>>>
>>> A
>>> A LOT
>>> A LOT OF YOU ARE FIRED UP OVER THIS CONTROVERSIAL QUOTE
FOUND AT A LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IS IT SEXIST OR TRUE?
>>> WHO KILLED SAMSON?
THE GRUESOME DEATH OF A PET CAT
THAT HAS A COMMUNITY SOUNDING
THE ALARM.
THE ALARM. >>> THIS ASTROS FAN FINALLY
GETS TO SEE HIS FAVORITE PLAYER
IN ACTION AND WINDS UP GETTING
HIT IN THE FACE BY A LINE
DRIVE.
DRIVE.
DRIVE. HE
DRIVE. HE IS NOT UPSET.
HEAR WHAT HE IS TELLING US
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M LEN CANNON.
TONIGHT WE WANT YOUR TAKE ON
THIS STORY.
THIS STORY. HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS
GETTING ALL KINDS OF ATTENTION
FOR DISPLAYING THIS QUOTE IN
THE HALLWAY.
THE HALLWAY. HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK.
IT SAYS "THE MORE YOU ACT LIKE
A LADY, THE MORE HE'LL ACT LIKE
A GENTLEMAN."
A GENTLEMAN." GRAB YOUR PHONES, OPEN OUR KHOU
11 NEWS APP OR VISIT
WWW.KHOU.COM AND LET US KNOW
IF YOU THINK THIS IS SEXIST OR
TRUE.
TRUE.
TRUE. >>
TRUE. >> Reporter: THIS QUOTE IS
GETTING A LOT OF REACTION
ONLINE.
ONLINE.
ONLINE. BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE
REACTION, I WANT TO PUT IT INTO
CONTEXT.
CONTEXT.
CONTEXT. IT WAS SAID BY A WOMAN WHO
PLEADED GUILTY TO PROMOTING
PROSTITUTION IN THE 80s, NOW
KNOWN AS THE MAYFLOWER MANOR.
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK, THEY
PROBABLY WOULDN'T SAY THIS, A
QUOTE DETAILED IN THE HALL OF
GREGORY-LINCOLN EDUCATION
GREGORY-LINCOLN EDUCATION CENTER THAT READS "THE MORE
YOU ACT LIKE A LADY, THE MORE
HE'LL ACT LIKE A GENTLEMAN."
>> I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT IT
WAS STILL UP IN A SCHOOL IN
2018.
2018.
2018. >>
2018. >> Reporter: THIS PICTURE WAS
TAKEN BY A TEACHER WHO ASKED
NOT TO BE IDENTIFIED.
>> TO ME, IT MEANT THAT GIRLS
NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY NOT
ONLY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS BUT
FOR WHATEVER THE BOYS CHOOSE TO
DO AS WELL.
I JUST DID NOT FEEL LIKE IT WAS
AN IMAGE OF A QUALITY AND SELF
DETERMINATION THAT WE AS A
DISTRICT OR MYSELF AS A MOTHER
WANT TO PORTRAY.
>> Reporter: IT IS NOT
ATTRIBUTED TO ANYONE BUT SYDNEY
BIDDLE BARROWS SAID IT.
SOME THINK THE QUOTE SHOULD
STAY.
STAY.
STAY. ONE
STAY. ONE PERSON SAID IT IS SOUND
ADVICE.
ADVICE.
ADVICE. THEN THERE IS THIS.
IT IS TONE DEAF AND DOWNRIGHT
SEXIST AT WORST, RIDICULOUS.
THE DISTRICT RESPONSE SIDES
WITH THE TEACHER.
THE QUOTE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH
HOUSTON ISD VALUES AND IT WILL
BE TAKEN DOWN.
>> WE NEED TO EMPOWER OUR
STUDENTS TO STAND UP FOR
THEMSELVES TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN
ACTION.
ACTION.
ACTION. >> Reporter: AS FOR HOW LONG
THE QUOTE HAS BEEN UP, THE
TEACHER COULD NOT SAY FOR
CERTAIN BUT WHAT WE CAN SAY FOR
CERTAIN IS THE QUOTE WILL BE
COMING DOWN SOON.
>> WHAT ARE VIEWERS SAYING?
WHAT IS THEIR RESPONSE TO THE
STORY SO FAR?
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
72% BELIEVE THE QUOTE IS TRUE.
KEEP THE VOTES COMING.
WE WILL CHECK THE NUMBERS
COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER.
>>> FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE
BEEN MADE FOR THE LEGENDARY
ARETHA FRANKLIN.
