today, he's a professional police officer. >> reporter: the same police official told cnn pantaleo had over 300 arrests with very few complaints, adding that he's not a hot head but he has been at the center of racially motivated cases before. three men have filed lawsuits against him alleging unawful racially motivated arrests. one case, march 2012, two black men say they were forced out of their vehicle, handcuffs and strip searched on the public street. the lawsuit alleges they were forced to pull their pants and underwear down, squat and cough. later at the police station, the men were subjected to a second humiliating strip search and forced to lift their genitals. the charges against them were eventually thrown out. they settled with the city earlier this year for $30,000. in the second case, a man accused officer pantaleo of misrepresenting the facts to substantiate charges. the charges against this suspect were also dismissed. the man's lawsuit against officer pantaleo is still