Dave Mutchler is not having it. The president of the River City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 614 out of Louisville, Ky. says he is over his officers constantly being questioned about police brutality and the community’s calls for officers to reassess the use of deadly force.

He’s so over it he wrote a letter about it on Thursday afternoon, in which he tells the “sensationalists, liars and race-baiters” in his community that they are being put “on notice,” and that their “lies and idiocy are what caused the destruction in Ferguson.”

The letter comes days after a white Louisville police officer shot and killed a black man who charged at him with a metal flag pole. Community activists questioned the need for the officer to shoot the man. Surveillance video caught the shooting, which happened last Saturday, on tape:

In the wake of that incident, Mutchler claims that many “flat out lied” about what happened in that case. He also says the media “fanned the flames” of the stories for “financial gain.”

Members of the organization “will no longer stand on the sidelines while anyone continues to assault and demonize us,” he wrote.

“No matter how weak our policies we will find a way to make you understand that Louisville isn’t where you want to live,” he continued, speaking about activists who question the use of deadly force in the shooting.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer distanced himself from the letter on Thursday, with a note his office wrote to a local NBC affiliate. “This letter does not reflect the sentiments of me or the vast majority of Louisville’s citizens, who know that we are all on the same page, working to build safe and strong communities for all of our families,” he said.

“Rather than incite anger and distrust between the police and the community, my administration will continue to work to build those critical relationships and the trust they create,” the note concludes.

In the police union president’s letter, Mutchler says he knows the majority of the community support the police, but that it “might not be enough” to combat the influx of police criticism.

“Soon, we may have to ask for you to rise with us against the small, but very vocal group of people in our city who resist everything we all strive to attain — freedom, safety and the ability to live our lives happily and without fear,” he said.

“Politicians may fear you and your tactics-we do not. You and those you enable must abide by the law and comply with law enforcement like everyone else. If you refuse to comply or even worse, attack a law enforcement officer, expect to be met with force,” he wrote.

Below is the complete text of Mutchler’s letter: