A gay New York City councilman and U.S. congressional candidate is calling on an NYPD union leader to step down after a tweet sent from the union’s official Twitter account called the councilman “a first class whore” last week.
The now-deleted tweet was sent by Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, a union representing approximately 13,000 active and retired police sergeants, and was directed at Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat running for Congress in November. “He we go America this is what a first class whore looks like RITCHIE TORRES,” said the tweet, which was originally posted on Sept.
4. “Passes laws to defund police, supports criminals, & now because he’s running for office he blames the police to protect