Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Criminal Stories (2014)

Danny Pino: Detective Nick Amaro

Quotes 

• Amanda Rollins : [to Olivia about Jimmy Mac]  So are you okay with us talking to him?

  Olivia Benson : Not really.

  Nick Amaro : Jimmy did most of the talking.

  Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : He's a reporter. He's working us, looking for dirt.

  Olivia Benson : Look, I don't know what he's heard...

  Nick Amaro : So, no?

  Olivia Benson : Jimmy is here at the request of One P.P, so he's gonna write this story either way, all right? So if we shine him on, he's just gonna dig deeper.

  Amanda Rollins : So, yes?

  Olivia Benson : He's probably gonna nose around about the shooting, Nick, and Rollins' gambling operation. Look, anything you say can and will be used against you.

• Nick Amaro : [When the detectives investigate the rape of a young woman named Heba]  Look, we can't talk to her in front of her parents or you, Reverend Curtis.

  Reverend Curtis Scott : This is more than just a rape. She was singled out because she wore a hijab.

  Nick Amaro : We're exploring that possibility.

  Reverend Curtis Scott : Possibility? She was called a "Muslim bitch." Am I misinterpreting that?

  Olivia Benson : Nobody is saying that you are.

  Reverend Curtis Scott : Good. Even so, this community doesn't trust the NYPD.

  Nick Amaro : Oh, but they trust you?

• Heba Salim : [When Heba is questioned by Amaro and Rollins about the details of her attack]  I was attacked by two men. They called me a Muslim bitch, tore my hijab...

  Sakin Salim : [comes into the room]  What's going on, Heba?

  Heba Salim : They don't believe me.

  Nick Amaro : Mrs. Salim, there are some inconsistencies with her story, her timeline, the location...

  Sakin Salim : You're calling our daughter a liar?

  Amanda Rollins : No one is saying that.

  Nick Amaro : Look, we do believe she was assaulted.

  Heba Salim : They want me to say it wasn't a hate crime.

  Sakin Salim : They are afraid for their image. New York is supposed to be better than New Delhi. They want this to go away. It won't. We won't.

  Nick Amaro : Ma'am...

  Sakin Salim : Get out of my house. Now!

  [Rollins and Amaro leave the Salims' house] 

• Olivia Benson : You're saying that Heba was assaulted in her brother's boss's office based on the color of the carpet? We're gonna need more than that to go after Elias Kemp Jr.

  Amanda Rollins : Warner was very specific about these fibers. Now, if we can get a warrant, we...

  Olivia Benson : We can't get a warrant.

  Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : We're not gonna need one. He's a neat freak. His assistant made us take our shoes off.

  [holds up an evidence bag with his sock inside of it] 

  Olivia Benson : Nice one. Get that to Warner.

  [Fin leaves Olivia's office] 

  Olivia Benson : Even if she was assaulted there, given his profile, given his wealth...

  Nick Amaro : And the fact she's already lied to us.

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, but if we're right, she lied to us because it was her brother's boss who did this to her.

  Olivia Benson : Well, will she help us out now?

  Amanda Rollins : Not quite there yet.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. Get the security footage from the building. Dig into his past, but please be discreet.

• Nick Amaro : [to Heba]  Elias, he may not do any time, but he will have a record. I mean, it's It's something.

  Amanda Rollins : We're sorry, Heba, but if this went to a second trial, you'd have to go through hell again and those guys could walk.

  Heba Salim : I know. I don't care. I figured it was all part of the settlement.

  Amanda Rollins : Settlement?

  Heba Salim : I'm not supposed to talk about it until after Mike Sullivan's trial.

  Nick Amaro : Well, Kemp's people move fast. So what was their offer?

  Heba Salim : No, don't say it like that. As far as my parents are concerned, I've already lost my honor. At least now my brother can go back to school and get his MBA.