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 City of Santee, 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. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”. THE POLICE IN SANTEE ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. Santee is a city in the East County Region of San Diego County, California. The population of Santee is approximately 62,000. The City of Santee contracts with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, that deploys its deputies out the Santee Sheriff’s Station, located at 8811 Cuyamaca Street, Santee, California. The City of Santee is approximately 70% White, 22% Hispanic, 2.4% Black, 5.5% Asian the remainder mixed combinations of racial groups. Notwithstanding Santee’s majority White population, Santee still suffers from a significant criminal street gang problem. See, 45 charged in multiagency probe targeting San Diego-area gangs linked to drug, weapons trafficking, Immigration Customs Enforcement, February 6, 2014. See also, Organized crime takedown leads to 39 arrests, FOX 5/KUSI, January 21, 2025 In response to these criminal street gangs, a large percentage of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department have taken on their own street gangster mindset. San Diego County Sheriff’s Department believe that they are the “Baddest Gang in Town” and use street gang tactics to take control of their patrol areas in Santee. When the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department deputies who patrol Santee adopt their own street gang mentality, they often treat perfectly innocent residents of Santee as if they are street hoods. When that happens, perfectly innocent civilians take umbrage with being treated so rudely, and verbally protest or verbally challenge police orders and actions. When that happens, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department deputies view these innocent civilians as now being in “Contempt of Cop“. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play? Verbal protest and verbal challenge of police orders and actions has long been held to be constitutionally protected conduct; conduct that defines a free society. For example, in striking-down a City of Houston, Texas, Municipal Ordinance that criminalized “interfering with a police officer in the performance of his/her duties”, the United States Supreme Court held: “The Houston ordinance is much more sweeping than the municipal ordinance struck down in Lewis. It is not limited to fighting words nor even to obscene or opprobrious language, but prohibits speech that “in any manner . . . interrupt[s]” an officer. The Constitution does not allow such speech to be made a crime. 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), Brennan, J. Notwithstanding this long established right to verbally protest or verbally challenge police orders or actions, in the real world, especially in Santee, doing so will often result in the protesting civilian being beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed, and then falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted for some fabricated “resistance offense” such as violation of Cal. Penal Code § 69 (resisting officer with force), Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) (resisting/delaying/obstructing a officer), Cal. Penal Code § 240/241 (assault on officer), Cal. Penal Code § 242 / 243(b) & (c) (battery on officer causing injury) and Cal. Penal Code § 245(c) (assault on officer with weapon). This is not lefty propaganda; this is reality. Moreover, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office is more than willing and happy to criminally prosecute these Contempt of Cop victims for one or more of these fabricated “resistance offenses” to protect the violating deputy sheriff from civil liability. Mr. Steering has also successfully sued San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Santee Station deputy sheriffs. See, Retired cop sues deputies over gun arrest, The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 23, 2016. 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. 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. 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. 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
