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CORRECTS TO 10TH DISTRICT OFFICERS, NOT AREA 10 OFFICERS - Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson stands with 10th District officers as he talks with reporters about charging the first of several juvenile offenders from the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook, during a press conference Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson talks with reporters about charging the first of several juvenile offenders from the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook, during a press conference Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Chicago Police Department Area Central Detective Commander Brendan Deenihan talks with reporters about charging the first of several juvenile offenders from the March 19 criminal sexual assault incident broadcast on Facebook, during a press conference Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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In this March 15, 2017 photo, Emory Colvin pauses in Corvallis, Ore. Colvin, whose birth name was Emily, was brought up as a girl but didn’t really identify as either male or female. Colvin filed a petition recently in Benton County Circuit Court to be declared non-binary. If the request is granted, Colvin would become the county's second non-binary resident. (Andy Cripe /The Corvallis Gazette-Times via AP)
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FILE -This April 12, 2016, file photo, shows the Supreme Court in Washington. Supreme Court nominations became politically contentious about 222 years ago when the Senate voted down George Washington’s choice for chief justice. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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In this April 13, 2016, file photo, Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court arrives for a meeting in Washington. Supreme Court nominations became politically contentious about 222 years ago when the Senate voted down George Washington’s choice for chief justice. Republicans wouldn’t even hold a hearing for Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 15, 1987 file photo, Judge Robert Bork, nominated by President Ronald Reagan to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, is sworn before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill at his confirmation hearing. Supreme Court nominations became politically contentious about 222 years ago when the Senate voted down George Washington’s choice for chief justice. Republicans point to 1987, when Democrats led the way in rejecting Reagan's nomination of Bork for the high court. The 58-42 vote against Bork came after a full hearing and Senate debate. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 1939, file photo, Felix Frankfurter, the new associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, poses in his judicial robe for his portrait in Washington. Supreme Court nominations became politically contentious about 222 years ago when the Senate voted down George Washington’s choice for chief justice. Even some who have made it to the court endured difficult confirmations. Frankfurter’s loyalty to the United States was questioned because of his birth in Austria, his Judaism and his affiliation with the American Civil Liberties Union. (AP Photo)
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appears in an exhibit that was installed Sunday in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. The display honors both of the black justices who ascended to the pinnacle of the legal profession. The other is Thurgood Marshall. (Associated Press/File)
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New Jersey Devils' Cory Schneider turns away a shot by the Philadelphia Flyers during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, April 1, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)
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Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, right, grabs a rebound against the Detroit Pistons during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 31, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)
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The Milwaukee Bucks react after a defensive play against the Detroit Pistons during overtime of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 31, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)
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Vice President Mike Pence leads a group of spectators in applause for law enforcement personnel at DynaLab, Inc., Saturday, April 1, 2017, in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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This Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo shows the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Men's Central Jail facility in Los Angeles. The number of arrests by police in California has plunged in recent years, but that doesn't necessarily represent good news on crime, according to an analysis published Saturday, April 1. The state saw 1.5 million arrests for misdemeanors and felonies in 2015, the most recent year with figures available, according to the Los Angeles Times. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, A corrections deputy walks to the upper level of a unit of the Pierce County Jail in Tacoma, Wash. Inmates and their families are suing Pierce County after they suffered medical problems or died at the jail, and in turn, the county is suing the for-profit company that provided medical services to those inmates. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)
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Basil Eleby sits down on the bench for his first appearance hearing at the Fulton County Jail while his public defender attempts to cover his face with a folder in Atlanta on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Eleby, accused of starting a raging fire that collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 a few miles north of downtown Atlanta was charged with arson. The first-degree arson charge was added to a first-degree criminal damage to property charge Eleby already faced in connection with the fire Thursday evening that caused a heavily traveled overpass to disintegrate. Total bond was set at $200,000. (Henry P. Taylor/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
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Basil Eleby sits down on the bench for his first appearance hearing at the Fulton County Jail while his public defender attempts to cover his face with a folder in Atlanta on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Eleby, accused of starting a raging fire that collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 a few miles north of downtown Atlanta was charged with arson. The first-degree arson charge was added to a first-degree criminal damage to property charge Eleby already faced in connection with the fire Thursday evening that caused a heavily traveled overpass to disintegrate. Total bond was set at $200,000. (Henry P. Taylor/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
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Basil Eleby is escorted out into the courtroom by his public defender and two Fulton County Sheriff's office officers at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Eleby, accused of starting a raging fire that collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 a few miles north of downtown Atlanta was charged with arson. The first-degree arson charge was added to a first-degree criminal damage to property charge Eleby already faced in connection with the fire Thursday evening that caused a heavily traveled overpass to disintegrate. Total bond was set at $200,000. (Henry P. Taylor/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
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Basil Eleby is escorted by his public defender and two Fulton County Sheriff's office officers into the court room at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Eleby, accused of starting a raging fire that collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 a few miles north of downtown Atlanta was charged with arson. The first-degree arson charge was added to a first-degree criminal damage to property charge Eleby already faced in connection with the fire Thursday evening that caused a heavily traveled overpass to disintegrate. Total bond was set at $200,000. (Henry P. Taylor/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
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This booking photo provided by the Fulton County Jail shows Basil Newman Eleby. Eleby, suspected of starting a raging fire that collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 a few miles north of downtown Atlanta has a court appearance scheduled. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office says Basil Eleby faces a felony charge of criminal damage to property and is scheduled for his first court appearance Saturday, April 1, 2017. (Fulton County Jail via AP)
