Barry arrested on drug charges
At the end of a joint sting operation by FBI agents and District of Columbia police Mayor Marion Barry is arrested and charged with drug possession and the use of crack a crystalline form of cocaine.At the Vista International Hotel in downtown Washington Barry was caught smoking the substance on camera with Rahsheeda Moore a woman who had agreed to set up Barry in exchange for a reduced sentence in an earlier drug conviction.The bitch set me up The bitch set me up he yelled as he was taken away.In September 1991 he was sentenced to six months in prison for possession of crack cocaine.
After serving his sentence Barry claiming to have overcome his personal adversities reentered D.C.politics.He was elected to the city council before once again winning the mayoral election in 1994 for an unprecedented fourth term.
In 1997 Barry often accused of corruption was stripped of much of his power by Congress which passed legislation to end home rule in the District returning the city to the pre-1974 system of administration by federal-appointed commissioners.In January 1999 Barry retired and was succeeded by Anthony Williams as mayor of the nations capital.However Barry entered politics again when he ran for the Ward 8 City Council seat and won with 96% of the vote in November 2004.
