welcome back to "legal view." a six-month-long investigation conducted by fusion tv reveals tens of thousands of people were stopped, in many cases unnessly, by the miami gardens police department over the past five years. the stop and frisk policies included checks of small children and senior citizens. it appears the primary target was young black males. why some are now suing claiming this is a federal issue, that it's racial profiling. >> a nightmare. they terrorize you. >> reporter: this man made headlines after it became known he was stopped by police at least 288 times, the equivalent of ones a week for four years. >> i couldn't be nowhere in my neighborhood.