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The episode discusses the investigation into the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent and examines the state of arts and culture in Greater Houston.

On Friday's show: We get the latest on dramatic flooding in the Texas Hill Country. And Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare discusses his office’s efforts to investigate last week’s shooting death of Houstonian Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent. Also this hour: We conclude our weeklong series examining the state of several areas of life in Greater Houston by discussing the state of our region's arts and culture scene. Then, we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week. And we reflect on parallels between last week’s ICE shooting and a death at the hands of law enforcement in the 1970s that transformed the Houston Police Department and led to what became known as The Chicano Squad . Watch

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