Is there any truth to the old story that whiteboy rick wershe buried millions of dollars before being sent to prision ? Didnt he hide is drugs the same way ? Maybe its really out there.
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Is there any truth to the old story that whiteboy rick wershe buried millions of dollars before being sent to prision ? Didnt he hide is drugs the same way ? Maybe its really out there.
I ain't tellin'.
Us Rick's have to hang together, so, sorry, nothing happening here, move on. ;-)
I had a dream they made a movie about White Boy Rick. The world premiere was at the Fox and Kid Rock was there in a "super fly" coat. Or does that seem far-fetched?
I almost bought a car off his dad- their both slime & I wouldn't trust a single thing either of them said.
/Florida flood car - ugh
Doesn't Kid Rock's dad, own Marty Feldman Chevrolet in Novi? Or is this suppose to be a secret?
Well, this gets off topic for a moment- White Boy Rick was a drug dealer, Kid Rock in music...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cincinnati_Kid
Anyways, its no secret Kid Rock's dad was a car dealer. Bill Ritchie used to own [[part of) Crest Lincoln Mercury on Van Dyke. Another owner of that dealership- Paul Alandt is married to Benson Ford's daughter- Lynn.
Bill Ritchie used to be active with NADA and the NAIAS. Thought he sold out and retired. He might have invested in other dealers like Marty Feldman, who knows?
Marty Feldman?
It's under the big D.
Check with R.S. Harper, he did the Mercedes casket.:eek:
Ahh, but that was the late Maserati Rick. Gotta keep you're drug-dealing Rick's straight...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigb23
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Originally Posted by Cincinnati_Kid
If I remember correctly Marty Feldman, Jay Chevrolet and Liberty Chevrolet are all owned by the same corporation. Not sure if Kid Rock's father is involved.
Why is this guy callled "whiteboy Ricks"? If he was black and you called him blackboy ricks, there would be a huge uproar. I guess its that damn double standard again. Or is his first name Whiteboy? What makes it so important that everyone know hes a "white boy"? Just sayin.......
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Originally Posted by exmotowner
Either you're not serious or you're not from around here...
White boy Rick Wershe, lived on Park Drive, Harper and Conner area
I am from there, but havent lived there in 25 years. No I dont know who this Ricks guy is. I was just sayin though.....Quote:
Originally Posted by bdglsmn
hmm... I'm surprised that WB-Rick hasn't inspired some straight to dvd biopic yet.. i'm thinking he'd make a good topic for BET's 'American Gangster' series, but that show's not actively producing anymore, just showing reruns now..
Your "just sayin" sounds more like a rant than a real issue. But since you asked, I'll explain why he was named something that he accepted.Quote:
Originally Posted by exmotowner
White Boy Rick was a young white kid that was in the drug game in Detroit during the 80's. If I do recall both him and his father were both busted in a big drug bust that included several blacks. He was called White Boy Rick because as most of us know, Detroit is a black majority city and at that time it was unheard of white kids selling and dealing dope in the inner city that was for the majority, known or labeled as a black thing. To a degree that's understandable seeing that most of the drug dealers in the city were/are black. Well, the ones that get caught.
Dealers getting nick names like this is nothing new. He's not the only guy with a name that seem racist or offensive to you. They do the same thing here on the west coast. Hispanics that are in the black gangs have a stereotype name and the same applies to blacks that are in the Hispanic games. Anyways, crying over what the guy's nick name is melodramatic. Cry over all of the drugs that he was selling to addicts like most dealers do.
Btw, he was one of the biggest to get caught in the game.
Great explanation, Dove-7. I believe he came up for parole a couple of years ago. Denied, of course.
Yes, I just read up on that. I hadn't heard about him since that bust. I remember when that happened, but ironically I brought his name up last year in another forum to make a point about stereotypes, myths and misconceptions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fury13
Btw, those name have been going on since the 70's and perhaps longer.
Thanks for the explination Dove-7. Now I do understand.
All these urban agriculture groups are just a front. They are really just digging for White boy Rick's buried millions.
