Councilman and former mayor of DC Marion Barry was arrested again last night. The Washington Post is a bit skimpy on the details of the arrest;
D.C. Council member Marion Barry was taken into custody last night by the U.S. Park Police, a police official said.
“It’s my understanding that he was taken into custody,” Park Police Chief Sal Lauro said in a brief interview. Lauro said he believed that Barry (D-Ward 8 ) was picked up in the Anacostia Park area.
Lauro said he did not have details of the incident and could not say whether Barry had been arrested.
Yes, when a city councilman is arrested, the police chief knows nothing about it. Welcome to DC.
The Associated Press says the 73-year-old was arrested for stalking a woman;
The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C. Council member, was arrested Saturday in Washington after a woman flagged down an officer and complained that Barry was stalking her.
The bitch set him up.
Of course, Barry was released right after his arrest.
Bitch set him up again! So is this his “unoffical” announcement that he’s running for mayor one more time?
He was jealous that the Detroit City Council has been hogging the headlines.
I am duly in awe at what democrats can get away with on a regular basis.
Athena
How do you know that he is a Democrat? The AP story doesn’t mention any party affiliation.
Of course, that is how you can tell. If a story about a politician being arrested doesn’t say that he is a Republican in the first paragraph, it is a safe bet that he is a Democrat. I have to give kudos to the Washington Post for mentioning that Berry is a Democrat in the second paragraph instead of after the jump as is the more normal newspaper practice.
You’re right Mark, The Washington Post, formerly known as the “newspaper of record”, has seen its subscription rates drop so low that they’ve taken to sliding it under your windshield wiper while you’re in Home Depot picking up mulch, has a symbiotic relationship with Marion Barry. Every time he gets arrested their circulation jumps by 110 % (6) so it doesn’t pay for them to slay the golden goose.
Washington D.C. re-elected Marion, and got exactly what they deserved when they did. “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me”.
Just for the record I live just across the Potomac River from the shining metropolis that is Washington D.C.