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Spoilers for "Raw"
SVU precinct, half hour later
"Okay what do we know about the victims?" Cragen asked posting the pictures of Maxine and Thomas on the board. Luckily Fin called Ken to pick Tina up so that she wasn't bored at the precinct. Plus Olivia always makes sure she isn't in the precinct when they put gruesome pictures on the case board.
"Well Thomas was a nurse, his parents said everyone who knew him said that he was a great guy and loved his fiancée" Olivia said looking at the notes she had written.
"And Maxine was a banker, same thing. Really nice to everyone, and she was in love with her fiancée. Plus she told her future in laws that she was a month pregnant" Elliot added.
"Okay, do we have any leads on this at all? Did either one of these people have any priors? Cragen asked them
"No, they were both clean, not even a parking ticket for neither of them. And we checked on Maxine's room mate, nothing on him either" Olivia said
"plus Maxine's parents were about the two most bigoted people I've ever met, but they had an alibi at the time of the murder" Fin said sitting on the edge of Olivia's desk.
"And we know that the two perps were majorly religious, they also left this note" Olivia said handing Cragen the note in the evidence bag. He quickly read it over
"God intended his children to be separated, and they have broken God's laws. Satin's mixed child is also back to the fires of hell where it belongs. Wow, these two guys were seriously mad at them about something, what though?"
"Easy" Munch said standing up and going over to the case board. "They were mad because they were an inter raced couple. Look at the note, god intended his children to be separate, satins mixed child. They killed these people simply because they were engaged to a different race." "Terrific, now when we catch the bastards, we can charge them with a hate crime along with murder" Elliot said standing up.
"Okay, Munch Elliot, go talk to the places they worked, see if anyone's been bugging them lately. Fin Olivia, can I see you in my office?" Cragen said to them. The four detectives looked at each other for a moment before Olivia and Fin followed Cragen into his office.
"Whats going on cap?" Fin asked closing the door behind him and Olivia.
"look, are you sure you two can handle this?" he said softly
"yeah why?" Olivia said a little confused.
"Because by the looks of this case, your gonna deal with a lot of idiots that don't really-"
"Oh I get it now" Fin said a little annoyed. "You think just because we married out of our race that we won't be able to handle this case."
"No, thats not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that I hope the two of you have thick skin, because by the looks of it, your gonna deal with a lot of racist people in this case"
"and we can handle any damn idiot that says something about it" Fin said a little angrily before leaving the office, practically slamming the door behind him.
"Well that didn't go like I expected" Cragen said softly sitting down in his chair. Olivia sighed then also sat down
"Look, me and him can deal with this, just last night some idiots at the restaurant we were at said something about us together. We handled it then, and we can handle the case" Olivia said softly. Cragen nodded
"All right, but if either of you have a problem then you tell me okay?" Olivia nodded before Cragen sighed again
"all right" he said standing up and they both walked out of the office.
"All right, Olivia, Elliot go check out the bank and hospital where they worked, see if they had anyone that disliked the fact that they were engaged. Munch, Fin check on the computers to see if that matches any other MO's."
"Are you sure I can handle it" Fin muttered softly.
"And can you do it without the attitude?" Cragen asked giving him a annoyed look.
"I'll be right out" Olivia said to Elliot as he got on his coat.
"I'll go start searching in the file room witch isn't here" Munch said quickly leaving the room. Olivia went up to Fin who was looking a little angry.
"Are you okay?" she asked softly
"I'm cool" he said not even bothering to look at her.
"I know you are, but are you okay?" Olivia asked again. He sighed then looked at her
"Yeah, I'm just a little annoyed right now"
"about what?"
"do we have to talk now?"
"yes." Fin sighed then hung his head for a moment before looking back up at her.
"Usually I can handle these racist idiots, but Maxine's mother said something about mixed race children that really pissed me off. So I guess I'm just a little pissed off about it."
"Fin you can't take the words of a complete idiot seriously. Yeah they may some stupid things about stuff they have no idea about, but everyone that has even the smallest brain know thats not true. You just gotta let it go baby" she said softly. Fin nodded then walked into the file room with Munch. Olivia sighed then left the precinct.
