Category: Crime
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Vince Wade – Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
The Real Story The astonishing but true story of White Boy Rick Wershe is an example of why the War on Drugs has been a trillion-dollar policy failure for nearly half a century. The tale of a boy recruited by the FBI—at age 14—to be a paid informant against a politically-connected drug gang is so…
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The Irishman Didn’t Kill Jimmy Hoffa – by Vince Wade
Vince Wade – Martin Scorsese’s new gangster film epic, “The Irishman” would seem to be a slam-dunk winner. It has an all-star cast, featuring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. It showcases state-of-the-art special effects which have “de-aged” De Niro and Pacino. And Scorsese is widely regarded as one of the best directors…
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What If A Sinner Pays For His Sins, But There’s No Redemption? – by Vince Wade
Richard J. Wershe, Jr., better known to some as White Boy Rick, is a sinner. There isn’t any argument about that. He is the first to admit it.
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Informants: The Disorder Side of Law and Order – by Vince Wade
Hands down, the most infamous snitch of all time has to be a guy named Judas Iscariot. He ratted out a troublesome Jewish preacher and the rest is history.
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The Gangsterization of Detroit – by Vince Wade
In a self-published autobiography I’m sure you never heard of, a brash full-of-himself dope dealer from Detroit ended his 231-page love letter to himself by saying, “Hell. Somebody had to take over this city. Why not me?”