Gemmel. Duran’s
misconduct is out in the open and with his removal the healing
can begin. Sexual predators must be removed from power because
time’s up for abusers.
West Hollywood deserves better than to live in trauma and fear.
What should be a safe space for the LGBTQ community — WeHo — has
become a political playground for powerful white men to run wild.
How much more must the black queer community endure so that Ed
Buck can live without suffering consequence?
It’s up to us to check their power and build a world based on
justice, instead of privilege.
Let’s see what happens under Mayor John D’Amico.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2019/03/05/opinion-the-white- supremacy-of-the-ed-buck-case/
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