New York Police Union chief Ed Mullins resigns after FBI raid on his office and home

The head of a major New York City police union resigned after FBI agents raided his home and union offices on Tuesday morning. According to a letter the Sergeants Benevolent Association board sent to union members, President Ed Mullins agreed to resign from his post after the board called for his resignation, CBS New York reported.

“The nature and scope of this criminal investigation have not yet been determined,” the board said in a statement Tuesday evening. “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.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the FBI and the Southern District of New York City attorney’s office executed a search warrant at union headquarters in Manhattan, the statement said. FBI agents walked away with cardboard boxes full of evidence, CBS New York reported. An FBI spokesperson said the search was part of an ongoing investigation and made no further comment.

FBI agents also raided Mullins’ home on Long Island on Tuesday. CBS New York has called a lawyer for Mullins and has so far received no response. No charges have been laid.

The union represents about 1,300 active and retired NYPD sergeants, according to CBS New York.

Mullins was previously accused of breaking policy when he released the police report on the arrest of the daughter of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio during the George Floyd protests last year. He is currently the subject of a departmental trial on this charge.

“Ed Mullins has dishonored his uniform, his town and his union more times than I can count. It was only a matter of time before his endless hatred caught up with him. That day has come,” he said. declared de Blasio. tweeted late Tuesday after the announcement of Mullins’ resignation.

Congressman Ritchie Torres also commented on Mullins’ resignation.

“A first class raid followed by a first class resignation. Former Sergeant Ed Mullins: Don’t let the door knock on you on your way out,” he said. tweeted.

Two years ago, Mullins was sentenced for to suggest that New York student Tessa Majors was trying to buy marijuana when she was murdered in a park near Columbia University.

In a statement published to the New York Daily News, Majors’ family called his comments “deeply inappropriate, as they intentionally or unintentionally place the blame on Tess, a young woman, for her own murder.”

Authorities later determined that Majors had been killed in an attempted robbery, and three teenagers were accused.