Social Issues

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This Aug. 11, 2016 photo shows Jimmy Trout and his wife Cynthia with a photograph of Jimmy's mother, Ann Sue Metz, who was murdered in Frederick in 2009, in Frederick, Md. Jimmy wears the high heels that have "Mom" written on the toe in the yearly "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" fundraiser for the Hartley House, a facility in Frederick that provides services for victims of domestic violence. (Dan Gross/The Frederick News-Post via AP)

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"Hitler massacred three million Jews ... there's three million drug addicts. There are. I'd be happy to slaughter them," said Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this July 28, 2014 file photo, Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher talks about the fire situation in El Portal, Calif. Neubacher is retiring after employees complained that he created a hostile workplace by allowing bullying, harassment and other misconduct, allegations also raised in other popular national parks, officials said Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. (Mark Crosse /The Fresno Bee via AP, File)

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Tristan Rettke, a freshman student at East Tennessee State University, was arrested and suspended after he donned a gorilla mask and started handing out bananas at a Black Lives Matter rally on campus. (WJHL)

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FILE - In this July 31, 2014, file phot, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice walks off the field before addressing the media at a news conference at NFL football training camp in Owings Mills, Md. Unsigned for two years since the release of the horrific video of him punching his then-fiancee, Rice says his second chance has come through a choice to speak out against domestic violence. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)

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FILE- In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 file photo, a doctor feeds a malnourished child at a feeding centre run by Doctors Without Borders in Maiduguri, Nigeria. As many as 75,000 children will die over the next year in famine-like conditions created by Boko Haram if donors don’t respond quickly, the U.N. Children’s Fund is warning. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

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In this Aug. 13, 2016, file picture a person on motorbike passes a government poster promoting the Oct. 2 referendum against any EU quotas to resettle migrants. reading "Did you know?" Hungarians will vote Sunday in a referendum called by Prime Minister Viktor Orbans government, seeking political support against any future plans by the European Union to resettle refugees or asylum seekers among members of the bloc. (AP Photo/ Pablo Gorondi, file)

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FILE - In this May 18, 2016 file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures during a community event in Sacramento, Calif. Brown is preparing to sign a bill to automatically enroll millions of private-sector workers in retirement savings accounts. The legislation is an attempt to address the growing concern that many workers will be financially unprepared to retire. Gov. Brown says he'll sign it on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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Demonstrators yell at police during a protest Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, in El Cajon, Calif. Dozens of demonstrators on Wednesday protested the killing of Alfred Olango, a Ugandan refugee shot by an officer after authorities said he pulled an object from a pocket, pointed it and assumed a "shooting stance." (AP Photo/Julie Watson)

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In this undated booking photo released by the Story County Sheriff's Office in Nevada, Iowa, former Iowa State University student Patrick Whetstone is shown. Whetstone, 21, is expected to be sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, for sexually assaulting another student, in a case that has roiled the university and led to a federal investigation of the school. (Story County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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This Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 photo shows the Capitol building reflected in the Capitol Reflecting Pool at sunrise in Washington. The 2016 presidential campaign has underscored an economic paradox: Financially, black Americans and Hispanics are far worse off than whites, yet polls show minorities are more likely than whites to believe in the American Dream. And they are less anxious about the outcome of the election. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Leon Rodriguez acknowledged problems but told Congress on Wednesday that refugee vetting has improved. (Associated Press)

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Former refugee Adhal Awan of the South Sudan, attends a ceremony as The University of Utah’s College of Social Work in Salt Lake City celebrates the launch of the Center for Research on Migration & Refugee Integration on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. (Scott G Winterton/Deseret News via AP)

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Michael Ramos, district attorney for San Bernardino County and president of the National District Attorneys Association, speaks at a summit on sex trafficking at the Sheraton Waikiki on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, in Honolulu. Prosecutors are calling the scourge of sex trafficking a form of modern-day slavery that touches every state in the nation, and they're working to draw connections between active investigations around the globe at a summit in the Waikiki neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz)

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FILE - In this July 25, 2016, file photo, Sen. Jean Shaheen, D- N.H., speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. A proposed federal bill of rights for survivors of sexual assault won final legislative approval Sept. 28, sending it to the president’s desk. The Senate unanimously approved the measure, which would ensure that survivors in federal criminal cases have the right to a sexual assault evidence collection kit, to be told of the results and to be notified in writing before the kit is destroyed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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The "Pepe the Frog" internet meme has earned a spot in the Anti-Defamation League's hate symbols database due to a growing number of racist and anti-Semitic appropriations of the popular cartoon character. (Instagram/@donaldjtrumpjr)

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In this Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, file photo, Serena Williams returns a shot to Karolina Pliskova, of the Czech Republic, during the semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, in New York. Williams says she “won’t be silent” about the killing of black men by police officers. Williams wrote on Facebook on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, that she was inspired to speak out after asking her black 18-year-old nephew to drive her to a meeting. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2016, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks with the media on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate is poised to reject President Barack Obamas veto of a bill that would allow the families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia even as lawmakers express fears the legislation could backfire on the United States. I will bet that Obamas veto will not be sustained, said Reid. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)