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Judy Scott, third from right, holds her son Rodney Scott's hand as family members and attorneys wait in the courtyard before speaking to the media after a plea hearing for Michael Slager, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Charleston, S.C. Slager, a white former police officer whose killing of an unarmed Walter Scott running from a traffic stop was captured on cellphone video pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal civil rights charges that could send him to prison for decades. Michael Pronzato/ The Post and Courier/The Post And Courier via AP)

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Judy Scott, mother of Walter Scott, who was killed by former Police Officer Michael Slager in 2015, speaks after the plea hearing held for Slager, in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, May 2, 2017. The white former police officer, whose killing of the unarmed black man running from a traffic stop was captured on cellphone video, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal civil rights charges that could send him to prison for decades. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)

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Rodney Scott, brother of Walter Scott, who was killed by former Police Officer Michael Slager in 2015, leads his mother Judy Scott from the courtyard next to the U.S. District Courthouse after the plea hearing held for Slager, in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, May 2, 2017. The white former police officer, whose killing of the unarmed black man running from a traffic stop was captured on cellphone video, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal civil rights charges that could send him to prison for decades. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)

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This April 2015 photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago shows several guns that were stolen by street gangs from a train stopped in Chicago. The guns had been en route from New Hampshire weapon maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. to Spokane, Wash. The photo entered into evidence in the April 2017 trial of one suspect in the case. Chicago aldermen representing neighborhoods near a Norfolk Southern rail yard where thieves in recent years stole over 100 guns want new laws aimed at ensuring railways properly secure their yards. (U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago via AP)

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A woman works from a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives mobile ballistics trailer on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Baltimore. The trailer enables detectives to test-fire weapons at the scene of a crime, rather than sending them to a laboratory and waiting days for results. The first stop for the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network is Baltimore, where the homicide rate so far this year is the second-highest the city has ever recorded. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

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FILE - This April 2017 file photo provided by the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in Bismarck, N.D., shows Dahlia Hunter, one of eight people who were extradited from Jamaica to face charges in the U.S. in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans. Hunter pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Bismarck, N.D. (Burleigh County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

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FILE - This April 2017 file photo provided by the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in Bismarck, N.D., shows Xanu Morgan, one of eight people who were extradited from Jamaica to face charges in the U.S. in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans. Morgan pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Bismarck, N.D. (Burleigh County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

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FILE - This April 2017 file photo provided by the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in Bismarck, N.D., shows Jason Jahalal is one of eight people who were extradited from Jamaica to face charges in the U.S. in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans. Jahalal pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Bismarck, N.D. (Burleigh County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

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FILE - This April 2017 file photo provided by the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in Bismarck, N.D., shows Kazrae Gray. Gray is one of eight people who were extradited from Jamaica to face charges in the U.S. in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that victimized dozens of Americans. Gray pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Bismarck, N.D. (Burleigh County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

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In this Feb. 21, 2017, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to employees of the EPA in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Police lead away one of several demonstrators who had blocked an entrance to the federal court building while protesting Thursday's scheduled deportation of Luis Barrios to his native Guatemala, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. Barrios, 25, who has no criminal record, fled Guatemala in 1992 and entered the U.S. without legal permission. He lives in Derby, Conn., with his wife and four children, who are U.S. citizens. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

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Police lead away one of several demonstrators who had blocked an entrance to the federal court building while protesting Thursday's scheduled deportation of Luis Barrios to his native Guatemala, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. Barrios, 25, who has no criminal record, fled Guatemala in 1992 and entered the U.S. without legal permission. He lives in Derby, Conn., with his wife and four children, who are U.S. citizens. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

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Protesters demonstrate outside the federal court building, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Hartford, Conn., in support of Luis Barrios, scheduled to be deported to his native Guatemala on Thursday. Barrios, who has no criminal record, fled Guatemala in 1992 and entered the U.S. without legal permission. He lives in Derby, Conn., with his wife and four children, who are U.S. citizens. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

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Protesters demonstrate outside at an entrance to the federal court building, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Hartford, Conn., in support of Luis Barrios, scheduled to be deported to his native Guatemala on Thursday. Barrios, who has no criminal record, fled Guatemala in 1992 and entered the U.S. without legal permission. He lives in Derby, Conn., with his wife and four children, who are U.S. citizens. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

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Luis Barrios poses for a photo, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. He is scheduled to be deported to his native Guatemala on Thursday. Barrios, 25, has no criminal record and fled Guatemala in 1992 and entered the U.S. without legal permission. He lives in Derby, Conn., with his wife and four children, who are U.S. citizens. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

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This undated photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Department shows Derick Lamont Brown, who Dallas police have identified as the suspected gunman who killed one person and critically wounded two others, including a paramedic on Monday, May 1, 2017. Brown was found dead in a local home after the shootings Monday in a neighborhood east of downtown Dallas. (Dallas County Sheriff's Department via AP)

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Katherine Thompson, left, daughter of Jammie Lane, and Youdella Allen, Lane's wife in 2009, talk with authorities after a news conference in Leesburg, Va., Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in which authorities announce that an alleged serial killer, Elias Abuelazam, confessed to the stabbing death of Lane eight years ago. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)

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Vivienne Simon holds up her cuffed hands after she and eight others were arrested for trespassing during a protest against the cutting of trees by the Tennessee Gas Pipeline project Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at the Otis State Forest in Sandisfield, Mass. The protestors did not leave their posts until State police officers and the Berkshire County Sheriff's Department gave them notice and arrested nine people. (Stephanie Zollshan/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)

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Bri Elizabeth and other protesters block one of the main access points for workers on the Tennessee Gas Pipeline project Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at the Otis State Forest in Sandisfield, Mass. The protestors did not leave their posts until State police officers and the Berkshire County Sheriff's Department gave them notice and arrested nine people. (Stephanie Zollshan/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)

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Protestors run a chain across one of the main access points for workers on the Tennessee Gas Pipeline project Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at the Otis State Forest in Sandisfield, Mass. The protestors did not leave their posts until State police officers and the Berkshire County Sheriff's Department gave them notice and arrested nine people. Stephanie Zollshan, The Berkshire Eagle via AP./The Berkshire Eagle via AP)