In the Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington case, the court ruled that the plaintiff could be ______.
A. arrested for symbolic speech because his actions constituted an imminent threat to public safety
B. subject to a strip search for a minor offense he didn't commit because concerns over jail security outweigh an individual's privacy rights
C. strip searched because the suspect's conduct gave the police a reasonable suspicion that a crime had been committed or was about to be committed
D. released from jail because he was not given his Miranda rights prior to being placed in the jail population
Ans: B. subject to a strip search for a minor offense he didn't commit because concerns over jail security outweigh an individual's privacy rights
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