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There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys that I am their friend.

— Marion Barry

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The Irish caught hell, the Jews caught hell, the Polacks caught hell. We want Ward 8 to be the model of diversity.

Outside of the killings, D.C. has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

Just as the Jews did after the Holocaust, never again will be allow this many murders in the streets of Washington, D.C. Never again.

They made all this up to justify questioning me. It's all made up. I don't know what happened. Whatever they say was all made up.

Bitch set me up... I shouldn't have come up here... goddamn bitch.

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