...and now we know the REAL reason why Bing wants to "right-size" the City. It's all coming together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Downriviera
This turned up on wiki answers
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Friday, March 25, 2005
Inmate charged in theft ring
Detroit drug dealer from prison helped steal hundreds of vehicles in Florida, authorities say.
By David Shepardson / The Detroit News
DETROIT -- An imprisoned Detroit drug dealer was an active participant in a group that stole $8 million worth of vehicles in south Florida while he was behind bars, Florida authorities said Thursday.
Richard Wershe Jr., who as a teenage drug dealer during the 1980s in Detroit was widely known as White Boy Rick, was charged by state authorities in Florida with being part of a network that stole hundreds of vehicles.
He is serving a life term following his arrest and conviction on drug trafficking charges in 1988 at age 17.
Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist said the arrests of six people -- including Wershe -- capped a probe called "Operation Road Runner."
Three Miami men were charged, along with a Virginia man and another man held in a federal prison, Lorenzo Nichols Jr., with stealing more than 250 vehicles and then selling them with altered vehicle identification numbers.
About 120 of the vehicles, worth $3.5 million, have been recovered.
Wershe and Nichols are accused of using attorney-client telephone lines within the federal prisons, which by law cannot be monitored by prison authorities without a federal court order.
They used the phones "as a point of transfer for three-way calls to further their criminal enterprise," Crist said in a statement.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy praised the arrests.
"This case shows the collaborative efforts between law enforcement can produce impressive results," Worthy said in a statement. "We must be vigilant in attacking crime that occurs inside and outside of prison walls."
County prosecutors fought to keep Wershe in the federal prison, where he is being held, during a 2003 at a parole hearing.
In 1991, he was moved to a federal prison in Marquette after he began cooperating with federal agents.
Wershe also was the key to one of the FBI's most significant local police drug corruption cases in which nearly a dozen police officers, including three on then-Detroit Police Chief William Hart's staff, were convicted in 1992, agents told The Detroit News in 2003.
Wershe's cooperation continued in prison. He was instrumental in preventing a homicide in a murder-for-hire plot, and in 1995 provided information about another plot by one organized crime group planning the murder of another nationally known crime figure, agents said.
In 2003 parole hearing, his friend, musician Kid Rock, an FBI agent and two retired FBI agents asked the state parole board to release Wershe.
The FBI agents cited Wershe's extensive help in prosecuting some of Detroit's most vicious drug gangs and a Detroit police corruption case.
It was opposed by Detroit police and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents who blamed Wershe for some of the city's problems with crime today.
Wershe was 17 when he was arrested in 1988 for possession with intent to deliver about 1.5 pounds of cocaine. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
A change in the state's drug-sentencing law in late 2004 left Wershe, now 35, eligible for parole. The parole board unanimously rejected the request. He can reapply in 2007.
You can look him up on Offender Tracking Information System [[OTIS) and see his current picture mugshot in prison. Been locked up for over twenty years and I think he deserves parole. You have rapists and killers that get parole, but Rick Wershe was just a drug dealer who, if released, wouldn't sell drugs ever again simply because of the fact that everyone would be watching his every move! He deserves another chance at life....FREE WHITE BOY RICK
Now 40, in prison since he was 18, a lifetime to go.
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In my opinion the crime is that Whiteboy Rick has been locked up for so long. Someone i grew up with did 10 years for selling an ounce of coke in 1 gram increments. He went to jail when he was 18 and got out when he was 28. That is a crime as well.
I'll join along:
FREE WHITEBOY RICK!!!
Wow, he was born four months after me. It's amazing to think about what I've done since I was 17 and what WBR has done. Sad.
LMAO.... we'll have to keep a close eye on how much BLING Cub wears in the future... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Downriviera
If he hadn't been busted for the car theft ring there might be more of an argument for his release, but if he can swing a multi-million dollar illegal enterprise from within a Federal prison, then no, I really don't want him out because the thought of what he could be capable of on the outside is downright scary.
