Mark Green Will Make Ending the Culture of Crime in Milwaukee Hallmark of His Administration
Mark Green Will Make Ending the Culture of Crime in Milwaukee Hallmark of His Administration
Joined by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Green says when you refuse to tolerate lawlessness you can and will see results
GREEN BAY - This month alone, the area around Sherman Park on Milwaukee's northwest side has suffered through five shootings, four aggravated assaults, 21 burglaries, 21 robberies, 29 thefts and 40 stolen cars. But, this dizzying display of lawlessness has by no means been limited to Sherman Park alone. It's part of a frightening wave of violence that has swept across the city of Milwaukee these summer months.
Vowing to take back Milwaukee's neighborhoods, gubernatorial candidate Mark Green traveled into the heart of the Sherman Park community Wednesday where he pledged to, as governor, wage a fierce battle against the culture of crime in Wisconsin. Green was joined by area residents, community leaders, Milwaukee police officers, Wisconsin State Troopers, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
"I'm here today with a simple message," Green said. "Elect me governor and I will work with law enforcement with local leaders with community groups with churches with neighborhood organizations and anyone who shares my belief that this park, this neighborhood, these streets and every park and every neighborhood do not belong to the thugs and gangsters."
Green recognized that stopping the violence in Milwaukee would be a monumental task, and that there was "not one easy answer to the problem." Green highlighted Mayor Giuliani's efforts in New York as a blueprint to addressing crime in Milwaukee.
"As Mayor Giuliani showed us in New York, if you refuse to tolerate lawlessness you can and will see results. So we'll start there," Green said. "We shouldn't tolerate lawlessness in Milwaukee, and I'll give law enforcement the tools and resources they need to enforce our laws. I'll also give community and faith-based groups the support they deserve to help heal these neighborhoods and reach out to our young people and offer them an alternative to violence."
Green said Governor Jim Doyle has "turned a blind eye" to the crime problem in Milwaukee, and "where Jim Doyle has been absent I'll lead."
Since declaring his candidacy, Green has received official endorsements from the Milwaukee Police Association and the Wisconsin Troopers Association.
"Our parks and our neighborhoods belong to the law abiding citizens of Milwaukee and Wisconsin," Green said. "It's time we take them back.""
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