Texas Standard for May 4, 2017
Show me your papers. Governor Abbott set to sign into law a measure requiring Texas police to enforce federal immigration law. We’ll explore. And: Murder charges are being mulled for the North Texas police officer who fired the shots killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. Some wonder why it seems so few officers suspected of such crime rarely wind up doing time. We’ll explore. Also: one of Texas’ best-known investors buys into one of the world’s best-known social media platforms. But does Mark Cuban really want Twitter, or something smarter? All of that and a whole lot more today on the Texas Standard:
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./KUT
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