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He drew enormous animosity from a number of white residents who blamed him for great...

White Boy • 2017

[Scott] I think he viewed himself as Coleman Young's successor. One of the nation's best-known mayors, Coleman Young of Detroit, is getting a kind of national attention these days that no politician wants. [Scott] Coleman Young was a notoriously corrupt mayor that never got convicted or indicted. [reporter #7] The latest involves charges that his police chief stole from a fund set up for undercover drug buys. And who the [bleep] do you think you are to come in here and cross-examine me? [Joe] He drew enormous animosity from a number of white residents who blamed him for great social ills

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[Scott]

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I think he viewed himself

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as Coleman Young's successor.

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One of the nation's

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best-known mayors,

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Coleman Young of Detroit,

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is getting a kind of

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national attention these days

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that no politician wants.

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[Scott] Coleman Young was

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a notoriously corrupt mayor

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that never got convicted

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or indicted.

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[reporter #7]

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The latest involves charges

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that his police chief

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stole from a fund set up

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for undercover drug buys.

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And who the [bleep]

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do you think you are

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to come in here

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and cross-examine me?

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[Joe] He drew enormous animosity

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from a number of white residents

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who blamed him

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for great social ills.

Duration

36 seconds

Views

732

Timestamp in Movie

00:16:40

Uploaded

Jul 08, 2025

Genres

documentary, crime

Production

N/A

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Movie Summary

In 1980's Detroit, 17 year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a sophisticated inner-city drug dealing operation. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men are speaking for the first time about the legend of "White Bo...