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SERIOUSLY? Police Union President Releases Irrelevant Information That Victim-Blames Tessa Majors; Family Responds

Ashe Schow
SERIOUSLY? Police Union President Releases Irrelevant Information That Victim-Blames Tessa Majors; Family Responds
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Last week a female student from Barnard College was found murdered in a New York City park. Shortly after, several young teenage boys – including a 13-year-old – were arrested for her murder.

On Sunday, Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association – a police union – made a comment on a radio program that the victim, Tessa Majors, was in the park to buy marijuana.

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