Democratic Donor Ed Buck Convicted On Charges in Drug Deaths Trial
Two Black men died in Buck's apartment after being injected with meth; Buck faces life in prison
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Democratic donor Ed Buck was convicted Tuesday on nine felony charges, including two counts of distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death. Two Black men, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore and 55-year-old Timothy Dean, died in Buck’s West Hollywood apartment in 2017 and 2019 respectively, after being injected with meth. Buck’s case drew considerable attention as details of Buck’s apparent fetish of injecting Black men (many of them homeless) emerged, as well as a result of L.A. County prosecutors’ inaction even after two men died in Buck’s apartment. Buck was only charged when federal investigators took over his case. The jury reportedly deliberated for only two hours before delivering its verdict.