21.   Police have used the practice to stop motorists and to develop suspects based on their race.

22.   State police were already under attack for allegedly using a racial profile to stop motorists on the New Jersey Turnpike, a major drug-trafficking corridor.

23.   State police there were already under attack for allegedly using a racial profile to stop motorists on the New Jersey Turnpike, a major drug-trafficking corridor.

24.   Texas law would expressly prohibit police officers from stopping motorists based solely on their race under a bill given preliminary approval Monday by the House.

25.   The court ruled five years ago that officers can use any traffic violation as an excuse for stopping motorists even when they have ulterior motives.

26.   The governor also issued an executive order prohibiting state police from using unmarked cars to stop motorists for routine traffic infractions.

27.   The reports include state troopers stopping African-American motorists on their way to the polls, abandoned ballot boxes, and local police asking African-American male voters for identification.

28.   The state police have long been accused of using racial profiling in deciding whether certain motorists should be stopped.

29.   Police set up surprise checkpoints on roads leading from the West Bank into Jerusalem, stopping motorists to check identity papers.

30.   --Agreed to decide next year whether police can set up random traffic checkpoints and stop motorists to search for illegal drugs.