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Article: Did Police Brass Protect the Mayor?
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 22, 1990
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Mayor Marion Barry is a self-confessed everything. Yes, he is a
womanizer. Yes, he liked a good time. Yes, he did some drugs, and
yes, if you come right down to it, he was not a good role model for
the city's youth. He says nothing, though, about being a role model
for another group of people: Washington's cops.
I am thinking of one cop in particular. His name is not
important, but he called me back in 1981 after Barry ventured into
Washington's old porn district, now blighted by redevelopment, and
had himself a good time at a joint called "This Is It." I suppose
you could call the place a strip joint, but that term is several
garments shy of the truth. Women danced in their dimples.
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