In the early morning of New Year's Day 2009, Oakland resident Oscar Grant is shot in the back by a BART transit officer at Fruitvale Station. Within days, dramatic cellphone videos of Oscar's shooting go public, igniting a global fight for justice.

After a beloved family of seven is firebombed in their sleep in the Baltimore neighborhood of Oliver, the Baltimore City Police fall under intense scrutiny, ultimately bearing as much blame from the community as the killer himself.