Answer: C
Explanation:
Nothing is really happening yet, there's no conflict- all we know from this passage is there's a policeman walking up an avenue and it's 10 pm at night. These paragraphs exist to establish the exposition- the place, time, and character that we're reading from the perspective of.
The option that contains an independent clause is the last example - While the team made their play, the frenzied crowd cheered them to victory. The independent clause here would be <em>the frenzied crowd cheered them to victory. </em>
