Barras: Gray's defensive team

District Mayor Vincent C. Gray is a victim. He’s being mistreated by members of the D.C. Council, the media and federal prosecutors. That’s the ridiculous propaganda broadcasted earlier this week during a press conference called by two local ministers and attended by two dozen other people, including political operatives and union representatives.

“We believe in fairness and equity. We need to be patient with the legal process and stop all the political grandstanding,” said the Rev. Graylan Hagler, senior pastor at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, who, with the Rev. Willie Wilson of Union Temple Baptist Church, organized the event.