NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins’ Leadership Blasted After FBI Raids

Mullins has a history of making bigoted and incendiary comments, including postings on social media.

Tuesday, the FBI conducted raids at the office, and home, of Sgt. Ed Mullins, who was the president of the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association–but who resigned in the aftermath of the raids.

The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York executed a search warrant at the Manhattan headquarters of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, which represents some 13,000 active and retired NYPD sergeants. Mullin’s Port Washington home, in Nassau County, Long Island was also raided.

The exact reasons for the raids still remain unclear.

The Sergeants Benevolent Association’s board in a statement said: “The nature and the scope of this criminal investigation has yet to be determined. However, it is clear that President Mullins is apparently the target of the federal investigation. We have no reason to believe that any other member of the SBA is involved or targeted in this matter.”

Mullins has a history of making bigoted and incendiary comments, including postings on social media.

Mullins was in the middle of a departmental trial, which began last month, for tweeting out NYPD documents–regarding the 2020 arrest of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s daughter, Chiara, who was taken into custody last year during the George Floyd protests. Mullins, reportedly, disseminated personal information about de Blasio’s daughter–such as her home address.

In commenting on the raids, Mayor de Blasio called Mullins “divisive.”

“This is someone who attempted consistently to divide the city, who used language that was disrespectful that often created a divisive atmosphere that did not comport with being a representative of this city,” de Blasio said. “And now on top of it, obviously, there’s something else going on.” De Blasio added, “I think he’s been a divisive voice. But that doesn’t cause me to feel anything in this situation because I don’t know what’s happening. All I hear is an FBI raid. I don’t know the specifics, I don’t know who it’s directed at. I want to really hear the details before I comment further.”

The mayor also tweeted that: “Ed Mullins dishonored his uniform, his city and his union more times than I can count. It was just a matter of time before his endless hatred would catch up with him. That day has come.”

Another politician who has no sympathy for Mullins is Congressman Ritchie Torres.

Mullins once called Torres “a first-class whore.” Congressman Torres responded to the news of Mullins resignation, following the raids by, saying, “A first-class raid followed by a first-class resignation. Former Sergeant Ed Mullins: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”

New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams also released the following statement denouncing Sgt. Mullings:

“Ed Mullins’ position in law enforcement leadership was harmful long before yesterday, and we now have an opportunity for improved leadership tomorrow. While much remains unknown about the circumstance of Mullins’ resignation and the FBI raid that prompted it, it seemed clear for many years that under his leadership the SBA was more interested in the preservation of power than the well-being of its law enforcement membership, or of the people of New York they are charged to serve. His tenure was unnecessarily hostile, often exemplified by more hateful fearmongering than engagement in the work of co-producing public safety in a just, equitable, and effective way. It was harmful to the union’s membership and to all New Yorkers.

“It is my hope that with new leadership comes a new direction for the Sergeants Benevolent Association, a willingness to collaborate with communities and an openness to the changes that we know can benefit everyone who is truly interested in keeping communities safe. While it is unlikely that we will all agree on every issue or strategy, it is imperative that we approach this dialogue and this work honestly and in good faith, and I invite the new leadership of the SBA to join that conversation.”

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