September 26, 2019
Gemmel Moore's Mother: Police 'Treated Us Like Criminals'
Sam Cronin READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Gemmel Moore died in 2017 in the home of Ed Buck, prominent Democratic political donor and LGBTQ advocate.
"Authorities said he injected men with deadly doses of methamphetamine, including Moore, 26, who overdosed inside Buck" s="" West="" Hollywood="" apartment="" in="" July="" 2017,"="" the="" Guardian="" continues.
Now, Moore's mother LaTisha Nixon is speaking up about the case and how she was ignored by law enforcement for years when trying to get her son's case heard. She alleges to the Guardian that LA county district attorney, Jackie Lacey, did not take her son's death seriously, leading to more deaths at the hands of Buck.
"I didn't ask for nothing special. I just wanted [Lacey] to do her job. We had our proof. We gave her all of the evidence. I don't know if she ignored it because it was black gay men, or because it was gay men, period. I got the runaround."
"I'm a grieving mother, but they treated us like criminals," Nixon went on to say. "I haven't been able to recover."
Moore's death in 2017 was ruled an accidental methamphetamine overdose, as "the coroner's office said drug paraphernalia was found at the scene..."
In January of 2019, a second black, gay man, Timothy Dean, died in Buck's home. His death was also ruled an accidental methamphetamine overdose.
It wasn't until a third man, identified as John Doe, non-fatally overdosed in the home of Buck, that DA Lacey brought suit this month.
"I remain deeply concerned for the safety of people whose life circumstances may make them more vulnerable to criminal predators. With this new evidence, I authorized the filing of criminal charges against Ed Buck," Lacey said in a statement according to CBS.
"I wanted everybody to know what this man did to my child, so he couldn't hurt anyone else's kid or family member. I had to say something," Nixon said to the Guardian. "Timothy Dean's death could've been prevented if they had listened to us. But they didn't."
