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 Morongo Valley, California, 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.
THE POLICE IN MORONGO VALLEY ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST.
Morongo Valley is a census-designated place on California State Route 62 in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The estimated population of Morongo Valley is 4,000. The town is bordered by Yucca Valley, California. The demographics of Moronga Valley is 73.8% White, two or more races 11.9%, and 20.9% Hispanic, and 3.15% Black or African American.
As an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County Morongo Valley is patrolled by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. That agency has had its problems with very questionable Officer Involved Shootings. See, ‘Officer-involved shooting’ in Morongo Valley leaves one person dead, KESQ News , January 7, 2024. See also, Officer-Involved Shooting (Fatal) – Morongo: Beedie, J, San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office; Officer-Involved Shooting (Fatal) – Yucca Valley: Winston, B, October 31, 2023; Lucerne Valley armed suspect killed in deputy-involved shooting identified (a 57-year-old man armed with a knife was fatally shot by deputies in Morongo Valley), Victor Valley News Group, September 6, 2020; Man armed with knife fatally shot by deputies at Morongo Valley park, San Bernardino Sun, January 7, 2024; San Bernardino County: Suspect ID’d in fatal shooting of sheriff’s deputy after motorcycle chase, KABC News, June 3, 2021; Morongo Valley man fatally shot after pointing gun at deputies, authorities say, Palm Springs Desert Sun, November 19, 2020; Sheriff’s deputy shoots and kills man at end of standoff in Morongo Valley, Hi-Desert Star,
That agency has also had its problems with frequently using brutality on the locals as well as falsely arresting them for various fabricated “resistance offenses” such as violation of Cal. Penal Code § 69 (resisting officer with force), 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 officer causing injury) and Cal. Penal Code § 245(c) (assault on officer with weapon).
These excessive force and false arrest incidents are usually the product of the deputy sheriffs confronting civilians in undeserved aggressive and disrespectful ways, that result in the civilians verbally protesting and/or verbally challenging police orders or actions.
Verbal protest and verbal challenge to police actions or orders has long been held to be constitutionally protected conduct. See, City of Houston, Texas 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”, Brennan, J.).
However, in the real world, with real police officers, real Deputy District Attorneys and real jurors, none of whom make it to the jury have any real concept of what the police do in the real world, constitutional mandates cannot be used to actually predict the outcome of officers falsely accused innocents of “resistance offenses”.
In the real world, verbal protest and/or verbal challenge to police officer actions or orders will likely result in the innocent civilian being deemed in “Contempt of Cop”; See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw.com.
When that happens, civilian innocents are often falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted for those “resistance offenses” shown above.
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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