You are in a strange neighborhood, and a police officer drives by. He can clearly see that you do not know the neighborhood and are not from there. He stops you and frisks you because he just had a report of someone who looked like you with a knife. What level of justification did the officer use?
A) Probable cause
B) Search and seizure
C) Reasonable suspicion
D) Administrative justification
Answer: C
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