Those numbers are based on an "opinion poll" (the questions asked are not available).  It also defines racial profiling as "....the targeting of individuals and groups by law enforcement officials, even partially, on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion, except where there is trustworthy information, relevant to the locality and timeframe, that links persons belonging to one of the aforementioned groups to an identified criminal incident or scheme."  The statement you keep reverting says they are stopped due to race alone, not partially.  The poll  respondants also presumably have no way of knowing why they were stopped by police.  A police officer will not pull you over and say "do you know why I'm stopping you?  because you're "   If you want to insert qualifications stating that a disproporionate # of african-americans believe they've been stopped due, in part, to their ethnicity, it is fine with me, but as it is the foundations don't support the strength of the statement.   29 June 2005 22:35 (UTC)