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 McFarland, California, throughout Kern 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’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. A right without a real-world remedy (i.e. winning your case) is no right at all; at least for you. It doesn’t matter what the law states, or what the Judge says, or what the jury instructions say, or even what the evidence shows, if a jury of 8 cop-loving jurors is not going to unanimously vote for you in your federal court Police Misconduct Civil Rights case. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge” and Mr. Steering’s understanding the technical and practical legal landscape of Police Misconduct Civil Rights cases will dramatically increase your chances of winning your case; of actually enforcing your constitutional rights. THE POLICE IN McFARLAND ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. McFarland, California is a city in the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California. McFarland is located 25 miles north-northwest of Bakersfield and has an estimated population of 14,000 residents. The demographics of McFarland are 89.6% Hispanic or Latino residents and White alone is 7.7%. The other residents of McFarland are 1.05% Black or African American, 0.93% Asian, 0.82% Native American and 0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. McFarland has long had a problem with criminal street gangs. See, McFarland schools postpone all events in response to surge in gang related crime, KGET NBC News, October 12, 2022; Gang member arrested in Earlimart after gas station robbery: McFarland PD, KBAT FOX 58 News, March 20, 2025; 2 alleged gang members arrested after pursuit ends in Oildale, KGET NBC News, Oct 7, 2024; ‘Devil on the loose’: What’s behind Kern County’s soaring homicide rate?, Santa Maria Times, December 3, 2021; McFarland police searching for 2 in suspected gang-related shooting, Bakersfield.com, August 14, 2023; Two Gang Members Arrested for Series of Armed Robberies in Richgrove, McFarland, Delano and Earlimart, McFarland Today, July 12, 2023; Gang map of Norteno and Sureno hoods in Northern and Central California, Redditt; Gang siege terrorizes McFarland community, Bakersfield.com, September 6, 2016 The McFarland Police Department also has had its problems with its officers beating, shooting and falsely arresting civilians. See, Outrage sparks over California police officer’s use of baton on man, KFOX 14 News, November 28, 2023; Charges requested against 2 McFarland officers in shooting that wounded suspect, K-9, KGET 17 News; How did this California police department hire so many officers with troubling pasts?, The Press Enterprise, November 11, 2019; Wandering cops shuffle between departments, abuse citizens (‘Second chance PD’ — McFARLAND, California), Gateway Journalism Review, February 17, 2022; ‘Second-chance’ P.D.: McFarland hired police with troubled records, from DUIs to fraud, The Desert Sun, November 11, 2019 (McFarland Police Department knew that many of its officers had dubious backgrounds—but it hired them anyway). Most of the time that McFarland Police Department police officers abuse civilians is in “Contempt of Cop” situations. Verbal protest and verbal challenge of police orders and actions has long been held to be constitutionally protected conduct (City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (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”). However, verbally protesting or verbally challenging police actions or orders will often result in McFarland Police Officers beating or tasing or pepper-spraying, and falsely arresting and maliciously prosecuting one for some imaginary fabricated “resistance offense” such as violation of Cal. Penal Code § 69 (resisting officer with force), Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) (resisting/delaying/obstructing an officer), Cal. Penal Code § 240/241 (assault on officer), Cal. Penal Code § 242 / 243(b) & (c) (battery on an officer causing injury) and Cal. Penal Code § 245(c) (assault on officer with weapon). 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. 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
