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When the government takes a person into custody against their will the government:
 
  a. does not have a duty to protect them from being injured by other private persons.
  b. created the danger taking them into custody, so it must protect them.
  c. must protect them because a special relationship has been created with the person in custody who cannotprotect themselves.
 d. only has the duty to protect the person in custody from harm by government officers.

Question 2

Individual officers or government agencies cannot be sued for failing to stop private people from violating their rights by inflicting injuries on them. This is known as the:
 
  a. no special relationship rule.
  b. no affirmative duty to protect rule.
  c. state did not create the danger rule.
  d. avoid danger rule.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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