Police Misconduct Attorney Jerry L. Steering has been suing the police since 1984 for police brutality, false arrests, malicious criminal prosecutions, wrongful deaths and First Amendment retaliation cases. Mr. Steering in an Expert and Specialist in suing the police in federal court for constitutional violations in the Running Springs area of San Bernardino County, throughout San Bernardino County, and throughout the State of California. Mr. Steering has also sued the government as far away as in federal courts in Alabama and in the District of Columbia.
“THE YOUNG LAWYER KNOWS THE LAW, BUT THE OLD LAWYER KNOWS THE JUDGE”.
Mr. Steering’s many years of experience and acquired knowledge can help you maximize your chances of actually winning your Police Misconduct Civil Rights case, and winning is the only thing that matters. If you cannot win your Civil Rights Police Misconduct Lawsuit then you have no rights, because you have no way to enforce them, and a right without a remedy in the real world does not exist.
RUNNING SPRINGS POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS.
Running Springs is a neighborhood in San Bernardino County, California. It is situated in the San Bernardino Mountains, 17 miles west of the city of Big Bear Lake, and at an elevation of 6,109 feet above sea level. The population of Running Springs is approximately 5,500 residents.
The demographics of Running Springs are White 70.6%,
These citizen “protests” are often a response to the many shootings by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputy sheriffs, some of which being of very questionable justification. See, Jury Awards $33.5 Million to Parents of Man Fatally Shot by San Bernardino County Deputy, KNBC 4 News, Shooting in San Bernardino leaves one dead, one wounded as search for suspect continues, KCAL News, August 17, 2025; Officer-Involved Shooting (Fatal)-Victorville: B. Hayes, San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, July 9, 2025; Officer-Involved Shooting (Fatal)-Barstow: J. Ferrer, San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office; Officer-Involved Shooting (Fatal) – Hesperia: Perez, D, San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, October 10, 2023.
Although San Bernardino County has become a shooting gallery for the police, most of the beatings, tasings, pepper-sprayings, false arrests and malicious criminal prosecutions by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputy sheriffs occur in the context of “Contempt of Cop” situations; situations when civilians verbally challenge or verbally protest police orders or actions. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw.
Verbal protest or verbal challenge to police orders or actions has long been held to be constitutionally protected conduct. As Justice William Brennan so eloquently stated in 1987:
“The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.” Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987).
However, notwithstanding that constitutionally right on paper, in the real world verbal protest or verbal challenge to police orders or actions will often lead to beatings, tasings, pepper-sprayings, false arrests and malicious criminal prosecutions by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputy sheriffs.
IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF POLICE MISCONDUCT, JERRY L. STEERING CAN HELP YOU ACTUALLY ENFORCE YOUR RIGHTS BY WINNING YOUR CASE.
The only thing that matters when enforcing your rights, is whether you win your case. If you don’t win your case, then you have no rights because you have no way to enforce them.
Just because the police violated your constitutional rights doesn’t mean that you can do anything about it. In order to “do something about it”, to enforce your constitutional rights, it takes a great deal of experience, insights, skill and savvy. You need a unanimous jury of usually 8 jurors to vote in your favor in federal court to win your case. If you mouth-off to the cops or don’t do what the police tell you to do or cuss out the cops, or act like a jerk, one or more of the jurors in your case may not vote for you. That is the reality in which we all live.
Mr. Steering’s many years of experience and knowledge in suing the police can help you maximize your chances of winning your Police Misconduct Civil Rights case, and winning is the only thing that matters.
Jerry L. Steering has been suing police agencies for constitutional violations since 1984. He has the experience, insights, skill and savvy to actually win your police misconduct civil rights case, and winning is the only thing that matters. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”.
If you are the victim of police misconduct, Jerry L. Steering can help you. Call Jerry L. Steering, Esq. at (949) 474-1849, or email Mr. Steering at jerry@steeringlaw.com .
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