ARETHA FRANKLIN. HER FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AUGUST
31 IN DETROIT WHERE FRANKLIN
DIED YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF
76.
76.
76. THE
76. THE FUNERAL WILL BE PRIVATE BUT
THERE WILL BE PUBLIC VIEWINGS
ON AUGUST 28 AND 29th AT THE
CHARLES WRIGHT MUSEUM OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN
DETROIT.
DETROIT.
DETROIT. FRANKLIN WILL BE LAID TO REST
AT HER FAMILY'S PLOT.
>>> A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE
WOODLANDS ARE SHARING THIS NEXT
STORY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
A PET CAT KILLED IN WHAT THE
ANIMAL HOSPITAL DESCRIBES AS A
SINISTER ATTACK.
SINISTER ATTACK. THE REMAINS OF THE SAMSON WERE
FOUND IN PALOMA POINT PARK.
LEVI ISMAIL TALKED TO THE CAT
OWNER AND JOINS US LIVE
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> Reporter: THE CUTS WERE TOO
CLEAN AND THE INJURIES WERE FAR
TOO CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT.
THAT IS HOW SAMSON'S OWNERS
KNEW THIS WAS NOT NATURAL.
NOW THE NEIGHBORS ARE AFRAID
THAT MORE THAN ONE PERSON MIGHT
BE RESPONSIBLE.
BE RESPONSIBLE. BEYOND BEING PHOTOGENIC, SAMSON
WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER CAT.
>> HE THOUGHT HE WAS A DOG.
HE ALWAYS WANTED TO COME WITH
US.
US.
US. >>
US. >> Reporter: ALWAYS CURIOUS AND
ALWAYS FINDING A WAY OUT.
SAMSON ALWAYS RETURNED.
MONDAY MORNING, A SHOCKING
DISCOVERY ACROSS THE STREET.
>> THE CLOSER I GOT, THE MORE I
REALIZED IT WAS HIM.
>> Reporter: BEHEADED WITH
OTHER INJURIES TOO GRUESOME TO
DETAIL AND ALMOST TWO -- TOO
FLAWLESS TO BELIEVE.
>> THERE WERE NO BITE MARKS.
THERE WAS NO SIGN OF STRUGGLE.
>> Reporter: EVEN MORE
ALARMING, THERE WAS NO BLOOD.
>> IT TOOK A FEW HOURS FOR THE
SICKENING REALIZATION THAT AN
ANIMAL DID NOT DO THIS.
>> Reporter: WITH EVIDENCE
MOUNTING, SUSAN CALLED POLICE.
>> ALL OF THESE STORIES STARTED
TO COME UP, EVEN STORIES IN
HOUSTON.
HOUSTON.
HOUSTON. >> Reporter: SEVERAL CUTS WERE
REPORTED TO HAVE CUTS NEAR
MEMORIAL CITY TOO CLEAN TO BE
NATURAL.
NATURAL.
NATURAL. >> IT IS THE MOST PAINFUL PART
TO THINK THAT HE SUFFERED.
>> Reporter: A $5000 REWARD IS
NOW BEING OFFERED.
AS ATTENTION GROWS FROM NOT
ONLY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BUT
OTHERS WHO WANT ANSWERS AND SOON
, IT WILL PROBABLY GROW HIGHER.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO
SUSPECTS.
SUSPECTS.
SUSPECTS. POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH
INFORMATION TO GIVE THEM A
CALL.
CALL.
CALL. >>>
CALL. >>> THE FORT BEND COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS SHOWING OFF
ITS NEWEST RIDE AND IT DID NOT
COST TAXPAYERS NOT ONE DIME.
THAT IS BECAUSE THIS TRICKED OUT
FORD GT WAS PAID FOR WITH MONEY
SEIZED FROM DRUG BUSTS.
A DECAL ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR
SIMPLY SAYS THE CAR WAS
PURCHASED BY DRUG DEALERS.
THE CAR WILL BE ON DISPLAY IF
YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT
AT LEGACY FORD IN ROSENBERG
OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
>>> WE ARE LIVING FOR THE
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. WHAT ABOUT THE WEATHER?
HOW SOON WILL WE GET SOME RAIN?
>> WE NEED TO TAKE THE EDGE
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. THIS
OFF. THIS WEEKEND IS A HOT ONE.
WE HAVE A FULL-BLOWN SUMMER
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. IT IS STILL SUMMER FOR A LOT OF
FOLKS.
FOLKS.
