Mayor Koch supposedly wanted to commit Joyce Brown for one reason, but lawyers of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claimed that she was being committed because she was ________.

A. dangerous to herself
B. dangerous to others
C. insane
D. homeless
E. an intravenous drug-user and prostitute


Answer: D

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