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In this Sept. 15, 2016, photo, Newburgh Police Officers Jeff Perez, left, and Chris Tabachnick talk outside a convenience store in Newburgh, N.Y., near the end of a foot patrol. New York is funding foot patrols in crime hotspots around the state with an emphasis on “procedural justice,” where interactions are respectful and meant to be perceived as fair. It’s part of an effort to cross a national divide between poor urban communities and law officers suspected of picking unfairly on minorities. (AP Photo/Michael Virtanen)
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In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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New York Liberty's Brittany Boyd sits on the bench with her head bowed during the national anthem before the Liberty's WNBA basketball playoff game against the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in New York. (Cooper Neill/The New York Times via AP)
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Lt. Mike Hawley with Island County Sheriff's office discusses the capture of Arcan Cetin, 20, who was wanted in connection with Friday's mass shooting at Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash. on Friday. Officials, including Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, gathered in the Skagit County chambers in Mt. Vernon, Wash. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times via AP)
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Kendrick Lamar performs at the Global Citizen Festival in New York., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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Baltimore police work at a scene where multiple people were shot in Baltimore, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Police said that none of the shootings were fatal. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
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Police investigate the scene of a multiple shooting in Baltimore on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. A police spokesperson said none of the injuries are life threatening. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)
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A man holds a copy of the program for the funeral of Terence Crutcher during services to honor him in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Crutcher was fatally shot Sept. 16 by Officer Betty Jo Shelby. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Yee Xiong, 24, sits for a photo at her attorney's office in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 12, 2016. As she prepared to leave the sentencing hearing for Lang Her, who she said sexually assaulted her when they were students, she felt ready to finally put the case behind her after four years. Then, she was handed a $4 million defamation lawsuit. (AP Photo/Darcy Costello)
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This Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 frame from surveillance video provided by the Washington State Patrol shows the suspect in a shooting rampage at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., as authorities seek the public's help in identifying and locating him. The weapon was recovered but the suspect remained at large early Saturday. (Washington State Patrol via AP)
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Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timochenko, the top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, raises his fist as he boards a helicopter in Yari Plains, southern Colombia, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Londono and Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos are expected to sign a peace accord to end a more than five decades civil conflict in the Caribbean city of Cartagena on Sept. 26. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016, AT 12:01 A.M. CDT. AND THEREAFTER - In this Sept. 16, 2016 photo, Steve Rall poses with his first car, a 1949 Packard Deluxe Eight, at his home in east Lincoln, Neb. He's always been hooked on obscure automobiles, but he wouldn't have thought twice about buying the Packard if not for memories of owning the car as a teen. (Matt Ryerson/The Journal-Star via AP)
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Gloria Reustle speaks with Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Jon Dorland as K-9 Grim looks on during a grape harvest at Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards in Roseburg, Ore. on Thursday Sept. 15, 2016. Proceeds from the harvest are set to be donated to local K-9 law enforcement programs. (AP Photos/The News-Review, Michael Sullivan)/The News-Review via AP)
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Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Jon Dorland and K-9 Grim attend a grape harvest at Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards in Roseburg, Ore. on Thursday Sept. 15, 2016. Proceeds from the harvest are set to be donated to local K-9 law enforcement programs. (AP Photos/The News-Review, Michael Sullivan)/The News-Review via AP)
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FILE - This September 2016 file photo provided by Union County Prosecutor's Office shows Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is in custody as a suspect in the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey. The man accused in the Manhattan bombing was flagged for an interview with customs officials after returning from an overseas trip, was accused two years ago of stabbing his brother and had once been angrily described as a terrorist by his own father. But none of that was enough to keep Ahmad Khan Rahami for long on the FBI’s radar _ and it’s not at all clear it should have been. A look at the challenges involved in counterterrorism investigations. (Union County Prosecutor's Office via AP, File)
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This video image provided by Skagit County Department of Emergency Management shows a suspect wanted by the authorities regarding a shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. Authorities in Washington State say several people have been killed during a shooting at a mall north of Seattle and that at least one suspect remains at large. (Skagit County Department of Emergency Management via AP)
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FILE - The sun sets as women visit a Yazidi shrine overlooking at Kankhe Camp for the internally displaced in Dahuk, northern Iraq, in this Wednesday, May 18, 2016 file photo. Lawyers in Europe investigating the Islamic State’s elaborate operation to kidnap thousands of women as sex slaves say they have enough evidence to try IS leaders with crimes against humanity, but two years after the IS onslaught against the Yazidi people, the Obama administration has made little effort to pursue prosecution. Current and former U.S. State Department officials say that a push for a legal finding of genocide in late 2014 was quashed by the Defense Department. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
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File-This Sept. 21, 2016, file photo shows, Phoenix Mercury's Kelsey Bone, right, and Mistie Bass, second from right, kneeling during the playing of the national anthem before the start of a first round WNBA playoff basketball game a in Indianapolis. Bass, Bone and their Mercury teammates met with Phoenix police a few weeks ago after practice.It was a very eye-opening experience. "That was such a great opportunity for us to ask some great questions. I don't think the system that is in place in Phoenix is the system in place everywhere," Bass said after practice in New York on Friday as Phoenix prepared for the second round of the playoffs. "To see a model that is so crystal clear and to talk about their training and how much training they get." (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
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Law enforcement investigate a deadly shooting in the Macy's store at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. A gunman opened fire in the crowded mall north of Seattle, killing several people and critically wounding another before fleeing Friday night, authorities said. Washington State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Mark Francis said police were searching for a Hispanic man wearing black and armed with a rifle who was last seen walking toward Interstate 5. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)
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Law enforcement officers work at the crime scene outside of Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., where several people were fatally shot on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. Authorities in Washington State say several people have been killed during a shooting at the mall north of Seattle and that at least one suspect remains at large. Sgt. Mark Francis says authorities are searching for a man wearing gray who was last seen walking toward Interstate 5 from the mall. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)