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 Tierrasanta 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.
TIERRASANTA IS PATROLLED BY THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Tierrasanta, Spanish for “holy land,” or “holy ground”, is a community in San Diego, California. The symbol of Tierrasanta is an encircled Conquistador cross, similar to one atop Montserrat mountain near Barcelona, Spain, though it no longer holds any religious meaning. The community is referred to as “The Island in the Hills” by locals and on welcome signs, as there are only four roads that lead to Tierrasanta, all which end within the community.
The population of the Tierrasanta neighborhood of San Diego is approximately 30,443. The population of Tierrasanta are 63% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino, 8% Asian, 3% Black or African American, and 4% two or more races.
The crime rate of the Tierrasanta neighborhood is deemed to be “Very safe neighborhood — well below-average crime rates, Safer than 78% of neighborhoods in San Diego” DoorProfit. However, Tierrasanta is not crime free. See, Sledgehammer burglaries at Tierrasanta restaurants may be tied to string of crimes, NBC 7 San Diego, November 19, 2024; San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, Most Recent News Releases, Gangs In San Diego’s North County, KPBS; The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Tierrasanta, San Diego, CA: Crime Maps and Statistics, CrimeGrade.Org; Two attempted kidnappings in Tierrasanta under investigation: SDPD, FOX 5 News, August 15, 2023.
Tierrasanta is also not free from outrages committed against the public by the San Diego Police Department. See, San Diego Police releases video of shooting involving 3 officers in Tierrasanta, ABC 10 News, Footage Released of Tierrasanta Shooting Involving Police, NBC 7 News, June 15, 2022; Critical Incident Videos, San Diego Police Department; San Diego Police: Officer involved in Tierrasanta shooting, suspect dead, ABC 10 News; Family remembers woman killed in deadly Tierrasanta-area crash, NBC 7 San Diego, May 30, 2026.
Notwithstanding these outrages by the San Diego Police Department in Tierrasanta, most of the time that San Diego Police Department commits outrages against the public involve “Contempt of Cop” situations.
“Contempt of Cop” situations involve civilians “failing the attitude test”, that is usually law-abiding civilians verbally protesting or verbally challenging police orders or actions. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw.com.
Verbal protest and verbal challenge to police orders or actions has long been held to be constitutionally protected conduct. As Associate United States Supreme Court Justice William Brennan so eloquently stated in striking down a Houston, Texas Municipal Ordinance that criminalized interrupting or interfering with a police officer’s performance of his/her duties:
“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.” City of Houston, Texas v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987).
Notwithstanding the profound statement by Justice Brennan, in the real world, verbal protest or verbal challenge in San Diego will often result in the civilian being beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed or worse, and being 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).
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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Jerry L. Steering with Diane Sawyer