In ________________, the Supreme Court held that police officers may use deadly force only when necessary to apprehend a fleeing felon and only when "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or physical injury to the officer or others."
a. Bram v. United States (1987)
b. Ashcraft v. Tennessee (1944)
c. Lyons v. Oklahoma (1944)
d. Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
D
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a. Pluralism b. Societal corporatism c. Disturbance theory d. Protectionism e. Sub-government theory
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a. first-past-the-post (FPTP) b. open-list proportional representation c. closed-list proportional representation d. mixed representation
Which of the following statements about Asian Americans is most accurate?
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______ is the name of the major welfare program formerly known as the Food Stamp program.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).