What? Many guilty rapist and killers don't deserve parole, but that's another topic. What Rick had done was very serious. As for him being "just a drug dealer and will never do it again" is pretty sad to play that down. You have to look at the degree of the crime. We're not talking about someone that sold a couple of crack rocks to a customer here. What he will and won't do if he ever get out is speculation which don't equate to facts or knowing. There are plenty of drug dealers that served their time and got right back in the game only to get caught again.Quote:
Originally Posted by detroitbob66
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Originally Posted by lilpup
Word. Some people are forgetting the grand scale this kid now man was doing and the kind of power that he still has while in prison. That's saying a hell of lot when you can still pull crimes while behind bars on a large scale. It's no different than the Mexican Mob aka Le Eme. These guys are no joke and pretty much all of the King Pins are lifers but they still run the drugs and gangs behind bars. Do them wrong and they can make things happen no matter how much concrete and steel is preventing them from roaming the streets.
They're the reason why you have a war between the Mexican and blacks down in L.A. They pulled the Hispanic gangs together rival and non rival down there to take over areas that were once/are black neighborhoods. It's a Le Eme turf drug war that is flooding over into the local innocent victims neighborhoods. Compton, L.A. etc.
Im surprised with how little info there is on his case , with how big of a story he was , you'd think there would be alot more on the net . I could only find the same 3 photo's of him. Does any one know were i can find footage of his trial , the one that was over ran by teenage dealers .
That article only said he was "arrested" in the car theft ring. It didn't even say he was officially charged, it only said he was "accused". If he was found guilty, OTIS would have the conviction listed.Quote:
Originally Posted by lilpup
In my opinion no one should ever spend that amount of time in jail for any amount of drugs. The dude was 17 years old.... On the grand scale of things what kind of "Kingpin" was he really? He would deserve life if he was out robbing and killing his rivals like Christopher Walken in the "King of New York" Trust me, Whiteboy Rick was no kingpin. He was a smart business minded kid who wasn’t afraid to take big time chances. Unfortunately he chose the easy way out and decided to use his skills in illegal business.
I also understand when you come from his background, throw in 20 plus years in prison that your chance for becoming a normal citizen is very low. Still, Whiteboy Rick's second chance is long overdue.
someone who has been locked away since 1988 and wasn't even yet 18 years old when put behind bars has probably not gained very many marketable skills during his time put in. he probably has learned more than a few lessons while in prison, but i'm also quite sure he has very little to fall back on other than crime-- the only business he knows.
People thought the same thing about Butch Jones when he got out of prison: He'll be clean because he knows everyone will be watching him. And where is Jones now? Right back in federal prison serving 30 years for starting up another drug ring when he got out.Quote:
Originally Posted by detroitbob66
Rick is right where he needs and deserves to be. He wasn't some kid selling nickel bags on the corner; he was a major player in the drug trade.
Rick was only a major player among his age group. You know, teenagers. Getting caught with a pound of coke is not a "major player". Maybe he knew a "major player" or knew someone who knew a "major player"Quote:
Originally Posted by Motor City Sam
According to statistics, if he gets out he probably will go back in. Maybe he does belong there but he doesn't deserve to be there [[at least for his original crime when he was a minor)
I certainly see your point here. I would agree with what you say, but he deserves to get out soon. 22 years in prison is a good enough sentence for dealing drugs. Besides, he was only a tennage kid when he did all of this stuff. We all did stupid things when we were teenagers. I changed my life around after "doin time" and I am very successul today.Quote:
Originally Posted by dove-7
Don pablo, Rick was more than a big shot among teenagers. He got his drugs from a major Miami cartel. He was also high enough up in the Detroit drug scene tht he was able to provide information on other major players when he flipped. I remember clearly when this case was prosecuted. He is exactly the type of person for which the lifer law was intended.Quote:
Originally Posted by donpablo
I respect your differing opinion, but I'm surprised that in a City such as Detroit, which has been devastated by crime and drugs, there are people who advocate for drug dealers to be released from prison, particularly those who continued to commit crimes after they were sentenced.
Rick was only a major player among his age group. You know, teenagers. Getting caught with a pound of coke is not a "major player". Maybe he knew a "major player" or knew someone who knew a "major player"
He was enough of a "major player" to be protected by DPD while he was getting high with the Honorable Coleman A. Young's niece Cathy Volsan. But, I agree - Life is too harsh of a sentence, especially when it is not applied equally.
~If~ he has buried millions, currency has changed so much in the past 22 years that it would seem problematic to move/launder those old bills without attracting attention.
