Law & Order

In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented

by two separate, yet equally important groups:

the police, who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

It's censorship, pure and simple.

I actually agree with the board on this one.

Seriously? "Romeo and Juliet?"

- Yeah. - But it's a classic.

That's filled with toxic masculinity.

Come on.

And while they're at it, they should take

a look at "Othello" and "Henry V."

Used to be the conservatives banned books.

Now it's the woke liberals, too.

That...

That's Henry Gleason.

Henry?

Henry, can you hear me?

Oh my God. I think he's dead.

Call 911.

DOA was Head of School, Henry Gleason.

Took a single bullet to the chest.

Caliber?

- 9mm. - Time of death?

MLI has it somewhere between

10:00 last night and 2:00 this morning.

Witnesses?

A few people said they heard a loud bang last night

around 10:15.

Thank you.

Yo. Found something?

Looks like the killer went through this door.

There's blood on the push bar.

Oh.

"Go forth without fear."

Might wanna get a new slogan.

Our spring musical was last night.

"Dear Evan Hansen" in the auditorium.

so it was crowded.

What time did the play let out?

Around 9:30. I left just before 10:00.

Anyone left here?

Corridors were empty.

Henry said he was heading back to the office to get his coat.

And the classroom where he was shot,

that's on the way to his office?

It's the 12th grade homeroom.

Ms. Sandler, can you think of

a reason why someone would want to kill him?

I really didn't know him that well.

This was his first year at the school.

Married? Kids?

Said his students were his children.

And not just at Davenport.

He spent his free time working with kids

from economically unstable families,

tutoring, helping with college applications.

Yeah. We're gonna need his computer.

Sure. Whatever you like.

And the footage from your security cameras.

I'm afraid that's going to be a problem.

The school's surveillance footage was erased.

All of it?

Someone hacked into the system and wiped out

everything between 3:00 p.m. and midnight.

Has Computer Crimes tried to recover it?

Yeah, I just got off the phone with them.

It's gone for good.

Can they at least trace the source of the hack?

- They're working on that. - All right.

Let's get a video canvass going.

Check for cameras in nearby buildings.

Where are we on forensics?

FAS ran the discharged shell casing.

No hit in IBIS.

Ah, computer analyst found an electronic footprint,

leads to an IP address to a 14-year-old.

A ninth grader at the school. Lives on the Upper West Side.

Get a warrant for his computer.

And then pay him a visit. - Okay.

Just make sure he's got a parent with him.

Dylan!

Yeah?

These detectives want to see your computer.

Dylan, we need access to your computer.

I've got homework. I have a Latin test.

We have evidence you hacked into the school's

security system last night and erased the footage.

If he doesn't move, we're gonna arrest him for obstruction.

- Let them in. - But Dad--

They have a search warrant.

Stay back.

Why do you have the girl's lacrosse trophy here?

And what are you doing with Mr. Gleason's nameplate?

Okay, I admit it.

I stole the stuff from school.

It was a challenge on social media.

The goal was to steal stupid things from school.

It was like a dare.

When you took some of this stuff,

did Mr. Gleason walk in?

No.

Did you see him on your way out?

He try to stop you and that's why you shot him?

- I didn't shoot him. - So...

why did you delete the security footage?

I woke up in the middle of the night.

I had a panic attack.

I was nervous they were gonna see the stuff missing

and watch the video.

What time did you leave school yesterday?

Around 4:00.

- You weren't at the play? - No.

I already saw the real "Dear Evan Hansen."

Why would I wanna watch a bunch of annoying kids do it?

Look, I can show you.

I posted it as soon as I got home.

Look, there I am in room. Time stamp's 4:47 p.m.

Look at all this stuff!

One, two, three--six!

I feel invincible!

I got home around 6:00,

and Dylan was in his room, studying.

All right. You know anyone at school

that might have hated Mr. Gleason?

Half the parents.

Why do you say that?

This guy Gleason was trying to change the world.

You know, jam all that progressive

woke nonsense down everyone's throat.

He made the parents sign a pledge

acknowledging they were anti-racist.

Look, I get it.

We all want the world to be more inclusive.

But how does forcing people to sign a pledge change anything?

Hm. So, some parents got upset?

No.

Some parents went ballistic.

The other day, for example, I saw a woman

screaming at Gleason.

Said if she had a gun, she'd shoot him in the face.

That's a direct quote.

I'm not so sure about this critical race thing,

teaching young kids to feel guilty

about the color of their skin.

It's more complicated than that.

- No, I'm sure it is. - Come on, Frank.

White kids--

especially these white kids in these schools,

they got to get lessons on what it was like

growing up Black in America.

About how these things really went down.

I don't disagree, but isn't that the job

of the parents, not the schools?

Mrs. Wayland!

Can I help you?

Yeah. Detective Bernard.

- Detective Cosgrove. - Yeah, we'd like to ask you

a couple of questions about Henry Gleason.

Okay.

We understand you weren't a big fan of his,

threatened him? - I didn't mean it literally.

I was just upset.

About what?

Let's just say we didn't see eye-to-eye

on his educational philosophy.

- Why's that? - I just found out about

this "extra time" scam-- kids getting diagnosed

with these fake learning disabilities

so they can get extra time for tests,

for the SAT.

Almost 50% of the kids in my daughter's class are doing it.

It's outrageous.

So I asked Gleason about it.

I take it you weren't happy with his response.

He pretended these kids actually had

real learning disabilities.

Three or four kids, sure.

But 47 kids? Really?

It's cheating.

My kid has four hours.

These kids get ten?

Oh, I get it.

My kids, they go to a regular ol'

public school and they're doing the same thing there--

can't help but make you angry right?

Yeah, and sometimes it's that kind of passion

that makes people do stupid things.

Please. I was just pissed off.

But I didn't kill Gleason.

I've never even touched a gun.

All right. Just the same.

Where were you two nights ago around 10:00 p.m.?

DC, for work.

Took the Acela first thing yesterday morning.

Mm-hm.

Okay, we believe you.

Guessing you weren't the only parent