Sacramento Police is hosting community forums about its plans to purchase military equipment. A conversation with Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman. Upcoming live music with Insight’s “Concert Connect.”

Militarized police equipment

Law enforcement agencies purchasing and using militarized equipment has been a source of concern and condemnation by many who believe it sends the wrong message.  Law enforcement agencies, however, argue they are needed to protect people and property in seriously dangerous situations. Joining us on Insight today is Graciela Castillo-Krings, Chair of the Sacramento Police Review Commission, to discuss the importance of two upcoming community forums on the Sacramento Police Department’s desire to purchase and use this kind of equipment and how the feedback by citizens will be used to influence future decisions on funding.

Cartoonist Jack Ohman

In June of 1968, a funeral was held at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C for Senator Robert Kennedy, just three days after he was assassinated in California. Among the mourners at Kennedy’s funeral was a young boy from Minnesota, and that moment still moves him today. The boy is Jack Ohman who by 19 would become a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist and, decades later, earn a Pulitzer-Prize for the Sacramento Bee. For almost a decade, Jack’s cartoons at the SacBee evoked a wide range of thoughts and emotions from readers about the politicians or events shaping our lives. But earlier this month, the Sacramento Bee’s parent company “McClatchy” abruptly let go of Jack, along with other Pulitzer-Prize-winning editorial cartoonists. According to the Associated Press, “McClatchy, which owns 30 U.S. newspapers, said it would no longer publish editorial cartoons.” Insight sat down with Jack Ohman as he closed a chapter with the SacBee and opened up about his remarkable career, and point of view, that spans more than 40 years.

Insight's Concert Connect

CapRadio Host Andrew Garcia joins us for another Concert Connect highlighting the best upcoming live music performances in Northern California. His picks this week include Chicano Batman who will be playing at the “Big Room” at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico on Wednesday, August 2nd, Pregnant who performing at Café Colonial in Sacramento on Thursday August 3rd, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue performing at Hard Rock Live Sacramento in Wheatland on Thursday, August 3rd, and Regina Spektor who will be playing at The Mountain Winery in Saratoga.