I have to agree with the opinion that he should be eligible for parole, if his prison time behavior has been acceptable. At 18 years old he could not have been a true kingpin, only a big dealer and big patsy. Our state does not have enough money to keep him behind bars. Had he been in his late twenties or older and in the business for years, I might see some argument for him staying in. What he heck a lot of murderers do less time than 22 years.
they were just making an example out of him
It's funny reading these responses that White Boy Rick should be pardoned. That he did his time yet are we forgetting that he was part of a culture that took Detroit on a path to hell. That this is the same Richard Wershe Jr. that was partnered up with Richard Carter aka Maserati Rick who was one of the leaders of Best Friends, a drug gang that did murder for hire. If The Wire showed us one thing is that you can't control blocks without dropping bodies. [[i.e. Mario and the vacants) White Boy Rick was pushing major dope back in the 80's and his hands were not clean. He is right where he belongs. Next thing you know all of the Chambers brothers will be asking to be let out.
I wonder how many black kids were in the same scenario, got the same sentence but never is a peep said about them
Hes done enough time. Give him a shot, if he fucks up he'll be back in.
A little over a pound of coke is probably only a weeks worth of business on a busy corner, hardly kingpin material.
The drug war is bullshit. It should be a health issue not a legal or criminal issue.
What good has locking up WBR actually achieved? Does anyone really think the supply of drugs on the street has gone down because of locking up any one or any 100 drug dealers?
The prison system has only become a college for criminals, the more people we put through this college the more criminals were going to have when they get out. Non violent DD's are better off on the street doing what is going to be done anyway.
Free WBR
Jt1, way too many. I just did a quick search and found this info. This is the link:Quote:
Originally Posted by jt1
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/node/64
This is one section:
[[1999) "Our research shows that blacks comprise 62.7 percent and whites 36.7 percent of all drug offenders admitted to state prison, even though federal surveys and other data detailed in this report show clearly that this racial disparity bears scant relation to racial differences in drug offending. There are, for example, five times more white drug users than black. Relative to population, black men are admitted to state prison on drug charges at a rate that is 13.4 times greater than that of white men. In large part because of the extraordinary racial disparities in incarceration for drug offenses, blacks are incarcerated for all offenses at 8.2 times the rate of whites. One in every 20 black men over the age of 18 in the United States is in state or federal prison, compared to one in 180 white men."
Source:
Human Rights Watch, "Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs" [[Washington, DC: Human Rights Watch, 2000).
http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2000/usa/Rcedrg00.htm#P54_1086
Here is another:
At the start of the 1990s, the U.S. had more Black men [[between the ages of 20 and 29) under the control of the nation's criminal justice system than the total number in college. This and other factors have led some scholars to conclude that, "crime control policies are a major contributor to the disruption of the family, the prevalence of single parent families, and children raised without a father in the ghetto, and the 'inability of people to get the jobs still available.'"
Source:
Craig Haney, Ph.D., and Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D., "The Past and Future of U.S. Prison Policy: Twenty-five Years After the Stanford Prison Experiment," American Psychologist, Vol. 53, No. 7 [[July 1998), p. 716.
http://www.csdp.org/research/haney_apa.pdf
I remember laws implemented that differentiated crack from cocaine in the court of law. Essentially those laws helped drive the racially disproportionate numbers we have in prison. Check the link if you want to read more depressing statistics.
R8RBOB, If drugs were legal, Detoit would have never went down the path of the "crack" hell of the 80's and 90's.Quote:
Originally Posted by R8RBOB
Django, I will ask the same questions and agree with everything you say here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Django
And what happened to Detroit is about what was going on with the markets for labor and CARS, not drugs.
Instead of locking up White Boy Rick and Butch Jones, why not just legalize drugs and let them out.
Oh wait, that makes too much sense....
We could save all that money at the mexican border too???
I was having a discussion about this last night and the conclusion was that his nickname doomed him. It makes so much better press than plain old Richard Wershe.
I agree with Django. Allow adults to put whatever they wish in their bodies. If they screw up we have laws to deal with them. We don't need laws for what people might do. We only need laws for what they actually do.
