‘DC Chamber of Commerce Gala oct 17 2009’
courtesy of ‘ShashiBellamkonda’
Twenty years ago tonight, Marion Barry was caught smoking crack with a prostitute in the Vista Hotel. Here’s what the Post said the next morning:

D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was arrested on charges of possession of cocaine last night at the downtown Vista International Hotel after a fast-moving undercover investigation by the FBI and D.C. police that began several weeks ago, according to law enforcement officials and sources familiar with the arrest.

Tom Bridge

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