In 1980s Detroit, a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe Jr., became embroiled in the city's crack epidemic and War on Drugs, with the son initially working as an undercover police informant before turning to drug dealing and being ultimately abandoned by his handlers.
White Boy Rick
Teenager Richard Wershe Jr. infiltrated the FBI as an undercover informant in the 1980s, but was later caught and sentenced to life in prison for drug-related crimes.