Transcript for toronto mayor admits to smoking crack this is a special room. I asked mayorforlife marion barryconvicted in 1990 for misdemeanor drug possessionfor his take on ford, but the d. Despite the drug scandal, marion barry managed to continue his career in washington, d. Barry was not only caught on video smoking crack and. Barry rose to national attention after the fbi filmed him in 1990 smoking crack cocaine with a former girlfriend, as part of a sting operation. Footage of late toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack. The mayor of this small coastal city spent years smoking crack cocaine on a nightly basis and used methamphetamine, too, according to court records obtained by the tampa bay times.
Toronto mayor admits to smoking crack video abc news. February 17 mayor ford is surreptitiously recorded by mohamed siad smoking crack cocaine from a glass pipe. Former mayor wants asians out of washington, dc rt usa news. Statue of marion barry, controversial former mayor. In september 1991, he was sentenced to six months in prison for possession of crack cocaine. Marion barry was reelected twice as mayor of washington and served for almost 10 years before an infamous 1990 fbi sting operation caught him smoking crack cocaine with a former girlfriend turned informant. Mayor marion barry has been charged with drug possession and lying to a grand jury. Former washington dc mayor marion barry, who left office in disgrace after being caught smoking crack cocaine in an undercover fbi sting, has died aged 78. Barry served 4 terms as mayor, but his defining moment for most people is what he did in a hotel room during his tenure. Evidence videotape from barry trial mayor marion barry has been charged with drug possession and lying to a grand jury.
His defense after being arrested was, bh set me up. Mishearing a question, he even constructs an argument for a. Drug trial begins for mayor barry the new york times. Barry was famously caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine in 1990 in an fbi sting. Washington mayor marion barry smoking crack 10 most. The politics of race, jonathan agronsky, british american publishing, 1991, 380 pp. Arguments and testimony began today in the drug and perjury trial of mayor marion s. Things came to a head in june 1989 after an ugly incident at an aids fundraiser where barry caught moore smoking crack in an executive suite at the grand hyatt hotel. The crackedout life of marion barry, the original rob ford. Fbi video of undercover sting on marion barry the washington post. A bronze statue dedicated to the former cracksmoking democratic mayor of washington d. Mayor marion barry was arrested on charges of possession of cocaine last night at the downtown vista international hotel after a fastmoving undercover investigation by.
Mayor marion barrys arrest in an fbi sting operation for possession of crack cocaine. This time, though, it was making a crack that has gotten barry in big trouble. Marion barry, the longtime mayor of the district of columbia who staged a remarkable political comeback after a 1990 fbi sting videotaped him smoking crack cocaine, died early sunday. Mayor marion barry on the video of him smoking crack youtube. Barry was arrested on january 18, 1990, in washingtons vista hotel, and he was charged with smoking crack with rasheeda moore, who was a former model who cooperated with the fbi in setting up. Hello everyone im devin dwyer new york and this is an abc news digital special report after months of rumors and. Why thousands of washingtonians loved marion barry time.
Marion barry, former mayor known for smoking crack, dead. After six months in prison, he was released and won a seat on the city council. His celebrity was transformed into international notoriety in january 1990, when he was videotaped during a sting operation smoking crack cocaine and was. By 1990, barry would be captured on surveillance video smoking crack with a woman in a dc hotel room. One of the possession charges stems from his arrest on january 18, 1990, at the vista hotel in washington, dc. The controversy has drawn comparisons to the 1990 arrest of thenwashington mayor marion barry, who was videotaped smoking crack cocaine in a. In the 1970s, he was a celebrated civil rights activist, district of columbia school board member and city councilmember who even took a bullet while trying to defend a city building during a hostage crisis.
Barry, a threeterm mayor, was caught and taped smoking crack cocaine by the fbi during a federal sting operation in 1990. Siad also records a video of himself describing the recording of the first, and how to secretly record a video or even catch a mayor smoking crack. After being caught on video smoking crack during his third term as mayor of dc in 1990, marion barry served six months in prison, and was later reelected mayor. Marion barry, the former washington, dc mayor infamously caught on camera smoking crack only to be reelected, has once again found himself in hot water. On saturday, an 8foothigh bronze statue of former mayor marion barry was unveiled on pennsylvania avenue in the nations capital, just blocks from the white house. Former florida mayor dale massad smoked crack, meth. Victor biro demotixcorbis many americans awoke this morning to discover that a the mayor of toronto is a guy named rob ford, and b rob ford smokes crack. Former cracksmoking democrat mayor gets statue erected in. News brings you two selections from our archives on marion barrys jan. Former washington, dc, mayor marion barry claims hes never smoked crack cocaine despite a widely circulated surveillance video that showed him lighting up a. Before and after his term as mayor, ford was a city councillor representing ward 2 of etobicoke north.
Robert bruce ford may 28, 1969 march 22, 2016 was a canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of toronto from 2010 to 2014. Students of the history of marion barry may recall that during the infamous bitch set me up video of barry smoking crack in room 727 of. In a 1990 fbi sting, barry the sitting mayor of washington, d. Barry was caught smoking the substance on camera with rahsheeda moore. He became mayor in 1978 and served three consecutive terms. But the jury 11 blacks and two whites was hung on 12 of the 14 counts including. A video showing rob ford, the late former mayor of toronto, smoking crack has been made public for the first time, some three years after. Known nationally as the disgraced mayor caught on camera smoking crack cocaine in a downtown hotel room with a mistress, marion barry jr. Rob ford, the pugnacious former mayor of toronto who gained international notoriety after he admitted smoking crack while in office, died on tuesday after an 18month battle with cancer.
In arguably the biggest political drug scandal in us history, washington, dcs democratic mayor was arrested in 1990 for crack cocaine use and possession. His defense after being arrested was, bitch set me up. Former district of columbia mayor marion barry, whose four terms were overshadowed by his 1990 arrest after being caught on videotape smoking crack. Marion barry, the former fourtime mayor of washington d. Former district of columbia marion barry who overcame a disgraceful scandal after he was busted smoking crack cocaine with a hooker is about to get his own special place in washington history. One of the possession charges stems from his arrest on january 18, 1990. Marion barry, the scandalplagued former mayor of washington, d. Rob ford smoking crack is nothing compared to what u.
For 12 years, he let the city fester and decline, while he chased skirts, sniffed cocaine, and surrounded himself with toadies and peculators. Sources said that the mayor, who was arrested shortly after 8 p. Marion barry, reelected washington mayor after drug term. District of columbia to memorialize crack smoking former.
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