The mayor and police director of Newark, N.J., struggle to keep homicide rates down in the summer of 2008; a Blood and a Crip expect their first child together.
Creep struggles to take care of his and Jayda's children while she is in jail; Mayor Booker faces budget problems and skepticism from the middle-class North Ward; senseless murders continue.
Newark's new school building may not be ready in time for the fall; Jayda prepares her defense; the city faces a budget crisis.
A famous circus comes to Newark for the first time in over 50 years; an internal police clash may come to a head with a potential coup against McCarthy.
Newark's 50th murder of 2008 raises questions about the public safety policy; McCarthy works on a plan for an intra-gang war; Jayda faces difficult decisions regarding her future.
A gang member accused of murder must make a difficult choice.
