A small North Carolina town is turned upside-down after an African-American police officer kills an unarmed white college student. But before residents have a chance to grapple with this tragedy, the neglected murder of an African-American teenager is brought back into focus, re-opening wounds that threaten to tear the town apart.

As details of both cases emerge, officials suspect a cover-up that may involve some of the state's most powerful people, including the fiercely-political Governor. These volatile cases prove that that everybody has a story - and the truth is rarely black and white.