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 Carmel Valley 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 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.
CARMEL VALLEY IS PATROLLED BY THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Carmel Valley is a suburban planned community in the northwestern corner of San Diego, California, United States. The community is composed of commercial offices, residential units, hotels, retail stores and restaurants.
The population of the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego is 42,047. The demographics of Carmel Valley are 70.6% White, 18.0% Asian & Pacific Islander, 7.0% Hispanic, 3.4% from other races, 0.89% African American, and 0.001% Native American.
Carmel Valley is rated as a very safe neighborhood with little street crime and low gang activity. See. Carmel Valley Crime.
However, even in Carmel Valley the San Diego Police often misbehave. See, After beating by off-duty officer, federal agent accuses San Diego police of cover-up (Chu Ding has broadened his lawsuit over an altercation in a Costco parking lot in which he says an SDPD officer called him a racial slur and attacked him, San Diego Union-Tribune, May 30, 2026.
See also, Carmel Mountain teen alleges San Diego police motorcycle officer knocked him off bike in lawsuit (The lawsuit alleges that the police battered, assaulted and used excessive force against the teen while he was riding a pit bike last year) San Diego Union-Tribune, July 20, 2024: City faces lawsuit over records for San Diego police use of force, KPBS June 26, 2025 and San Diego Agrees To Pay $30M To Settle Suit Of Teen’s Shooting Death By SDPD, City News Service, December 8, 2025.
Moreover, most of the incidents of San Diego Police Department abuse of law-abiding civilians take place in the context of “Contempt of Cop” situations; situations where civilians verbally protest or verbally challenge police orders or actions. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play.
Although verbal protest of or verbal challenge to police orders or actions has long been held to be constitutionally protected conduct (See, City of Houston, Texas v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987)), such verbal protest or verbal challenge often results in San Diego Police Officers beating or tasing or pepper-spraying, and falsely arresting and maliciously prosecuting innocent civilians; usually for 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). This is not lefty propaganda; this is reality.
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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