The family of two Aboriginal children left frightened of police officers after experiencing more than 150 home bail checks in just under two years, have filed a racial discrimination case in the Federal Court.

Two brothers, aged 11 and 13 at the time, were on bail for being passengers in a stolen car when NSW police began to conduct home checks on them, often late at night or in the early hours of the morning.

Their mother, who is using the pseudonym Megan for legal reasons said multiple police officers would come to her home, knock on the doors, shine torches through and bang on the windows during these checks.

It got to the point where it was too much - her children were too tired to go to school, she lost her job and the experience has left her boys scared of the police.

"I'd have t

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