The threshold question is whether the police had a reasonable basis to think that the passengers in the car were involved in criminal activity. The courts have ruled that road blocking is not unreasonable in DWI cases. It was challenged constitutionally, but the court ruled against the appellant.
Actually a family member of mine was involved in an incident similar to the one you describe several years ago. At the time my step-brother owned a Mustang painted British racing green, and he used to like to have his German Shepard sit in the seat next to him. There had been a shooting in the next town. The police had a partial description of the perpetrator , and knew that he was driving a dark colored car with a dog in it.
As luck would have it my step-brother was driving through the town late at night with his Shepard. The police saw the dark colored car with the Shepard in the passenger seat, and pulled him over, asked for I D, and questioned him. It does not take much to establish a reasonable basis to stop and question someone. That is why racial profiling is not necessary.
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