EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Curry on Growing Up in Detroit, Joining Black Killers Gang at 15
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In this clip, Johnny Curry opened up about his time growing up in Detroit as one of nine kids, and his family struggling to feed everyone. Johnny then spoke about being an altar boy in church and later joining a street gang at 15. He later shared a story about kicking out a bus window to escape his enemies, which you can hear more about above.
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by Allan Lengel
Richard Wershe Jr. in White Boy A documentary about convicted Detroit drug dealer Richard Wershe Jr., aka White Boy Rick, first debuted at the Detroit Free Press Film Festival at the Detroit Institute of Arts in March 2017. The crowd included people who were in the film: Retired FBI agent Herman Groman, who dealt with Wershe when he was a teen on the streets, convicted drug dealer Johnny Curry, former WDIV and NBC reporter Chris Hansen and reporter-author Scott Burnstein. Now, White Boy, is streaming on Netflix. (It got a 91-percent audience rating at Rotten Tomatoes.) The 75-minute documentary, which includes former FBI agents, criminal defense attorneys, reporters, former drug traffickers and gangsters, is directed by Shawn Rech.
a paramedic who responded to last month s fertilizer plant explosion in west texas is now charged with having materials to build a pipe bomb. federal prosecutors have charged bryce reed. they haven t drawn any connection to the blast that killed 14 people. that s why this is somewhat confusing. authorities are launching a criminal investigation into the explosion. the state fire marshal s office has ruled out several causes and officials are trying to figure out where the fire started. joining me now on the phone is johnny curry out of las cruces, inment number. he rented a house to bryce reed for two years. johnny, were you surprised to hear that bryce reed was arrested? did this seem out of character to, when you think of him? i was surprised to learn yesterday about his arrest.
didn t have any indication in our experience with him. he seemed like a pretty normal guy. did he seem like a nice guy to you, johnny? did he just kind of seem like a nice guy doing his job, which is obviously, you know, pretty admirable work, that profession. yeah, he did seem like a nice, normal guy, him and his girlfriend and later wife rented from us for about a year and a half and there was never any indication of him having any violence, violence, anything like that. seemed to get along well with people and overall nice guy. no indications that he had interest in anything to do with explosives? no, no indication of that at all. now one of the things, john, is that he actually left new