Police Misconduct Attorney Jerry L. Steering has been suing the police since 1984 for police brutality, false arrests, malicious criminal prosecutions and First Amendment retaliation cases. Mr. Steering in an Expert and Specialist in suing the police in federal court for constitutional violations in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, throughout San Diego County, and throughout the State of California. Mr. Steering has also sued the government as far away as in federal court in Alabama and in the District of Columbia. Mr. Steering 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. THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A DISHONEST AGENCY THAT ROUTINELY BEATS AND FALSELY ARRESTS AND MALICIOUSLY PROSECUTES ITS VICTIMS. The La Jolla neighborhood of the City of San Diego is home to various educational institutions and a variety of businesses in the areas of software, bioengineering and scientific research. The University of California, San Diego is located in La Jolla, as is Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Scripps Research, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. One would think that with this type of neighborhood, that the locals are affluent and basically law-abiding citizens, and that the San Diego Police Department patrolling La Jolla are basically honest men and women who have a difficult job and have a few “bad apples” within their ranks. Unfortunately, that perception is only true to a certain extent. Because the U.S. Supreme Court has since 1968 in Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968) endowed the police with almost unlimited power over the civilian population, many members of the San Diego Police Department simply cannot handle that awesome power. When these “bad apple” San Diego Police Department police officer abuse that “awesome power”, innocent law-abiding citizens are taken aback by police orders such as telling them to exit their cars for routine traffic violations or ordering them at gunpoint to prone themselves down on the ground or submit to handcuffing for de minimis traffic infractions. When these situations happen, and the law-abiding citizen verbally protests, verbally questions or verbally challenges these seemingly excessive police orders or action, the police now deem the innocent civilian guilty of “Contempt of Cop“. When that happens, these “bad apple” police officers often beat or tase or pepper-spray these innocent civilians for their verbally protests or verbally questioning or verbally challenging police orders or actions; conduct that is constitutionally protected: As Justice William Brennan 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.” When these situations have degenerated into “Contempt of Cop” situations, the violating police officers invariably arrest their now victims for various “resistance offenses” such as Cal. Penal Code § 69 (resisting officer with force/violence), Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) (resisting/delaying/obstructing officer), Cal. Penal Code § 240/241 (assault on officer), Cal. Penal Code § 242 / 243(b) & (c) (battery on a officer/causing injury) and Cal. Penal Code § 245(c) (assault on officer with weapon). This is normal. This happens every day. IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF POLICE MISCONDUCT, JERRY L. STEERING CAN HELP YOU. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”. 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. 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 . FREE CASE EVALUATION
