Over the past decade, progressive lawmakers in the General Assembly have tried to pass legislation to ban racial profiling, the practice by which police pull over a motorist for the offense of not being white. And year after year, the legislation has died in committee. Realizing that the General Assembly would probably never pass the bill, the NAACP, ACLU, and others brought a lawsuit against the State of Maryland to ban racial profiling. Only when it became clear that the court would rule in favor of the plaintiffs did Gov. Bob Ehrlich very reluctantly agree in 2003 to finally ban racial profiling. Justice – after a long, long delay -- was finally served.