Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 6 Episode 10
Sins of the Father

A white man is found lynched in a historic black section of the city; Falsone and Lewis investigate. The day after Tims dinner date with the male restaurant owner that Tim was positive about, Frank is perplexed by Tims interest in Laura Ballard. The autopsy reveals that the hanged man was also whipped. Gharty worries about Ballard getting involved with ""switch-hitter"" Bayliss. Lewis is convinced the lynching is related back to the victims Civil War ancestor, infamous runaway-slave catcher and free-blacks abductress. Tim and Laura attend an art show.