Black activist Kwasi Olushola is found shot to death in his car. At his apartment, Detectives Sipowicz and Simone find his daughter, Hanna, sitting on the stoop, waiting for her father. When the detectives speak with Kwasi's ex-wife, she is uneasy about Sipowicz handling this case because of his previous racial run-in with Kwasi. Hanna remarks her Uncle Jerome had prior spoken to Kwasi. Sipowicz and Simone find Jerome huddled in a closet, scared and shaking. As the evidence pours in, the case appears to involve a drug deal gone wrong. Jerome explains why the shooting occurred and how the drugs were involved. Meanwhile, Detectives Medavoy and Martinez investigate a fatal shooting at a bodega, where the only witness is a money-hungry junkie.