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Community organizers deliver 30,000 signatures to demand investigation into Ed Buck

By Emily Elena Dugdale
Published February 27, 2019 12:18 PM
Community organizers including LaTisha Nixon, left, the mother of Gemmel Moore, carry boxes of signatures to the Hall of Justice.
Emily Elena Dugdale
Community organizers including LaTisha Nixon, left, the mother of Gemmel Moore, carry boxes of signatures to the Hall of Justice.

A petition is circulating demanding District Attorney Jackie Lacey investigate and prosecute high-profile Democratic Party donor Ed Buck.

Two black men have died of drug overdoses at his West Hollywood home since 2017. Community organizers tried to hand deliver thousands of petition signatures at the Hall of Justice. 

Emily Elena Dugdale
If I’m doing my job, you’ll understand how the justice system was designed to give some people the benefit of the doubt and penalize others. You’ll also understand the history and role systemic racism plays in how we are policed today.
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