January 4, 2006
LIKE FREDO ROBBING THE DON -- NO RESPECT:
Robbed at Gunpoint, Barry Harbors 'No Animosities' (Washington Post, 1/3/2006)
D.C. Council member and former mayor Marion Barry yesterday urged two young men who robbed him at gunpoint Monday night to turn themselves in to police, promising that he would urge authorities not to prosecute them."I have no animosities," Barry declared. "I don't even want you prosecuted, really. I love you. Give yourself up. Call the police.... I will do all I can to advocate non-prosecution."...
"There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys, that I am their friend," Barry (D-Ward 8) said ... "I was a little hurt that this betrayal did happen."...
"I was very surprised, especially in the fact that the individuals knew who Mr. Barry was, and they went ahead and robbed him anyway," said D.C. Police Cmdr. Joel Maupin.
Is it just me, or does Councilmember Barry sound like he's angling for higher office? Posted by pjaminet at January 4, 2006 12:43 PM
I'd nominate him for window-washer on the tallest building in D.C. As for governing, anyone who thinks that he's the "friend" of "hustlers and these other guys" shouldn't be in charge of anything of importance.
Posted by: Jay at January 4, 2006 12:49 PMIf a strategy is good enough for France, it's good enough for Marian Barry.
Posted by: David Cohen at January 4, 2006 12:57 PMSo, he's saying that the robbery was a violation of professional courtesy?
Posted by: Mike Earl at January 4, 2006 1:02 PMTell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are.
I wonder if Barry thinks that the bitch set nim up.
We may wonder if a Washington D.C. city councilman may have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws. Do we see how this scum proclaims himself as an outlaw, as not of the folk? Let this story be a lesson to all who would make a separate peace.
Posted by: Lou Gots at January 4, 2006 1:07 PMPerhaps Barry should have recalled that there is no honor among theives before he befriended them...
Posted by: Timothy at January 4, 2006 1:26 PMI still don't understand why Oregon named the Marionberry after him.
Posted by: Genecis at January 4, 2006 4:35 PMWhat's the point of the robbers turning themselves in, if Barry doesn't want them to be prosecuted?
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at January 4, 2006 7:30 PMHopefully next time they won't know that he's one of them, and they'll fill him full of lead.
Posted by: AllenS at January 4, 2006 8:10 PM