This episode exists because the truth was almost erased.
A child was harmed in a classroom.
Multiple adults witnessed it.
Instead of intervening, they laughed.
Instead of reporting it, they lied.
The official story only collapsed because surveillance footage contradicted the adults’ version of events.
In this episode, we examine what it means when accountability only appears after proof, when mandatory reporters choose silence, and when institutions rely on children being too small, too young, or too powerless to be believed. We interrogate the culture that allows harm to be minimized, truth to be rewritten, and adults to protect each other before protecting children.
This is not about one individual’s failure.
This is about a system that was comfortable letting a lie stand.
Because had it not been for the video, they would have gotten away with it
