She sat down at Whitney’s kitchen table. She opened her briefcase. She pulled out a laptop. Show me everything you have.

Whitney showed her the brick, the note, the tire photos, the text from her boss, the doctored video circulating online. Diana watched the doctored video twice without speaking. Then she opened a separate file on her laptop.

She turned the screen toward Whitney. It was the full unedited footage from one of the three local news stations. The footage Tyler did not want anyone to see.

Whitney watched herself walk into the dojo. She watched Tyler point at her. She watched the two students drag her up the aisle. She watched him pour water on her head.

She watched herself say, “Please let me go.” She watched her own knee touch the mat. Then she watched the 1.4 seconds.

Diana paused the video. She looked at Whitney across the kitchen table. Three things, Whitney. First, we have all three news station feeds.

CHAPTER 3: A Quiet Black Woman Was Humiliated by a Black Belt Before 600 Fans, Then Something Unexpected Silenced the Whole Gym