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 Harbor City neighborhood of Los Angeles, throughout Los Angeles 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.
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 City of West Hollywood, throughout Los Angeles 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 HARBOR CITY ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INHERENTLY DISHONEST.
The Harbor City neighborhood of Los Angeles is rife with criminal street gang activity. See, Los Angeles Harbor Area Gang Members and Associates Targeted in Federal Complaints Alleging Fentanyl and ‘Ghost Gun’ Sales, United States Department of Justice, May 17, 2023; See also, Blue Collar Politics and Gang Culture Collide in LA’s Harbor Region, Medium, Jan 30, 2024; Harbor City Crips, streetgangs.com; 27 arrested and numerous guns, drugs seized in ‘Operation Safe Harbor’, KABC 7, October 3, 2023; Harbor area crackdown on cartel-affiliated street gangs leads to dozens of arrests, CBS October 2, 2023; LAPD, FBI take down ‘extremely violent’ street gang in LA, KNBC 4 LA; More than two dozen arrested during three-month investigation into street gangs in Harbor area, CBS LA; 3 suspected Harbor City gang members arrested in 2014 slaying of Narbonne basketball star Shailo Leafa; Daily Breeze, May 4, 2016; Injunction Issued Against 2 Gangs in Harbor City, Los Angeles Times.
Unfortunately, in part having to deal with these criminal street gang members on a daily basis, many of the LAPD Officers patrolling Harbor City having adopted the attitude that “We’re the baddest gang in town”. It’s one thing for LAPD Officers to treat gang members like gang members. It’s another thing for LAPD Officers to treat the real victims of those street gang members, regular basically law-abiding civilians, like gang members.
When that happens, the basically law-abiding civilians, don’t appreciate being treated like gang members, and often verbally protest or verbally challenge LAPD orders or actions directed at them. When that happens they are now considered to be in “Contempt of Cop”. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play? . Verbal protest and verbal challenge of police orders or actions has long been held to be constitutionally protected conduct. As U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice William Brennan so eloquently stated in 1987 in finding a Houston, Texas Municipal Ordinance that criminalized opposing or interfering with Houston police officers to be unconstitutional:
“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.” , Brennan, J.; City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987).
Notwithstanding the clear pronouncement by Justice Brennan that verbal protest and verbal challenge of police orders or actions is constitutionally protected conduct, verbal protest and verbal challenge of police orders or actions of LAPD officers will often result in you being beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed, and 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 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).
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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