D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Busted by the FBI Smoking Crack

Thirty-five years ago today the truth about Marion Barry was put on full display.

January 18, 1990

Thirty-five-years-ago today, Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry is filmed by the FBI smoking crack with his girlfriend Hazel “Rasheeda” Moore at the Vista International Hotel in downtown Washington D.C., in what would become the darkest hour for our nation’s capital. Barry was arrested minutes later, and it would prove to be Rasheeda Moo…