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A man walks past as law enforcement officials investigate an officer-involved shooting near 46th Street North and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Friday, June 9, 2017 in Tulsa, Okla. Law officers in Tulsa fatally shot a man while trying to pick him up for a mental health issue, triggering a street protest and a corresponding show of force by police in riot gear. (Cory Young/Tulsa World via AP)
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Tulsa resident Angie Pitts, right, tries to calm down others as law enforcement officials investigate near 46th Street North and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Friday, June 9, 2017 in Tulsa, Okla. Law officers in Tulsa fatally shot a man while trying to pick him up for a mental health issue, triggering a street protest and a corresponding show of force by police in riot gear. (Cory Young/Tulsa World via AP)
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In this May 21, 2017, photo, cars are parked outside a Community Health Nursing clinic in Tonopah, Nev., where no other family planning services are available for uninsured residents within 100 miles. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill on Thursday that will backfill hundreds of thousands of federal grant dollars to pay nurses and provide birth control that the state lost after a scathing report described state-run reproductive health clinics in disarray. (AP Photo/Alison Noon)
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In this May 21, 2017, photo, a car is parked near a Community Health Nursing clinic in Tonopah, Nev., where no other family planning services are available for uninsured residents within 100 miles. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill on Thursday that will backfill hundreds of thousands of federal grant dollars to pay nurses and provide birth control that the state lost after a scathing report described state-run reproductive health clinics in disarray. (AP Photo/Alison Noon)
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Demonstrators gathered to protest against Islamic law, foreground, stand across from counter demonstrators Saturday, June 10, 2017, in New York. In more than two dozen cities across the United States, the group organizing the rallies, ACT for America, is speaking out against Shariah law, saying it is incompatible with Western democracy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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Cathy Camper, of Tacoma, Wash. wears a stars-and-stripes cowboy hat as she protests against Islamic law at a rally Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Seattle, as counter-protesters demonstrate across the street. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Cathy Camper, of Tacoma, Wash. wears a stars-and-stripes cowboy hat as she protests against Islamic law and reacts to counter-protesters across the street at a rally Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Cathy Camper, of Tacoma, Wash. wears a stars-and-stripes cowboy hat as she protests against Islamic law at a rally Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Seattle, as counter-protesters demonstrate across the street. In more than two dozen cities across the United States, the group organizing the rallies, ACT for America, is speaking out against Shariah law, saying it is incompatible with Western democracy and the freedoms it affords. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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People demonstrate in Parliament Square against the possible Conservative and DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) coalition government following the Britain's general election result, in London, Saturday June 10, 2017. Beleaguered British Prime Minister Theresa May was working to fill out the ranks of her minority government Saturday after an election that proved disastrous for her Conservative Party and complicating for Britain's exit from the European Union. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
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In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017 photo, Atlanta Dream guard Layshia Clarendon (23) toward the bench during an WNBA basketball game against the New York Liberty in New York. Clarendon penned an essay in April about a sexual assault she suffered when she was younger. She hoped it would be both therapeutic as well as offer encouragement to others to speak up. She's been overwhelmed by the positive response she's gotten so far. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Bill Cosby walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives with Comedian Joe Torry, second from right, for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Counter demonstrators opposing a group who gathered nearby to protest against Islamic-law yell out Saturday, June 10, 2017, in New York. In more than two dozen cities across the United States, the group organizing the rallies, ACT for America, is speaking out against Shariah law, saying it is incompatible with Western democracy and the freedoms it affords. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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Demonstrators gathered to protest against Islamic-law hoist American flags as they take part in a rally Saturday, June 10, 2017, in New York. Marches against Islamic law were planned Saturday in more than two dozen cities across the United States, but scholars and others say the protesters are stoking unfounded fears and promoting a distorted and prejudiced view of the religion. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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Demonstrators gathered to protest against Islamic law take part in a rally Saturday, June 10, 2017, in New York. Marches against Islamic law were planned Saturday in more than two dozen cities across the United States, but scholars and others say the protesters are stoking unfounded fears and promoting a distorted and prejudiced view of the religion. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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This file photo made Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, Dallas police and firefighters fill the gallery for a city council budget meeting at Dallas City Hall in Dallas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills aimed at fixing troubled pensions in Dallas and Houston respectively. Both are projected to have billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities that could have caused them to go broke in a decade or less. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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This file photo made Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, shows the gallery during a Dallas Police & Fire Pension System board of trustees meet in Dallas. Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills aimed at fixing troubled pensions in Dallas and Houston respectively. Both are projected to have billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities that could have caused them to go broke in a decade or less. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Bill Cosby walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby, center left, listens to his spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, center right, speaks with members of the media as they depart from from Cosby's sexual assault trial at the the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
