Gordon Garrison is a public bigot and the host of right-wing talk show Flashpoint. Garrison came into the squads crosshairs during the case of serial killer Joseph Thagard, a racist and passionate viewer struggling with work and blaming immigrant families to the point to killing their children keeping them in the country so they could be deported.
Randall Carver represented Thagard to advocate for his acquittal, under the pretense of Garrison being responsible for "brainwashing" Thagard in the direction of the murders. Carver called Garrison to the stand for his testimony and confronted him about his prejudicial publicity. Garrison shamelessly reaffirmed his xenophobia on the stand, but he denied his influence being primary in the murders. When a fight in the courtroom broke out between a fan and another attendee, that was enough for Thagard's acquittal. Carver would later murder Thagard when he prepared to kill more children. (SVU: "Anchor")