FOLKS. PLEASURE PIER IS CRACKING AND
GOING.
GOING.
GOING. 93
GOING. 93 ON THE BEACH.
THE HEAT INDEX WILL BE UP
TOWARD 105.
TOWARD 105. IT IS TOUGH TO COOL OFF.
TEXANS, IF YOU ARE TAILGATING
TOMORROW, IT WILL BE HOT.
WE ARE TRACKING THE TROPICS
WITH A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT
ANNIVERSARIES TODAY.
ANNIVERSARIES TODAY. >>> A AND ASTROS FAN IS ON THE
MEND AFTER GETTING HIT IN THE
JAW BY A LINE DRIVE WHILE
WATCHING BATTING PRACTICE.
HIS JAW WAS BROKEN AND
IRONICALLY, THE BALL WAS HIT BY
HIS FAVORITE PLAYER.
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA McANALLY
FROM TEXAS MADE THE TRIP WITH
HIS FAMILY TO HOUSTON FOR HIS
FIRST ASTROS GAME JUST A FEW
WEEKS AGO.
WEEKS AGO. THE FAMILY SAYS THEY GOT THERE
EARLY FOR BATTING PRACTICE WHEN
A LINE DRIVE FROM ALEX BREGMAN
HIT HIM IN THE FACE BEFORE HE
COULD PUT UP A GLOVE.
>> I SAW IT COMING AT ME AND
THEN IT HIT ME.
>> YOU WERE HOPING TO CATCH A
BALL?
BALL?
BALL? >>
BALL? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. AND I DID.
IT KIND OF SLIPPED OFF A LITTLE
BIT.
BIT.
BIT. >>
BIT. >> HE IS A PRETTY GOOD SPIRIT.
>> Reporter: HE ACTUALLY STAYED
AND WATCHED THE GAME.
BREGMAN IS STILL HIS FAVORITE
PLAYER.
PLAYER.
PLAYER. HE KEPT THE BALL AND HOPES
BREGMAN WILL SIGN A FOR HIM
SOMEDAY.
SOMEDAY.
SOMEDAY. >>> A COUPLE IS ATTACKED
OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUSINESS IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT.
BROAD DAYLIGHT. THE BRUTAL ASSAULT CAUGHT ON
CAMERA.
>>>
>>> A
>>> A TERRIFYING ATTACK IN CYPRUS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
A WOMAN TARGETED AFTER
WITHDRAWING SERIOUS CASH FROM
THE BANK.
THE BANK.
THE BANK. >> THE COUPLE HAD $75,000 ON
THEM WHEN THEY WERE ATTACKED.
ONE OF FOUR SUSPECTS IS IN
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY. >> WHEN YOU SEE THIS VIDEO, IT
WILL UPSET YOU.
I AM UPSET AS A PROFESSIONAL
POLICE OFFICER.
POLICE OFFICER. >> WHY DID YOU KILL YOUR WIFE
AND TWO CHILDREN?
>> THE 33-YEAR-OLD IS BEING
HELD IN A COLORADO JAIL AFTER
HE REPORTEDLY CONFESSED TO
KILLING HIS PREGNANT WIFE AND
THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS.
>> I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
YOU COULD DO THIS TO YOUR
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. >> Reporter: CHRIS WATTS'
ATTORNEY IS ASKING FOR DNA
SAMPLES TO BE TAKEN FROM THE
TWO GIRLS.
TWO GIRLS. WHAT THE DEFENSE WANTS TO DO
WITH THE SAMPLES IS NOT KNOWN.
>> WE HAVE TRAFFIC ALERTS TO
TELL YOU ABOUT INVOLVING TWO
MAJOR HOUSTON HIGHWAYS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 288 AND
610 S.
610 S.
610 S. >>
610 S. >> OFFICIALS ARE HOPING BY
CLOSING THESE BUSY HIGHWAYS ON
THE WEEKEND, THEY WILL IMPACT
FEWER DRIVERS.
FEWER DRIVERS. STILL, EXPECT DELAYS FOR THE
NEXT THREE OUT OF FOUR
WEEKENDS.
WEEKENDS.
WEEKENDS. >>> WEDDING BELLS WILL BE
RINGING TOMORROW.
RINGING TOMORROW. THOUSANDS OF COUPLES ARE
EXPECTED TO TIE THE KNOT ON 8-
18-18.
18-18.
18-18. THAT IS A PALINDROME.
>> I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT
THE DAY.
THE DAY.
THE DAY. WE THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE
SCHOOL WAS GETTING READY TO
START AND