Louisville police major relieved of command after allegedly branding protesters 'punks' in email to other cops

A Kentucky police major who allegedly branded Black Lives Matter protesters as "punks" has been relieved of her command and will retire in October.

As reported by CNN, Major Bridget Hallahan  of the Louisville Metro Police Department's Fifth Division reportedly sent an email to other police officers back in August in which she mocked "ANTIFA and BLM people".

According to the Courier Journal, part of Hallahan's email reportedly read: "I know it is hard to keep our thoughts and opinions to ourselves sometimes, especially when we, as a whole or as an individual, become the target of people in the public who criticize what we do without even knowing the facts.

"These ANTIFA and BLM people, especially the ones who just jumped on the bandwagon 'yesterday' because they became 'woke' (insert eye roll here), do not deserve a second glance or thought from us."

The email continued: "Our little pinky toenails have more character, morals, and ethics, than these punks have in their entire body... Do not respond to them. If we do, we only validate what they did.

"Don't make them important, because they are not. They will be the ones washing our cars, cashing us out at the Walmart, or living in their parents' basement playing COD for their entire life."

CNN states that Interim Police Chief Robert Schroeder announced yesterday (Friday, September 25) that Hallahan has been relieved of her command and is expected to retire from the department on October 1.

Department spokesman Dwight Mitchell has declined to comment on if Hallahan's upcoming retirement is connected to her removal from command.

During a press conference at Louisville's Jefferson Square Park, Lonita Baker, an attorney for Breonna Taylor's family, commented on Hallahan's reported email, saying:

"I want LMPD majors who say that we're the ones out here washing cars or checking you out at Walmart — no we're not.

"We're lawyers. We're businesspeople. We're city employees just like you.

"And guess what, even if I was washing your car, it doesn't matter, I have a right to use my voice."

Per The Independent, Breonna Taylor was killed after being shot at least five times by police in a mistaken drugs raid in the city of Louisville.

Taylor's death - along with the deaths of George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, and countless others - sparked protests across the US as people call out the systemic injustices carried out against black people.

As well as a call for justice, these ongoing protests are also demanding an end to police brutality and the racism that is so deeply entrenched in America and the western world.

The message is simple: Black lives matter.

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