Anyone remember the other high profile case with a young white cocaine man? I believe his first name was Gary. He made the cover story of Rolling Stone in the 90's with his plight of getting caught with a ki. He didn't have a ghetto-fabulous name like WBR, he was just some kid who happen to grow up with someone who dealt in quantity and was convinced by a undercover drug cop to made a quick deal for a few bucks. He got popped and I believe spent about 10 years in prison of a life sentence due to mandatory minimums statutes but was pardoned soon after appearing on the cover of R.S. Of course this miracle story would never happen to a black man. Nice looking white kids in trouble sell more ink.
Anyone remember Two Fer Ten? I would love to hear John Sinclairs take on the matter. No doubt two joints are a far cry from two pounds of blow but the prison sentences given were comparable. You out there John?
Since joining Dyes some 8 years ago or so I've noticed a pretty radical change in attitude toward the drug war. I used to see quite a few posts from folks convinced that keeping dealers and users in prison was the only way to go. This is an important issue that needs to be discussed as much as possible until a better solution is found and implemented. This site is read by folks that can make a difference. Discussing it as much as possible is a great way to keep the ball rolling.
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Originally Posted by HATCHMO92
I have tried to find articles on him before, as well. I have found a couple of fake myspace pages on him, and that's about it.
I am four months older than he is, too. Wow.
Rick's dad was never busted for drugs. He was convicted for "possesing" gun silencers. They went after his dad to keep his mouth shut. They had alot of info on corrupt cops and politicians that those in power did not want to be outed.Quote:
Originally Posted by dove-7
Rick wasn't one of the biggest. He was just a kid who got involved in the drug trade because of the Feds.
Amen brother!Quote:
Originally Posted by detroitbob66
Rick was convicted at a time when everything bad in Detroit was said to be caused by drugs and drug dealers. Rick should be released asap! He's a good guy who made some mistakes. He was just a kid when he was convicted and has spent the last 23 years in prison. So sad..
Rick NEVER had millions so there's no way he could have buried any large amount of money.
Detroit was going downhill fast well before coke/crack became a problem in the city. We could also blame the ills of Detroit on booze and lock up the CEO's of the beer/liquor companies, eh? I'm not saying drugs are good but I won't subscribe to the notion that drugs brought Detroit to it's knees. The lose of jobs connected to the auto industry could also be blamed for many problems in Detroit.Quote:
Originally Posted by R8RBOB
Rick was NOT involved in murders. He was a kid who sold drugs as a teen.
You'd also be very surprised at who HAS been released. Guys much larger than Rick who were connected to beheadings and other murders.
I know Rick and find it sad that people out there say and print so many untruths about him. I guess it makes to a more interesting story but.. it's not the truth.
The funniest thing I noticed back in the days [[looking innocently around, lalalalala...) was that black guys would brag that they always got the best stuff from white boys, yet white guys would brag that the stuff they got was the best out there & they knew it because they got it from a black guy.
Even if drugs were legalized is anyone really so naive as to think these guys would have been honest, upstanding citizens? If you could legally buy crack at the local party store these scumbags would have been stealing cars, robbing old ladies and holding up party stores to make a quick buck. They took the low road in life, and more often than not it's a dead end.
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Originally Posted by Johnnny5
Thats an unfair statement. Most drug dealers find their trade simply by knowing someone else in the trade who's making a lot of money and in turn want that lifestyle, rims and all. Dealers are just buying/selling another product like any businessperson. Im IMHO its should be an honest line of work. Thieves on the other hand tend to be pre programmed to take what they want. Can you honestly say Johnny5 that any dealer youve known would most likely just pick up a gun and start robbing ppl if they couldnt deal drugs anymore? Ive known a lot of dealers over the years but most of them just weren't thieves like that, they just wanted to buy for a dollar and sell for two [[as Prop. Joe would say)
On the other hand, dealers who go to prison quickly learn how to be a criminal or a better criminal. . Prison is just a college for criminals. They will often come out of the system knowledgeable in all different kinds of crime and will turn to it when they get out and find getting a decent job near impossible. You say they chose the low road in life but when your born on the low road you will often go with what you know. I couldn't imagine how difficult it would be to climb out of the hood.
White Boy Rick should never have gone to prison in the first place. Is there any less drugs on the street now that we have over a half million dealers and users in prison today? We havent made a dent in drugs available. The problem should have been tackled at the root, those that consume the drugs, and should be treated as a health issue like the disease addiction is, not a criminal issue as supply and demand will always rule.
As I understand WBR did learn a new trade while in prison, how to run a car theft ring from behind bars. From prison he made the leap from non violent so called criminal to real criminal, and now we want to let him out. .
Well, let me twist the issue away from WBR for a bit. How do we attack the drug problem. I see it as both an economic issue and a public policy issue. The economist in me says to legalize it, take the profit out of it, because as we all know if you arrest one drug dealer you have 10 more willing to take his place because of the profit in it. Plus the coked out folks won't break into your house [[or not as many houses) because they can afford the product. But the public policy person in me wonders how you can have all these coked out people walking the streets trying to do day-to-day activities like driving a bus, working in a manufacturing plant etc, etc now that drugs are legalized
The strain you would put on the re-hab centers could just put a greater dent in the budget than what we already have.
I really don't have an answer, I just know that the way we are doing it now doesn't work.
WBR should be out of prison?Not in our lifetime.See how nice the eastside of Detroit is.Why its like a parkland with whole areas going back to nature.WBR was like a Muir or TR,a real nature lover.A hit squad that would have been made public in 50 years would have served Detroit well in 1980s.I know,we have laws and are a nation of laws,but what these dopers did to Detroit was beyond criminal.Just saying......
I think you have it right on firstandtenQuote:
Originally Posted by firstandten
But why would all of a sudden regular ppl start doing hard drugs. Would you for instance pick up a rig and start shooting heroin just because you could do so legally, do you think your friends would. There has been studies on that type of scenario and they found that there wouldn't be a significant rise in hard drug use. I could imagine a system where if you were a drug addict you would have to be registered and licensed. You would need that license to purchase your drugs and therefore barred from being hired to do a job which involved heavy machinery, driving a bus, etc. They already have a sort of license to carry syringes in the city, and you have to be registered with the health dept to get your card. If cops give a registered user a hassle for carrying syringes he shows the card and problem solved..
All the money saved on housing prisoners by itself could easily pay for the addicts to go to rehab. Huge amounts of money would be saved. Think of all the public defenders and other court costs. No doubt there would be problems but like you said, the way were doing it now doesn't work.
I can't believe how naive some of the people on this forum are. With the idea "It was only drugs, he's rehabilitated, lets parole him". Hey, I have some prime property along Zug Island I'd love to sell you!
Do you really think the leader of a major drug cartel in Detroit [[and don't fool yourself into thinking it was just a little coke, they were moving huge amounts of drugs) never wacked somebody to advance his position in the dealing game? And, to think he was stupid enough to have never stashed any money away. The word at the time from people involved in the case was he stashed somewhere between 2.5 and 3.5 million in overseas accounts that the feds couldn't touch.
Also, do you really think he could ever come back and live in Detroit again after testifying against others. He'd get blown away within two weeks of getting out.
I was sworn to secrecy...If I tell ya Imma have to kill ya.....:o
Wilfred, so the drug war is working for ya?
More people die every year over drugs than by drugs so that argument doesn't hold much weight. For cripes sake look at what is happening in Mexico because of prohibition. Moms dont worry about their kids getting hooked on crack they worry about their kids getting in the life.
Ive never heard of WBR being involved with hits. Ive heard of plenty of hits surrounding Massaratti[[sp) Rick, YBI, I believe its the Chambers Bros, and others. I would think that someone who believes in the current draconian drug sentencing guidelines they would also agree with capitol punishment so why worry and moan about one dealer killing another. That is the business they chose right?
Why would it matter if its one kilo or a hundred? Personally I doubt the kid was smart enough to make that many millions and/or use an offshore account.
Like I said earlier, many dealers get involved because its a crime of opportunity. That person happens to know someone with large amounts of drugs and its easy money and from there they learn how to be a better criminal. Prohibition does not work, we've proved that twice now. If anyone has a better idea Id love to hear it. I dont want to see anyone get addicted to drugs but they are a fact of life and they're not going away. Pretending you can eradicate drugs is just hiding your head in the sand from the real issue, which is addiction.
