A series of rapes, one more violent that the other, takes place in a community of African-Americans. Detectives Benson and Stabler promptly suspect a known sex-offender who was just recently released from jail. As they find nothing, Detective Tutuola takes it personally as his childhood friends' daughter is attacked and killed, and her angry brother Rodney Thompson (played by Todd Williams) accuses the police of limiting the budget put on this case. Only when a fifth victim is killed, her final moments alongside Thompson's persistence give them what they need to find the killer.