Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.Under Terry v. Ohio, reasonable suspicion is enough for an officer to conduct a pat-down search.
2.Reasonable cause for a stop and frisk may be based upon information supplied by police informants.
3.Federal courts upheld the New York Police Department stop-and-frisk tactics, even though they have been criticized as racial profiling.
4.If police would have found the evidence with or without a warrant, even illegally obtained evidence can be used in court.
5.No warrant is needed to search a person’s trash.


1.true
2.true
3.false
4.true
5.true

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