When a Minneapolis man trying to build a better life for himself is killed at the hands of Minneapolis police, the entire world ignites into a fight for justice, equality, and peace.
After several months of tense confrontations between Black liberation group MOVE and Philadelphia police, city officials decide to drop a bomb on the group's headquarters, killing most of its members and leaving several other citizens homeless.
Derwin Brown, a veteran police captain and the sheriff-elect of DeKalb County, is assassinated in front of his home and the entire community is traumatized, especially when rumors of police corruption begin to surface.
Six members of the 1988 Carter High School football team are arrested for a string of armed robberies; the Dallas community must grapple with its championship team's dramatic fall from grace.
When an NBA superstar is killed in his hometown, the city of Memphis band together to avenge their fallen hero.
When a local celebrity goes missing after winning a $30 million jackpot lottery in Tampa, Florida, the coastal community are desperate to solve his mysterious disappearance.
An innocent father and the younger brother of Baltimore's police spokesman is found slain in his own home, leaving the entire city in fear.
A Columbus teenager is accused of murdering his twin brother in the night, but a tragic mistake could have led police to the wrong man.
Washington, D.C., is paralyzed with fear as a sniper begins taking out victims at random across the city.
When a renowned gospel singer is found murdered in the French Quarter, the entire city cries out for justice.
For two years, the community of East Charlotte is gripped with fear as a serial killer stalks its streets; he is killing his unsuspecting acquaintances and co-workers then attending their funerals.
A world heavyweight champion boxer is found dead, and it shakes Sin City to its core and there's no shortage of theories about who took him out.
A community is haunted after a newlywed Marine and his wife are found dead inside their Riverside, Calif., home.
A community activist who mentored youth and rallied against gun violence becomes a victim of the very thing he fought against.
When a prominent reporter is assassinated on the street in broad daylight, Oakland police uncover a dark, criminal element to their city.
Despite Texas' rich and diverse history, in 2015 the city of Houston falls prey to a string of lethal armored car robberies, striking terror in the streets; investigators must pull off an elaborate sting to bring the perpetrators to justice.
In Oklahoma City, a member of law enforcement is caught using his position of power to prey upon numerous Black women within the city when his last victim, a 57-year-old grandmother, steps up and speaks out against his reign of terror.
In Scottsdale, Ariz., women in the city fall prey to a handsome playboy who enjoys the party lifestyle as one of city's rich and famous; the party's over when the FBI learns he's a serial grifter running an investment scam.
When a promising young life is cut short on the streets of Chicago, a community bands together to demand real change in the South Side's gang-riddled neighborhoods.
In 2013, Cleveland is shaken when 911 dispatchers receive a call and three missing women are found in a house of horrors; investigators uncover the truth behind a horrific string of decade-old abductions committed by a city school bus driver.
When a beloved high school football player dies while shielding three girls from bullets in a random shooting, a city comes together to seek justice for a young life lost.
In 1989 in New York, a vicious assault on a female jogger sparks a racially driven witch-hunt for her attackers; police employ aggressive tactics to coerce confessions from five young men whose lives will change forever.
In Louisville, Ky., a young woman is killed overnight during a botched raid on her apartment; her outraged community comes together to demand her killers be brought to justice, sparking a nationwide call for police reform.
Brunswick, Ga. is known for its abundant coastal beauty; underneath its façade lies a history of racial tensions and political corruption; in 2020, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery reveals the city's dark secrets to the entire world.
Chattanooga, Tenn., begins as a railway city and evolves into a mecca of arts and culture, but the city also has a violent history; in 1979 one man's murder uncovers the city's dark secrets and leads detectives to the governor's mansion.
Over the Christmas holidays in 1992, a group of wayward teenagers carries out a deadly killing spree throughout the city of Dayton, Ohio.
By 1998, Jasper is one of the most racially progressive small towns in Texas; the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. by three white supremacists reveals hidden racial divisions and makes Jasper's name forever synonymous with murder and hate.
Newark, N.J., may be one of America's oldest and most diverse cities, but it's also one of the most dangerous; in 2007, the violent attacks of four college students by a ruthless gang of teenage killers would prove just how deadly the city could be.
Violence is nothing new to Richmond, California, but when one of its young football stars is gunned down in cold blood by a teenage killer, the city fights back to stop the emergence of a ruthless teenager gang before it strikes again.
As much as the glitz and glam of Tinseltown are intertwined into the fabric of Los Angeles, so is the LAPD; when one of the force's own goes on a deadly shooting rampage, the violent killings bring both the city, and the LAPD, to their knees.
In 2012, Sanford, Fla., would become the epicenter of a nationwide debate when George Zimmerman shoots and kills Trayvon Martin; Trayvon’s death ignites the Black Lives Matter movement and puts the city on center stage for the trial of the century.
The violent murder of 21-year-old Justin Cosby inside Harvard dormitory basement sends shockwaves throughout the city of Cambridge, Mass., and ignites a loving mother’s fight to clear her son’s name once the story goes public.
Austin’s peaceful atmosphere is shattered when a wave of bombings appears to target the city’s minority communities; multiple law enforcement agencies descend upon the city to try and put an end to the carnage before the body count rises.
Twenty years before George Floyd’s murder, Army veteran Roger Owensby Jr. was killed by Cincinnati police under similar circumstances; his death at the hands of law enforcement would help ignite three days of violent riots throughout the city
In 2013, mayoral candidate Marco McMillian was hoping to bring seismic change to his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss.; before he has his chance, he’s found dead under mysterious circumstances, sparking rumors of a political assassination.
The City of Flint, Mich., was plagued by deadly drinking water for nearly four years, as state officials repeatedly denied any problems; the crisis would become one of the most infamous State sanctioned public health disasters in American history.
When beloved Detroit rapper Blade Icewood is shoot and paralyzed in 2004, he launches a war of words against his attackers; the salvo of revenge lyrics only heats up the rivalry, leaving Blade dead in a barrage of bullets just 7-months later.