Introduction Racial-profiling, “the practice of targeting individuals for police investigation based on their race alone” in the last few years has been an increasingly prominent issue in American society (Abramosky). Numerous magazines, newspapers, and journals have explored the issue of race-motivated police actions. Recently, the ABA Journal did a study of New Jersey traffic stops from 1988 to 1991, concluding that “black drivers were more likely to be pulled over and arrested than whites” (Ghannam). The study …showed first 75 words of 1997 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1997 total…the wrong time.” He felt his traffic stops were justified. He feels that he cannot say much on the race issue, but does believe that his ethnicity has probably played a role in his not being stopped more frequently. Though the first and second interviewees share several similar characteristics, the rate of their traffic stops greatly differs. Ethnicity, however, does appear to be a factor, particularly when taking the first interviewee’s experiences into consideration.