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Bill Cosby gestures as he departs 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 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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A band plays cumbia, a form of traditional Mexican music, for Claudia Rueda outside the Otay Mesa detention center where she is being held in San Diego Friday, June 9, 2017. A judge on Friday ordered the Mexican woman released from custody at the detention center, while the government seeks to deport her, rejecting arguments that two arrests while demonstrating in support of people in the United States illegally justified requiring that she wear a monitoring device. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
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A demonstrator urges the release of Claudia Rueda outside the Otay Mesa detention center where she is being held in San Diego Friday, June 9, 2017. A judge on Friday ordered the Mexican woman released from custody at the detention center, while the government seeks to deport her, rejecting arguments that two arrests while demonstrating in support of people in the United States illegally justified requiring that she wear a monitoring device. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
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A vehicle drives into the Otay Mesa detention center in San Diego, Calif. on Friday, June 9, 2017. A judge on Friday ordered a Mexican woman released from custody at the detention center, while the government seeks to deport her, rejecting arguments that two arrests while demonstrating in support of people in the United States illegally justified requiring that she wear a monitoring device. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
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People gather 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, left, 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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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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A crowd chants as law enforcement officials investigate near 46th Street North and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, following an officer-involved shooting, 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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Tim Borrens yells at police after a man was fatally shot, 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. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
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Police Chaplain Andru Morgan prays at the scene of an officer involved shooting, 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. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told a "Morning Joe" panel on MSNBC that President Donald Trump's voters appear to have an "any mammal will do" mentality, Friday, June 9, 2017. (MSNBC screenshot)
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Bill Cosby walks back into the courtroom after a break during his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Friday, June 9, 2017. (Lucas Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
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Eric C. Conn, seen here in a photo issued by the FBI, is accused of attempting to bilk the federal government with more than $500 million worth of bogus Social Security disability applications.
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"Sanctuary" status was a hot topic this summer in Massachusetts, where the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that state and local authorities could no longer legally hold immigrants for pickup by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Associated Press/File)
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This undated booking photo provided by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Robert White II, of Las Vegas. White II, was acquitted at trial on Thursday, June 8, 2017, of a misdemeanor domestic battery after a judge heard evidence that his girlfriend was the aggressor in a physical argument. He lost his job at The Shade Tree domestic violence shelter following his arrest. (Clark County Detention Center via AP)
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File This June 4, 2017, file photo shows Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, top, throwig out St. Louis Cardinals' Michael Wacha at first base after forcing out Aledmys Diaz at second during the third inning of a baseball game in Chicago. Russell has returned to the Chicago Cubs, one day after Major League Baseball began a domestic abuse investigation involving the shortstop. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
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Samantha Geimer, left, appears before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon at a motion hearing in Los Angeles on Friday, June 9, 2017. Geimer, director Roman Polanski's sexual assault victim, asked a judge Friday to end the 40-year-old case against the fugitive director. (Paul Buck/Pool Photo via AP)
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Samantha Geimer, left, appears at Los Angeles Superior Court for a motion hearing in Los Angeles on Friday, June 9, 2017. Geimer, director Roman Polanski's sexual assault victim, asked a judge Friday to end the 40-year-old case against the fugitive director. (Paul Buck/Pool Photo via AP)
