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White Boy

In Michigan, you're supposed to have an opportunity to have a parole hearing every five...

[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.
Duration
28 seconds
Views
70
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:43
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...
Rick Wershe has only had - White Boy 00:06
Rick Wershe has only had
That parole hearing was in 2003, - White Boy 00:06
That parole hearing was in 2003,
[Ralph] When you're up - White Boy 00:08
[Ralph] When you're up
[Ralph] In Rick's case, - White Boy 00:12
[Ralph] In Rick's case,
He's served a long time - White Boy 00:09
He's served a long time
[Ralph] The chief prosecutor - White Boy 00:42
[Ralph] The chief prosecutor
[Ralph] If you ask him today, - White Boy 00:56
[Ralph] If you ask him today,
Instrumental in bringing - White Boy 00:09
Instrumental in bringing
The Wayne County - White Boy 00:07
The Wayne County
I was approached by Deputy Chief - White Boy 00:08
I was approached by Deputy Chief
The goal of the hearing - White Boy 00:05
The goal of the hearing
That Richard Wershe - White Boy 00:05
That Richard Wershe
They characterized him - White Boy 00:05
They characterized him
[Ralph] And they start detailing - White Boy 00:16
[Ralph] And they start detailing
- That was the extent - White Boy 00:06
- That was the extent
But the other members - White Boy 00:16
But the other members
It's fair that you could - White Boy 00:06
It's fair that you could
Because they slanted it - White Boy 00:07
Because they slanted it
In order to prepare - White Boy 00:28
In order to prepare
It was made up - White Boy 00:26
It was made up