Ganesha martin featured in milwaukee journal-sentinal

During the Sherman Park unrest in 2016, Milwaukee police did not use tear gas, smoke or rubber bullets. What was different this year?

Ganesha Martin was quoted alongside members of the Council on Criminal Justice in a June 2020 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article about police reform.

Whether to impose a curfew is always a difficult decision, said Ganesha Martin, former director of the mayor's Office of Criminal Justice in Baltimore. 

“You always want to have what is safe for the community at the forefront of your decision, but … you could be setting up confrontations that then lead to arrests and uses of force,” she said. “And that’s really the last thing you want when you’re having unrest.”

The fact that protests were happening nationally may have factored into the decision to call up the National Guard this time around, Martin said.

“There’s added pressure when governors around the country are doing something," she said. "Everybody is feeling the pressure of it.” 

You can read the full article on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s web site here.