Strengthen question

[madhujeya]

In a certain municipality, a judge overturned a suspect's conviction for possession of an illegal weapon. The suspect had fled upon seeing police and subsequently discarded the illegal weapon after the police gave chase. The judge reasoned as follows: the only cause for the police giving chase was the suspect's flight; by itself, flight from the police does not create a reasonable suspicion of a criminal act; evidence collected during an illegal chase is inadmissible; therefore, the evidence in this case was inadmissible.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the judge's decision that the evidence was inadmissible?
(A) Flight from the police could create a reasonable suspicion of a criminal act as long as other significant factors are involved.
(B) People can legally flee from the police only when those people are not involved in a criminal act at the time.
(C) Police can legally give chase to a person only when the person's actions have created a reasonable suspicion of a criminal act.
(D) Flight from the police should not itself be considered a criminal act.
(E) In all cases in which a person's actions have created a reasonable suspicion of a criminal act, police can legally give chase to that person



Aren't option C and E mean the same thing?

[arun@crackverbal]

That's true - C & E answer options are indistinguishable. Where did you pick this question from? This doesn't look GMAT-class at all.

Arun

[madhujeya]

Got it from Document present in this forum. My answer to the question is B. Is it correct?

[tpr-becky]

This question very likely came from an LSAT argument and as such is more difficult than those you would see on the GMAT. The difference between C and E is that C defines the ONLY time when police can reasonably give chase (ONLY when the person has created a reasonable suspicion). E defines that you can give chase if there is a resonable suspicion but does not eliminate other options that would alos give rise to a legal chase.

In this argument the Judge says that flight is not reasonable suspicion and then claims that the chase was illegal - this is only true if the ONLY way to create a legal chase is to create reasonable suspicion.

Thus C is the better option.

[amit2k9]

the chase is the action being questioned here.

C clearly tackle's this by suggesting that the chase should not have happened at the first place.

More discussion here - https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-a-certain- ... 03972.html