Are you saying the drug war is working wilfrid?
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Got that straight, bro.Quote:
Originally Posted by RickBeall
I don't know nuthin' 'bout no buried treasure. Especially one that's twenty paces west of the Belle Isle Casino north entrance, seven paces east of the trash barrel, twenty-five paces north to the elm tree lined up with the no standing sign.
Nothing but old, dead leaves, worms and a few Stroh pop-tops buried underneath the largest east-facing limb. Plenty more to keep you busy in this city, so go on, scram!
Besides, there's no "booty" to be plundered here since the island is shut down at dusk anyhow.
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Originally Posted by dtowncitylover
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Didn't the supreme court just rule that minors cannot be sentenced to life in prison without parole? How will this effect WBR?
His life sentence got dropped and he is eligible for parole, which he keeps getting denied.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroitgayhistoryguy
One reason this might be is the Feds ILLEGALLY used him as a confidential informant at the age of 14 and some don't want him out.[[Not to mention they allowed him to deal dope for years.) The irony is the people Rick helped put behind bars for major trafficking all got lighter sentences than he did.
Either way the "war on drugs" is a joke. The draconian drugs laws these idiots support allow the violent drug cartels to prosper.
Our Government isn't so moral when they endanger the life of a 14-year-old minor.
i'm for parolling all of the non-violent drug criminals. white , black, hispanic, whatever. i'm sure a lot of other people are like-minded.
i have a question for the drug warriors. whats it like to have your taxes pay to keep these non-violent offenders in prison? while the police, fire, schools, post office, buses, roads and other services get closed and cut from the budget?
i say parole the non violent drug criminals! let the murderers and rapists stay in jail.
freeway ricky ross is out. he got life, commuted to 20 years and out in 2009. he was a real 'kingpin' , with over 1000 employees. did whiteboy rick have that?
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In 1996, Ross was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of trying to purchase more than 100 kilograms of cocaine from a federal agent.
"The injustice of the imprisonment of Richard Wershe, Jr.—White Boy Rick—demands action by people who care about justice. This post talks about the politics of Rick Wershe’s imprisonment, the politicians who can do something about it and ways you can contact them.
Rick Wershe needs help. More specifically, he needs political help."
Read more: http://www.thedimedroppers.com/2015/...ollars-on.html
Maybe he should ask Obama. He just commuted this guys...
Patrick Roberts, 65, is currently incarcerated in a federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., according to corrections records, and has lost several previous attempts to have his sentence reduced.
Federal court documents say he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine and marijuana and was sentenced to life imprisonment, under rules which were in place at the time, because of his four prior drug convictions.
Obama today commuted the sentences of 46 federal prisoners convicted on drug charges, ordering their terms to end Nov. 10 of this year. Roberts' was the only one from Michigan.
When I saw Obama on TV today commuting those drug offenders' sentences, the first thought that popped into my head was Whiteboy Rick.Quote:
Originally Posted by pocketchange
The more you guys post, the more I hope he stays there forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveyM
Maybe you would be more sympathetic of people like Rick if you asked yourself a simple question;Quote:
Originally Posted by Meddle
"How do these Drugs get into the country?"
Now here's the tough part, do a little research, a few key words for a Google search, Mena, Arkansas, CIA drug smuggling, Barry Seal C127, Iran Contra...
I believe this "pipeline" of illegal drugs is facilitated by the federal government. It goes way beyond just funding CIA operations. Who was governor in Arkansas when Mena was exposed? Oh that's right, Bill Clinton! Reagan at bat, Bush on deck, and Clinton in the hole[[no pun intended).
Broaden your horizons Meddle and maybe "White Boy Rick" wouldn't be the subject of your frustrations. Or keep believing what you hear in the news as "wool meets eyes"...:rolleyes:
Here's a good link below on what happened in Mena, but there are thousands of pieces written and many documentaries about the situation for viewing online. A movie about all this in the works that will be distributed by Universal Pictures.. Tom Cruise playing Barry Seal.
http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO...s_of_mena.html