Dem mega-donor Ed Buck was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison for “giving two men fatal doses of methamphetamine at his West Hollywood apartment”:
Ed Buck, a onetime Democratic donor and activist, was sentenced by a federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday to 30 years in prison for giving two men fatal doses of methamphetamine at his West Hollywood apartment, prosecutors said. https://t.co/wEzS8YiiOP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 14, 2022
From the New York Times:
Ed Buck, a onetime Democratic donor and activist, was sentenced by a federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday to 30 years in prison for giving two men fatal doses of methamphetamine at his West Hollywood apartment, prosecutors said.
The sentencing concludes Mr. Buck’s extraordinary turn from a prominent activist to a predator. The two men, Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean, died 18 months apart at what the Justice Department had called “party and play” sessions at Mr. Buck’s apartment. Prosecutors said he lured men to sex-fueled parties and drugged them from 2011 to 2019.
Judge Christina A. Snyder of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California sentenced Mr. Buck, 67, after he was found guilty in July 2021 of nine charges connected to methamphetamine distribution resulting in death, prostitution and maintaining a drug-involved premises, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a statement on Thursday.
We suspect Buck’s race — white — and that of his victims — Black — and the recipients of his donations — Adam Schiff, Ted Lieu, Hillary Clinton — would have made it into the headlines IF this had been a GOP scandal:
Ed Buck is on trial today for drug and sexual fetish games that were fatal for two black gay men. A long way from the parties and fundraisers of Democrats like Adam Schiff, Ted Lieu and Hillary Clinton. @dcexaminer https://t.co/oMntW63MeZ https://t.co/0Iqw68dude
— Tori Richards (@ToriRichards25) July 14, 2021
It’s not even clear the New York Times article ran in the print edition:
The @nytimes covered Ed Buck's sentencing, even included "Democratic political donor" in the subhed, and the story is currently linked on the homepage. However, there's no footnote indicating the article ran in the print edition; appears to be online only.https://t.co/ehZyPr5UCH https://t.co/2lo3BxZC3d pic.twitter.com/EGMG7ZY5Zq
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) April 15, 2022
And LOL at the “political donor” characterization:
"political donor"
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LA political donor gets 30 years in prison for fetish deathshttps://t.co/KdQrW4Mj9u
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) April 15, 2022
100% this ==>
If Ed Buck were a Republican donor, his conviction and sentencing would be headlines for weeks.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) April 15, 2022
Fox’s Bill Melugin has been on the story for 3 years:
3 years since we confronted Ed Buck at his apartment in West Hollywood when I worked at @FOXLA.
Ed Buck has now been sentenced to 30 years for fatally drugging two gay black men inside that apartment. https://t.co/5sSsLs5HCk— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) April 15, 2022
THIS is how it’s done:
Hillary Clinton, Adam Schiff and Ted Lieu donor Ed Buck has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, so here’s a little throwback to when the local Fox 11 affiliate confronted Buck outside his home in March 2019, prior to his arrest.
This reporter is an absolute savage. pic.twitter.com/fggoiGlSDa
— Zeno Calhoun (@zenoc_oshits) April 15, 2022
Take note, New York Times.
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