Marion Barry is at it again...

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:06 am

Career criminal

Former D.C. mayor, now Washington councilman, Marion Barry has been arrested again.

Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was arrested July 4 and charged with stalking, police said.

On July 4, the U.S. Park Police arrested Barry and charged him with misdemeanor stalking.

About 8:45 p.m. in Anacostia Park, a Washington woman flagged down a Park Police officer on patrol and pointed to Barry, who was in another car. The woman said Barry was stalking her, Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser said.

Barry was taken into custody, processed and released, but he must make a court appearance for the charge. A court date has not been set.

Barry's other run-ins with the law have included a federal sting operation in 1990, when he was mayor. Surveillance cameras caught him smoking crack cocaine in a hotel room.

Despite his fall from grace, he was re-elected in 1994 to a four-year term as mayor. In his latest political comeback in 2004, Barry won a seat on the D.C. Council, on which he continues to serve.

Barry was arrested in 2002 when traces of marijuana and cocaine were found in his car after he was stopped in the Buzzard Point area of Southwest D.C. No charges were filed, and Barry claimed that the drugs were planted.

And in 2006, Park Police officers stopped him for driving too slowly, prompting him to accuse authorities of targeting him. Barry had been on probation since 2005 for not filing or paying income taxes for several years.

Last year he again failed to file a tax return, and his probation was extended to May 2011, according to the Washington City Paper.

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:50 am

How this guy keeps coming back, I'll never know.

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:16 am

JansenFan wrote:How this guy keeps coming back, I'll never know.

That's the beauty of a democracy... there is no intelligence requirement for voters...

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:23 am

Countertrey wrote:
JansenFan wrote:How this guy keeps coming back, I'll never know.

That's the beauty of a democracy... there is no intelligence requirement for voters...

There should be legal disqualifiers though...

Kilmer72 · Post by **Kilmer72** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:15 pm

VetSkinsFan wrote:
Countertrey wrote:
JansenFan wrote:How this guy keeps coming back, I'll never know.

That's the beauty of a democracy... there is no intelligence requirement for voters...

There should be legal disqualifiers though...

This reminds me a little of the Vick thing. Hes done his time. Leave him alone. Don't get me wrong I agree he shouldn't be in office but doesn't this ring a bell?

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:37 pm

Kilmer72 wrote:
VetSkinsFan wrote:
Countertrey wrote:
JansenFan wrote:How this guy keeps coming back, I'll never know.

That's the beauty of a democracy... there is no intelligence requirement for voters...

There should be legal disqualifiers though...

This reminds me a little of the Vick thing. Hes done his time. Leave him alone. Don't get me wrong I agree he shouldn't be in office but doesn't this ring a bell?

Vick hasn't made a career of continually making a pathetic public spectacle of himself. Barry is a disgrace, it's not just one isolated event with him, it's the totality of his career in the public spotlight.

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:26 pm

Kilmer72 wrote:
VetSkinsFan wrote:
Countertrey wrote:
JansenFan wrote:How this guy keeps coming back, I'll never know.

That's the beauty of a democracy... there is no intelligence requirement for voters...

There should be legal disqualifiers though...

This reminds me a little of the Vick thing. Hes done his time. Leave him alone. Don't get me wrong I agree he shouldn't be in office but doesn't this ring a bell?

No, actually, Kilmer, it doesn't. Barry is serving in a public office and he's been convicted of multiple offenses in different time frames. This is NOTHING like the Vick thing.

Kilmer72 · Post by **Kilmer72** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:07 pm

VetSkinsFan wrote:
Kilmer72 wrote:
VetSkinsFan wrote:
Countertrey wrote:
JansenFan wrote:How this guy keeps coming back, I'll never know.

That's the beauty of a democracy... there is no intelligence requirement for voters...

There should be legal disqualifiers though...

This reminds me a little of the Vick thing. Hes done his time. Leave him alone. Don't get me wrong I agree he shouldn't be in office but doesn't this ring a bell?

No, actually, Kilmer, it doesn't. Barry is serving in a public office and he's been convicted of multiple offenses in different time frames. This is NOTHING like the Vick thing.

Ha ha ha... Vet I'm messing with you. Remember another thread? Just kidding Vet but there is really a similarity. It is just that Berry had many chances. When you said "There should be legal disqualifiers" I had to wonder where people do draw the line. This was my point. Its all good though. I guess because Vick only got into major trouble once he should be allowed to play in the NFL again. I know people that lost their license because of a couple of DWIs then their is someone I know that has 6 of them but never lost his license. It is all how much you pay but all of this is related. Driving is a privilege and so is public office and being a NFL QB. I'm just glad as I am sure you are that I am not making these decisions. If I ever get in trouble I sure hope I get a break and the public says "hey he paid his debt"