New York Metropolis police union chief Ed Mullins resigns after FBI raids his workplace and residential

The pinnacle of a serious New York Metropolis police union has resigned after FBI brokers raided his home and the union’s places of work Tuesday morning. In keeping with a letter the Sergeants Benevolent Affiliation’s board despatched to the union members, President Ed Mullins agreed to step down from his place after the board requested for his resignation, CBS New York reported.

“The character and the scope of this felony investigation has but to be decided,” the board stated in a press release Tuesday night time. “Nonetheless, it’s clear that President Mullins is outwardly the goal of the federal investigation. Now we have no cause to consider that every other member of the SBA is concerned or focused on this matter.”

Earlier Tuesday, the FBI and the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Southern District of New York executed a search warrant on the union’s Manhattan headquarters, in line with the assertion. FBI brokers left with cardboard bins crammed with proof, CBS New York reported. An FBI spokesperson stated the search was a part of an ongoing investigation and had no additional remark.

FBI brokers additionally raided Mullins’ residence on Lengthy Island on Tuesday. CBS New York known as an legal professional for Mullins, and up to now has not acquired a reply. No expenses have been filed.

The union represents about 1,300 energetic and retired NYPD sergeants, in line with CBS New York.    

Mullins has beforehand been accused of violating coverage when he posted the police report from New York Metropolis Mayor Invoice de Blasio’s daughter’s arrest throughout the George Floyd protests final yr. He’s presently going through a departmental trial over the accusation.

“Ed Mullins dishonored his uniform, his metropolis and his union extra instances than I can rely. It was only a matter of time earlier than his countless hatred would meet up with him. That day has come,” de Blasio tweeted late Tuesday following information of Mullins’ resignation.

Congressman Ritchie Torres additionally commented on Mullins’ resignation.

“A primary-class raid adopted by a first-class resignation. Former Sergeant Ed Mullins: Do not let the door hit you on the way in which out,” he tweeted.

Two years in the past, Mullins was condemned for suggesting that New York Metropolis school pupil Tessa Majors was attempting to purchase marijuana when she was murdered in a park close to Columbia College.

In a press release launched to the New York Day by day Information, Majors’ household known as his feedback “deeply inappropriate, as they deliberately or unintentionally direct blame onto Tess, a younger lady, for her personal homicide.”

Authorities later decided Majors was killed throughout an tried theft, and three youngsters have been charged.