Detroit: Former drug dealer known as ‘White Boy Rick’ sues Detroit police for $100M
By The Associated Press Troy Warren for DetroitNewsAndTalk.Com Richard Wershe Jr. served roughly 30 years in prison before his release in 2017 A Detroit-area man whose decades in prison for drug dealing and work as an informant inspired the movie “White Boy Rick” filed a lawsuit this week seeking $100 million, claiming he was coerced into assisting police while just a helpless teenager. Richard Wershe Jr., 52, served roughly 30 years in prison in Michigan before his release in 2017, followed by a few more years in a Florida prison for an unrelated crime. Wershe’s lawsuit in federal court in Detroit alleges that…