The police had reasonable grounds to make inquiry of the defendant, after observing him and another male chasing the complainant, at approximately 4 o'clock in the morning in a high-crime area. The minimal intrusion of the police officer, in approaching defendant and asking him what was going on, was permissible, since there was an "objective credible reason for that interference not necessarily indicative of criminality" (People v De Bour,
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