There has to be a price: DC leaders call for boycott of &pizza after release of Marion Berry Knots dessert [Video]

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Several D.C. leaders are calling for the boycott of fast-casual chain &pizza after an ad campaign making light of D.C.’s late former Mayor Marion Barry and his history of drug use.

The new desserts at the center of the campaign are called “Marion Berry Knots.” They are topped with loads of powdered sugar, staged and advertised in photos to look like cocaine.

The &pizza ads and their press release make repeated innuendos, calling them “So good, it’s likely a felony.”

Marion Barry’s wife calls ‘Marion Berry Knots’ at &pizza ‘racist and disrespectful’

Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White called for a boycott of the chain, saying in an Instagram post it’s a “shameless and tasteless exploitation of Marion S. Barry’s legacy.”

Local activist Ronald Moten said in a Facebook post, “You can’t spit …