NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The brash former head of the NYPD sergeants’ union on Monday attempted to explain the offensive language he had directed at officials in tweets.
Ed Mullins, the once-leader of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said at an administrative trial that he called the city’s top health official a “b---h” and a city councilman a “first class whore” because they put officers in “harm’s way” with their actions, the New York Post reported.
“The men and women of the NYPD were in harm’s way,” testified Mullins, who resigned earlier this year after it became public that he was the subject of an FBI investigation.
Mullins back in May of 2020 called then city health department Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot a “bitch” over her reported dismissive comments relating to face maks needs among the NYPD.
“We lost quite a few people from COVID, and the health commissioner refused to give them any kind of personal protection equipment,” Mullins said at the trial, according to the Post.
A few months later, in September of that year, Mullins called then-Councilman Ritchie Torres a “first class whore” after the councilman called for a probe into whether the NYPD was conducting a slowdown as crime surged.
“Councilman Torres was blaming members of the NYPD for the increase in shootings in the city,” Mullins testified.
While the trial is focused on Mullins’ tweets, the FBI is also conducting an ongoing investigation into the bombastic ex-union boss. The nature of the investigation is unclear.
The administrative trial was held early after Mullins abruptly filed for retirement. The Civilian Complaint Review Board on Monday called for Mullins to be fired over his comments, arguing that they violated department rules on courteousness, the Post reported
Mullins’ lawyer argued that, as a union leader, he should not be held to certain behavioral rules.
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