Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

I Deserve Some Loving Too (2020)

Demore Barnes: Deputy Chief Christian Garland

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• Amanda Rollins : Mr. Varick here was just telling me he takes the Z train every day.

  Duane Varik : Fact. And today, it was really crowded, so any touching was accidental.

  Sergeant Hasim Khaldun : Then why run? Why smash your phone?

  Duane Varik : Because my father had that conversation with me when I was a boy. Badge or no badge, I know you understand that, my brother, and in case you don't, I want a lawyer. Mm.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : Race card, the lawyer card. Smarter than he looks.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : Rosamie Klein still won't testify?

  Olivia Benson : She doesn't want to hurt her husband.

  Odafin Tutuola : And it turns out Maggie Quigley's marriage was a fake. Her husband's gay and she is too.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : So they lied about their green card which is itself a federal offense. There's already a lot of blowback. If this case implodes... . where's Hadid on this?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : She's not shying away from the fight. O'Toole's attorney, Buchanan already approached us with a slap-on-the-wrist deal for misdemeanor official misconduct. Hadid said no way.

  Olivia Benson : Well, what does she want to charge him with?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : At a minimum, rape three. Plus felony charges of official misconduct and receiving a bribe.

  Olivia Benson : I would argue that threatening to deport victims to countries where they face violence constitutes forcible compulsion.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : That's rape one.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : That makes the case much harder and Hadid wants O'Toole to go down for this.

  Odafin Tutuola : And if he doesn't, you do?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Probably. I mean, I can add on misdemeanor sexual misconduct, coercion, official misconduct...

  Olivia Benson : He deserves no less than 15 years.

  Odafin Tutuola : Throw the whole book at him.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : I'm trying, but I don't have textbook witnesses. I got Duane, the subway groper. Rollins and Hasim. Buchanan's already salivating about his cross.

  Olivia Benson : And Lina. She's credible, she has no reason to lie, and everything to lose.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Just make sure she shows up.

• Odafin Tutuola : [to Garland about O'Toole]  Our working theory is he goes after attractive female applicants with red flag cases.

  Olivia Benson : Well, he looks for discrepancies in age, race, religion, social status. At first, he interviews the couple separately at his office.

  Odafin Tutuola : Then he meets the women in his minivan where he tells them, "You want the green card? I deserve a little loving, too."

  Olivia Benson : And if they turn O'Toole down, they wind up in ICE detention, pending deportation. Plus, he can deport their families, too.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : This abuse of power sickens me.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : The judge released O'Toole on his own recognizance. He claimed that he knew the marriage was fake and he was just trying to draw her out.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : You'd have a stronger case with someone he assaulted. What about his victims? Can we go back to them now that he's been arraigned?

  Olivia Benson : The two victims are terrified that their husbands will find out, and a third is sitting in ICE detention afraid that her husband will be deported.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Then try 'em all again. Three would be great, but if I have one, there goes his defense.

• Olivia Benson : We have two confirmed rapes, one jailed for saying no.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : They're not willing to testify.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : I can ask the U.S. Attorney for a warrant on O'Toole's minivan, but if I do that, the feds are gonna take the case.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : Yeah, it's so politically charged over there right now. I'm not confident they'll fight for these victims.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Agreed, but for these women to admit what happened to them is-is to risk losing everything.

  Olivia Benson : What if we brought in our own victims? I worked a joint task force with Homeland. I have a great contact over there. Let me see if I can get her to push a new green card application across O'Toole's desk.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : A green card honey trap?

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : Do you have the UCs for it?

  Olivia Benson : I think that I do.

• Deputy Chief Christian Garland : Do other employees back up Duane's story?

  Olivia Benson : Duane is O'Toole's number two in charge of case assignment. He's the only one who knows that O'Toole is cherry-picking them.

  Odafin Tutuola : You want proof, Chief? Get us access to O'Toole's computer and his phone records.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : We're dealing with ICE, too? Best not to ask for warrants until we have corroboration. Tell your subway groper to think harder. We need more names.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : I'll start with forcible touching, assaulting an officer.

  Olivia Benson : You know, if you get us a warrant for his home and office computers, we'll get more charges.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : He's immigration? That's Homeland Security.

  Deputy Chief Christian Garland : Yeah, they're their own fiefdom. We ask for a warrant, it'll be tit for tat.

  Olivia Benson : What if we don't ask?