In an exclusive interview with this reporter Wednesday, President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, an NYPD union, Ed Mullins called New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “an idiot” for instructing his officers to arrest people gathering in large groups after hundreds of Jewish people attended a funeral for a well-respected rabbi on Tuesday night.
“You can’t tell law enforcement to go out and violate people’s rights,” he said.
The grand rabbi from Williamsburg passed away. The community followed all guidance & wore masks. The Shomrim was there giving out masks if they saw somebody on the street with out a mask. They did an excellent job. The only issue is your incompetent and targeted people of faith.
Mayor DeBlasio, YOU cannot instruct the NYPD to violate people’s rights! If you wanted to save lives’ YOU should of closed schools, NOT sold ventilators and NOT tell people to go out to dinner. This event was a funeral this community will NOT leave bodies in their homes for you. https://t.co/LuZiUCE0oM pic.twitter.com/5aY8zL0DsL
— SBA (@SBANYPD) April 29, 2020
Mullins, who has served in the NYPD for 38 years, said that the Jewish community regularly has large gatherings, and “what occurred last night is not new. This happens all the time. What occurred last night was different because the community was given out masks. They were trying to keep things organized.” De Blasio’s reaction, however, was anything but sensitive to people of faith mourning the loss of a religious leader, Mullins told me. “Whatever treated him to go out and take a stance, he did it at a funeral for people of faith and I question what he’s doing by doing that,” he said.
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