Supporters of Gemmel Moore’s family and victims of Democratic donor Ed Buck aren’t letting the year end without a reminder that it’s been nearly five months since Moore’s death with no arrests or charges.
On Fri., Dec. 15, Justice 4 Gemmel + All of Ed Buck’s Victims, an advocacy group formed to push for justice in the July meth overdose death of 26-year-old Gemmel Moore at the home of Ed Buck, performed justice carols outside of Buck’s West Hollywood apartment calling attention to the slow pace of the investigation into the death of Moore. Justice carols are traditional holiday carols reworded with a social justice theme. Nearly a dozen supporters came out to serenade Buck and his neighbors and leave two bags of coals in front of his apartment as a reminder that this Christmas is the first Moore’s family will celebrate without him. (Video Link: https://youtu.be/jRtJjX6DbM4)
Songs sung included “Prison Bells” to the traditional “Silver Bells” carol.
Ed’s abusive, and a killer
Preying on gay Black men
His behavior is sick and disgusting.
He’s protected and defended
By the folks he’s bought off
And the sheriff’s and the DA too!
In a cell (in a cell)
In a cell (in a cell)
Ed Buck belongs in a prison
Tickey-tock (tickey-tock)
Handcuffs lock (handcuffs lock)
Soon it will be judgement day
“Ed Buck the Meth Man” to “Frosty the Snowman”
Ed Buck, the meth-man
Is your neighbor and a ho
With a bunch of pipes
And a box of drugs
And syringes and needles
Ed Buck the meth-man
Is innocent they say
So the story goes
But his boy Steve knows
How he killed Gemmel that day
He must have some connection to the sheriff’s and DA
For when they found Gemmel’s body
They looked the other way
Ed Buck the meth-man
Is as free as he can be
And his victims say
He still parties and plays
Looking for Black men daily
Ed Buck the meth-man
Really thinks he got away
But we’re here to say
We ain’t going away
Justice for Gemmel today!
“We Wish Ed Buck Was in Prison” to “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”
We wish Ed Buck was in prison!
We wish Ed Buck was in prison!
We wish Ed Buck was in prison!
For 25 to life!
Cause that will bring peace
to Gemmel’s family
We wish Ed Buck was in prison
For 25 to life!
We won’t stop ‘til he’s in prison
We won’t stop ‘til he’s in prison
We won’t stop ‘til he’s in prison
So police arrest him!
We wish Ed Buck was in prison!
We wish Ed Buck was in prison!
We wish Ed Buck was in prison!
For 25 to life!
“Ed Buck Is Out on the Prowl” to “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
You betta watch out
You betta not cry
You betta not pout
I’m telling you why
Ed Buck is out on the town
He’s looking online
He’s at the Gold Coast
You know that he likes the Black guys the most
Ed Buck is out on the town
He injects you when you’re sleeping
Plays dumb when you’re awake
He knows if you need cash or drugs
Watch your back, for goodness sake!
You betta watch out
You betta not cry
You betta not pout
I’m telling you why
Ed Buck is out on the town
Other songs sung included: “Prison Cell” to “Jingle Bells, “Gemmel’s Not Home for Christmas” to “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and “Ed Buck the Murderous Meth Man” to “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
Gemmel Moore was found dead of a crystal meth overdose in Ed Buck’s West Hollywood home on July 27. His death was immediately classified as an accidental methamphetamine overdose by the coroner, but after his personal journal was published and other young men stepped forward recounting similar stories about a man who they say has a Tuskegee Experiment like fetish which includes shooting drugs into young Black men that he picks up off the street or via dating hookup websites, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department’s opened a homicide investigation.
The coroner’s report on Gemmel Moore’s death corroborates Gemmel’s chilling words from his journal describing the violence he experienced at the hands of Ed Buck.
“In his journal, Moore wrote, ‘I honestly don’t know what to do. I’ve become addicted to drugs and the worst one at that,’ a December entry reads. ‘Ed Buck is the one to thank. He gave me my first injection of crystal meth it was very painful, but after all the troubles, I became addicted to the pain and fetish/fantasy.’
“‘My life is at an alltime [sic] high right now & I mean that from all ways. I ended up back at Buck [sic] house again and got munipulated [sic] into slamming again. I even went to the point where I was forced to doing 4 within a 2day [sic] period. This man is crazy and its [sic] sad. Will I ever get help?’
“His last entry, dated Dec. 3, 2016, reads: ‘If it didn’t hurt so bad, I’d kill myself, but I’ll let Ed Buck do it for now.
According to the coroner’s report stated that the police found in Ed Buck’s apartment, sex toys, syringes and “clear plastic bags with suspected methamphetamine in a tool box roll-cabinet in the living room” and that a coroner’s investigator found 24 syringes with brown residue, five glass pipes with white residue and burn marks, a plastic straw with possible white residue, clear plastic bags with white powdery residue and a clear plastic bag with a “piece of crystal-like substance.”
Ed Buck has contributed thousands of dollars to the California Democratic Party, candidates running for office and those in elected office including Senator Kevin de Leon, Gavin Newsome, Governor Jerry Brown, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey. For a list of Buck’s political donations, please click here.
Advocates for Gemmel Moore and Ed Buck’s victims have requested that money be returned to a fund set up for justice for Moore and the other young men and that the California Democratic Party condemn Buck’s actions.
For more information on the investigation, please visit www.justice4gemmel.com.
