Marion Barry to Reporter: 'You Don't Know a Damn Thing About Washington DC'

Former Washington, D.C. Mayor and current City Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) told a reporter asking him about his unpaid parking tickets “you don’t know a damn thing about Washington D.C.”  

The video from DC’s Fox 5 shows Barry reacting defensively to questions posed by Chief Investigative Reporter Emily Miller about his unpaid parking tickets in a July 24 interview. 

In the July 24 interview with Miller, Barry claimed “whatever I owe, I paid,” but also said he doesn’t know how much he owed. He also responded “so what?” when he was informed that he had failed to pay parking tickets for 2-3 years.  

Earlier this week, The Washington Times reported Barry’s car was impounded after he was involved in a car accident where he was driving on the wrong side of the road.  His car was later released after he paid almost $1,700 in unpaid tickets according to the Times. 

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