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Jan 17, 2013

Marion Barry Says FBI ‘Tried to Kill Me’ in 1990 Sting

Tomorrow marks the 23rd anniversary of Marion Barry’s arrest for crack cocaine possession after a sting operation by FBI agents in a downtown D.C. hotel room. And Barry says the FBI was trying to do much more than arrest him.

 
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