Many U.S. citizens are stopped, questioned and, if no arrest warrant is pending, released.
On these streets, dark-skinned man are often stopped, questioned, then let go.
Last year, about 700,000 people were stopped, questioned, and in many cases, searched; most of those people were black and Latino.
Young men in the roughest areas are stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked to deter them from carrying guns.
The film crew was stopped, questioned and "told to wait at a nearby pool hall, in the middle of nowhere.
Still, the governor's denials have not stopped questions of corruption from dogging his administration for four years.
He has been an outspoken critic of the Police Department's "stop, question and frisk" policy.
Stop, question and frisk anyone seen outside hardware and art-supplies stores.
New York City, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, fought to defend its "stop, question, and frisk" policy in court.
The NYPD practice, known fully as "stop, question and frisk", was ruled unconstitutional earlier this year.
The figures are part of the Police Department's quarterly report, "Stop, Question and Frisk Activity".
