Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In the criminal justice

system,

sexually-based offenses

are considered especially heinous.

In New York City, the dedicated detectives

who investigate these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

Go! Just go!

- They're gonna find out! - Go!

Just keep running, dude. Don't look back.

- You boys, I saw you come out of the synagogue.

What were you doing there? I'm calling the cops!

Mike!

- Rob Miller, the disgraced former NYPD attorney,

has been released on bail today.

Miller spent two months in federal custody

and faces multiple felony charges.

My client is innocent,

and we move for dismissal of all charges

and hope for a favorable ruling from the court

in the next few days.

- Son of a bitch. - Mom! Mom.

Yes. Yes, Noah.

I'm sorry. What--what is it?

- Are you mad at me? - No, honey, of course not.

But you're mad.

- Fine.

Yes, I'm mad.

I am mad, honey, but not at you.

Not at you.

So, what's up?

How do you spell "believe"?

- Well, how about we sound it out, right?

Okay.

Believe.

B... E...

L... I...

E... V... E.

Two boys... white.

One of 'em had a red hat.

You know, one of those--

- MAGA hats. - That's right.

They were obviously up to no good.

Did you see them do anything?

They were running away.

One of them called me "kike."

And after what happened here last week...

- What happened last week, Mrs. Meyer?

The temple was vandalized,

swastikas spray-painted everywhere.

Okay, we'll take a look.

[police radio chatter in distance]

There's nothing to see here.

- 15 Central, 360 West 89th is unfounded.

- West 89th is unfounded. 10-4.

Ma'am! Ma'am!

Ortiz, I got a female unconscious.

Call a bus.

- 15 Central, we have an unconscious female.

- Notify SVU. - Got it.

Central, send a bus, and notify SVU.

Please don't. Please.

- Bus is en route. Say, ten minutes.

[radio chatter continues indistinctly]

- Hey, are we looking at a sexual assault?

Yeah, maybe a hate crime too.

Her hijab was torn off.

- She's Muslim? Attacked in a synagogue?

Do we have an ID?

- According to the driver's license,

it's Nahla Nasar.

The city councilwoman?

- Yeah, I guess. - All right, we got this.

Nahla Nasar?

She's been in the news a lot lately.

- Yeah, for making anti-Semitic remarks.

- So what was she doing in a temple?

Hi, Ms., uh, Ms. Nasar.

I'm Detective Carisi, this is Detective Rollins.

Can you tell us what happened to you?

Yes.

I know exactly what happened.

Okay.

I was set up.

By who?

By those people.

Yeah, I'm meeting him now.

Okay.

She was set up by Jews?

- That's what she told my detectives.

Jesus.

- And an eyewitness saw two boys fleeing the scene,

one wearing a MAGA hat.

It gets better and better.

- Chief Dodds, was this a hate crime?

The investigation is ongoing.

We'll let you know as soon as we know.

- Is it true her hijab was torn off?

- We won't be releasing any details

until we process the evidence.

- Councilwoman Nasar is an on-the-record anti-Semite.

Can you comment?

- Rest assured, the NYPD does not tolerate

bigotry or hate-motivated violence of any kind.

Careful. That's it.

Fasten your seatbelts.

We haven't even discussed Rob Miller yet.

You heard? - That he's out on bail?

Yes, and I would've appreciated a heads-up.

- I only saw it on the news myself.

Okay.

Hey. How is Ms. Nasar?

- She's being treated for a concussion,

and they're doing a rape kit.

- Do we have any idea why she was in that synagogue?

- Not yet, but her chief of staff just got here.

Her name is Aida Galanis.

- Okay, so find out what she knows.

- And ask her not to make any statements to the press.

We don't need this to blow up any more than it already has.

- Nahla is passionate about her beliefs.

She's exercising her right to criticize Israel.

She's not anti-Semitic.

- My understanding is that people got offended

by her choice of words.

Okay, well, all that aside,

we need to figure out why she was at that synagogue.

I don't know.

You're her chief of staff.

- She can be a very private person.

I respect her boundaries.

- All right, but has she received any threats lately?

- Our office is besieged by protesters.

We get dozens of hate-spewing calls a day.

- Okay, but any specific threats?

I mean, maybe sexual violence, for example.

- No one said they want to rape her.

- Listen, we're gonna need phone and email records

and any threats made on social media.

I hope you need the overtime.

Look, I'm sick about what happened to Nahla.

The only upside, maybe everyone will realize

that she's the true victim here.

Hey.

- We're very sorry for what happened

to you, Councilwoman.

Yeah, I'm fine.

My parents are from Syria.

I know what women, what girls have endured in war zones.

I won't feel sorry for myself.

- Okay, well, I can appreciate that,

but you've been through a trauma,

and we're here to help you.

Then catch who did this.

- Can you tell us what you remember about the attack?

- Um, I was alone in the sanctuary

looking at the cabinet for the Torah scrolls.

It felt like a place of reverence,

of godliness.

And then, uh...

I was struck violently

on the back of the head,

and I fell to the ground.

- Okay, then-- then what happened?

Um...

He pinned me down.

He was--he was rough,

and he tore off my hijab...

Pulled up my skirt and, uh...

He forced himself inside me.

- Did he say anything? -

No. No, I didn't-- I didn't see his face.

I don't know when he left.

I must have passed out.

- Okay, you told my detectives that you were set up.

Why were you in the synagogue?

I was lured there.

By who?

- By a man pretending to want peace.

I was lied to... by a Zionist.

- Some members of our congregation

had an issue with Ms. Nasar.

I asked her to walk through our exhibit.

I thought if she could see these images,

she might understand how hurtful her words are.

- Well, so what time she say she'd be here?

8:00 p.m.

We were supposed to meet in the front office.

She never showed.

- How long did you wait for her?

8:20, 8:25.

Called her office several times, no answer.

So I went home.

- Now, we have a witness that says she saw

two teens with red hats

running away from this synagogue.

Now, have you had a problem with vandalism here?

- Two weeks ago, someone spray-painted