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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
A task force recommended Monday that the University of Texas should move a Jefferson Davis statue elsewhere on campus, or at least add an explanatory plaque with historical context on why the president of the Confederacy was being honored with a bronze likeness.
The 12-member panel of students, staff and alumni formally released five recommendations to new university President Greg Fenves.
Four involved moving the statue of Davis from the Austin campus' south mall, while also relocating other statues of Confederate Civil War figures. If the statues stay put, the panel suggested adding "explanatory plaques that would enhance the educational value of the statues and provide historical context."
Fenves, who took office in June, said he will "thoroughly review the report" before making a decision.
HOUSTON (AP) —
A man charged in the deaths of a couple and six children at a Houston home has professed love for one of the victims — his son — and says he thought the children were "growing up to be monsters."
David Conley was being held without bond Wednesday on capital murder counts. Authorities say Conley formerly was in a relationship with the children's mother, Valerie Jackson, and one boy was Conley's son.
Conley gave jailhouse interviews to several Houston television stations, saying the children had been disrespectful to him and weren't being raised properly. He also said Jackson's husband was harassing him, and previous charges of domestic violence against him were "all lies."
He's next scheduled for court Sept. 15. Authorities haven't decided whether to seek the death penalty.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
A police officer who killed an unarmed college football player during a suspected burglary at a Texas car dealership was fired Tuesday for making mistakes that the city's police chief said caused a deadly confrontation that put him and other officers in danger.
Arlington officer Brad Miller, 49, could also face criminal charges once police complete their investigation, Police Chief Will Johnson said.
Called to the scene of a suspected burglary early Friday morning, Miller pursued 19-year-old Christian Taylor through the broken glass doors of a car dealership showroom without telling his supervising officer, Johnson said.
Instead of helping to set up a perimeter around the showroom, Miller confronted Taylor and ordered him to get down on the ground, Johnson said. Taylor did not comply. Instead, he began "actively advancing toward Officer Miller," Johnson said.
Miller's field training officer, who had followed Miller into the showroom, drew his own Taser. The training officer heard a single pop of what he thought was Miller's Taser, but Miller actually had drawn his service weapon and fired it at Taylor, who is believed to have been 7 to 10 feet away from the officer, Johnson said. After Taylor continued to approach, Miller fired his gun three more times.