Rodney Thompson is a young man whose parents were childhood friends of Fin's from his youth in Harlem who was devastated by the rape and murder of his sister Aisha by Malik Harris.
History[]
Rodney grew up in Harlem with his sister. He was familiar with Detective Tutuola growing up, until they lost touch. As his sister was succeeding in school and was planning to go a college she worked her life for a scholarship to.
He was in tears knowing his sister whom he had the highest hopes for was brutally raped and killed. He confronted Fin, now an SVU detective and demanded he find the suspect because he didn't want his sister to going without justice, like many others in the neighborhood. Fin promised that he would get Aisha justice.
Much later, SVU apprehended Malik Harris, a suspect in the murder and Thompson attended the hearing. When Harris was released on a light bail, Thompson became enraged at him getting off the hook before he tackled, punched, and strangled Harris, causing Harris to bite his arm in retaliation. The brawl was broken up and Fin immediately arrested the protesting Thompson, telling him to keep quiet as he hauled him off. However, the DNA from the saliva in the bite was collected and used in Harris' conviction. It is also implied Fin set the whole attack up by telling Thompson to attack, as suggested by ADA Cabot; Harris, and DA Conrad but Fin denied this. It's unknown if Thompson was charged for assault or released. (SVU: "Rooftop")