"Is he all right?" Elliot asked her once she got in the car.
"I don't know, he says he is, but thats a complete lie" Olivia said putting on her seatbelt. Elliot nodded but decided to drop it as he drove off.
Half hour later, United bank of America.
"So, what can you tell me about Thomas?" Olivia asked his supervisor sitting in his office.
"He was the best employee that ever stepped foot in here. I just, can't believe someone would do this, he was one of my closest friends" the supervisor said wiping his eyes.
"I'm sorry for your loss, but do you know if he had any problems with anyone. Other employees, angry clients?" The supervisor shook his head
"no, everyone loved him. Yeah there was the occasional man who was angry that his checking account was frozen, but nothing at all serious." He wiped his tears again "I'm sorry, it's just, we were close you know?" Elliot nodded his head
"we understand completely. Would he tell you if anyone was bothering him?"
"yeah, now that you mention it, I just remembered something. This man came in about three weeks ago. He just walked right up to him and said 'you gonna pay for your sins.' Tom was just standing there, making conversation with the other tellers when he did it to. Then he kept going on and on, your gonna go to hell you mixer, God intended his people to be separate, your gonna burn in hell, well you get my drift. All this religious shit, and Tom was just standing there dumb founded, the guy tried to punch him but two tellers grabbed him and then two security officers took him and threw him out out. Haven't seen him sense." Olivia and Elliot shared a look before turning back to the supervisor.
"You wouldn't happen to remember what he looked like did you?"
"no, he kept his hood up and his head down, I never saw his face.
"Okay, do you have security cameras that caught this?"
"I'm sorry, all footage gets erased after a week unless we're notified to do otherwise or if theres any laws broken." Olivia sighed softly
"great" she thought to herself bitterly.
"Surely the security officers saw him" Elliot said hopefully.
"No, as soon as he was outside he backhanded them then ran away. No one saw his face." Olivia nodded then both Elliot and Olivia stood up
"does he have any other friends here that would know if something was bothering him?" Elliot asked
"yes, he and another teller Jackie Harris were quite close. He told her everything, she would probably know if something was bothering him." The supervisor nodded then stood up and left the office with Olivia and Elliot. He went up to a women behind the counter with light blond hair and was in her mid thirties.
"Jackie, these are detectives Benson and Stabler, they need to talk to you about Tom."
"sure, whats going on?" she said turning to them.
"I'll be in my office if you need me okay?" the supervisor said going back to his office.
"He all ready told the staff about Thomas, it's horrible" Jackie said softly.
"Do you know if he was having problems with anyone? Maybe someone was bothering him at work?" she looked down for a second before looking back up
"he made me promise not to tell."
"Jackie if this is going to help us catch his killer then you need to tell us what you know" Olivia said softly.
"Well, it's just. All right, a few days ago someone attacked him, like roughed him up really bad. He didn't get mugged but he said there was two of them and they kept saying that he was gonna go to hell and that satins child was gonna go to hell. He didn't want to worry Maxine so she didn't tell her or anyone else."
"Did he tell you what they looked like?"
"they had on masks, but there white, he knew that much. Sorry I couldn't be of anymore help" Jackie said softly.
"You helped us out a lot, we'll get this guy okay?" Olivia said kindly. Jackie nodded then took a deep breath before going back to her spot because there was a customer. Elliot and Olivia walked out of the bank and Olivia's cell phone rang.
"Benson"
"hey Liv, me and Munch found a man who was arrested a few months ago, but he got off on the charge."
"Great, what was he arrested for?"
"for harassing a inter raced couple, names Brian Ackerman." Olivia thought for a moment
"why does that name sound so familiar?"
"Leader of RAW, a few months ago his son shot Elliot and Munch then was shot by Star."
"alright, me and Elliot will go talk to him. See ya" she said hanging up the phone.
"What's going on?" Elliot asked her as they got in her car.
"That was Fin, Brian Ackerman was arrested a few months back for harassing an inter raced couple." Elliot shook his head
"his son died because of his hatred and he still believes in being a skinhead? it's insane."
"I know, hatred does strange things to people." Elliot nodded in agreement before they both got in her car and drove off.
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