Apparently not Marion Barry, former Mayor of DC, who's been arrested before for cocaine, being a john for a prostitute, etc. What-ev-uh, dude.
WASHINGTON -- Marion Barry said that he is talking to his lawyers and thinking about suing the D.C. government and the U.S. Park Police after he was stopped, arrested and then released this past Saturday.Watch Tracee Wilkins' Report Barry said that he was driving to a holiday party around 4:30 p.m. Saturday when U.S. Park Police officers, who said that he was driving too slowly, stopped him.
Barry said the officers asked him for his license and registration and then said that his license was suspended.Barry told NBC4 the suspension was a clerical mistake, and he accused the U.S. Park police of racial profiling.Park Police said Barry's license was in fact suspended, and that's why he was arrested.Barry was cuffed and taken to a park police station for processing.Barry said the incident took several hours to work out and he was humiliated and severely inconvenienced. He said he wasn't able to drive all weekend due to a mistake by the D.C. government.So far there's been no response from the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles.