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[Wershe] I think helping the FBI with Operation Backbone- was the biggest mistake of my life. Because it created enemies that- I couldn't even imagine- I was a kid. I didn't think of the political aspects of it. There's still a lot of angry people in the city of Detroit in positions of power. [ominous music] In Michigan, you're supposed to have an opportunity to have a parole hearing every five years
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[Wershe]
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I think helping the FBI with
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Operation Backbone-
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was the biggest mistake of my
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life.
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Because it created enemies that-
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I couldn't even imagine- I was a
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kid.
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I didn't think of the political
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aspects of it.
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There's still
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a lot of angry people
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in the city of Detroit
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in positions of power.
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[ominous music]
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In Michigan, you're supposed
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to have an opportunity
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to have a parole hearing
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every five years.
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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...