When the government takes a person into custody against their will the government:
a. does not have a duty to protect them from being injured by other private persons.
b. created the danger taking them into custody, so it must protect them.
c. must protect them because a special relationship has been created with the person in custody who cannot protect themselves
d. only has the duty to protect the person in custody from harm by government officers.
c
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