Marion Barry meurt à 78 ans

De notre côté de la frontière nous avions ramené l'histoire de Berry lors des frasques de Rob Ford. Lorsqu'il était maire de Washington, Barry avait eu sa part de controverses liées à la consommation de drogue. Mais son histoire ne se limite pas qu'à cette période trouble, il fut également un politicien habile et influent.

 “He was really the architect of creating a local government infrastructure in the early days of home rule,” Frederick D. Cooke Jr., a longtime friend who served as Barry’s attorney, said in a 2014 interview. “He helped it to diversify to be more inclusive. It had been a stilted, segregated entity, and he made it possible for people to believe they could have a seat at the table.”

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