Marion Barry

Marion Barry is a Democratic politician from Washington DC, who served as the city's mayor twice. He currently serves as a city councilman. Barry was the target of a high-profile 1990 drug arrest after he was caught smoking crack cocaine on surveillance footage.

On July 4, 2009, Barry was arrested and charged with misdemeanor stalking after police received a complaint from a woman, later named as Donna Watts Brighthaupt, in a Anacostia Park.http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/05/marion.barry.arrested/index.html

On May 5, 2009, Barry entered a yes vote on a proposal for Washington DC to recognize same-sex marriages from other states. After the motion passed with a unanimous 13-0 vote, Barry asked for the motion to be reconsidered, stating he did not understand what he was voting for. The second vote was 12-1, with Barry entering the only no vote, and the bill was passed.NBC Washington: Confused Barry Asks for Same-Sex Marriage Vote Back

Barry was readmitted to Howard University Hospital on March 3, 2009, due to complications of his February 20, 2009, kidney transplant. An abnormality was discovered during Barry's routine post-surgery check-up, though it was not revealed whether or not Barry was rejecting the organ.Washington Post: Barry Returns to Hospital After Complications (March 4, 2009) Barry had been released from the hospital on Friday, February 27, 2009 and had been scheduled to resume his council duties on March 2, 2009.WJLA.com: Barry Released from Hospital Following Kidney Transplant (February 27, 2009)

Barry was arrested at the Vista International Hotel in Washington, DC, on charges of possession of cocaine on January 18, 1990, after an undercover FBI drug sting caught the mayor smoking crack cocaine in a hotel room. Surveillance footage showing Barry smoking the drug was released.WashingtonPost.com: Barry Arrested on Cocaine Charges in Undercover... (January 19, 1990) Barry served a six-month jail sentence for misdemeanor drug charges following his arrest.International Herald Tribune: Ex-DC Mayor Barry prepares for a kidney transplant (February 19, 2009)