WASHINGTON—Crime and color continue to surface in news articles and two recent national reports reached different conclusions on the subject.

The ACLU recently released a report on racial profiling that documents how police frequently stop and question motorists solely because they are Black. The New Century Foundation released a report that suggested Blacks are so much more likely than others to commit crimes that police may be justified in stopping and questioning them more frequently.

"We’re here today to demand an end to racial profiling," said American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Ira Glasser, "Skin color has become a substitute for evidence in a way that really resembles Jim Crow justice on the nation’s highways."

Racial profiling, also known as "Driving While Black," has become so pervasive the ACLU has filed lawsuits in Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey and Oklahoma challenging the practice. The ACLU’s 43-page report, "Driving While Black: Racial Profiling on our Nation’s Highways" is a collection of case studies from 23 states.

"It was released to rebut police denials that racial profiling exists," said David Harris, a law professor at the University of Toledo in Ohio and an author of the report.

Using statistics based on the numbers of Blacks stopped by law enforcement officials, the New Century Foundation made the claim that Blacks are stopped more because they commit more crimes. "The Color of Crime—Race, Crime and Violence in America," written by Jared Taylor, used stats from the FBI and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Dr. Abdul Alim Muhammad, national spokesman for the Hon. Louis Farrakhan, said, "The sources for this report are the same people who do the racial profiling. If you have a system that selectively goes after Blacks, you’ll obviously have more Blacks in jail."