White Boy Rick Work File

While working for the FBI, Wershe gathered information that exposed deep corruption within the Detroit Police Department and the mayor's office. He discovered that Johnny Curry, the drug kingpin he was tasked with spying on, had bribed law enforcement officials to avoid investigation.

At , Rick became one of the youngest FBI informants in history. At 17 , he was arrested for cocaine possession and sentenced to life in prison without parole. He ultimately served over 30 years, making him one of the longest-serving non-violent offenders in the U.S. justice system. White Boy Rick

Here is where the morality of the story gets muddy. claims he was under strict orders from the FBI to continue rising in the ranks. The agents told him that if he didn’t move drugs, he wouldn’t be credible. So, he did. At age 16, he was allegedly moving significant quantities of cocaine. While working for the FBI, Wershe gathered information

In the end, Richard Wershe Jr. survived the streets of Detroit, the FBI’s betrayal, and the longest prison sentence ever given to a juvenile non-violent offender in Michigan history. His name remains synonymous with the extreme injustices of the criminal justice system. At 17 , he was arrested for cocaine