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 Costa Mesa, throughout Orange 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 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. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”. THE POLICE IN COSTA MESA ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. The Costa Mesa Police Department has had its share of lawsuits for outrages committed by its police officers against the public and even against its own police officers. See, Costa Mesa Police Sued Over Warrantless Raid of Costa Mesa Collective, OC Weekly, Posted onAugust 31, 2016; Lawsuit accuses officer of planting drugs, Orange County Register, March 19, 2011; Man accuses Costa Mesa officer of racial profiling after heated confrontation shown in viral TikTok, ABC7 News, January 27, 2023; Costa Mesa to pay $200,000 to settle police officer’s lawsuit, Los Angeles Times, August 4, 2016. Most of the time when Costa Mesa police officers beat or tase or pepper-spray and then falsely arrest innocents, they do so in retaliation for innocent civilians telling the police that they know their rights, or verbally protesting or verbally challenging Costa Mesa police officers’ actions or orders; conduct that has long been held to be constitutionally protected: “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 v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987), Brennan, J. SAMPLE OF MR. STEERING’S ORANGE COUNTY POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES. In Mansfield v. City of Costa Mesa, U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Santa Ana), Mr. Steering obtained a $225,000.00 against the Costa Mesa Police Department for the wrongful shooting of two dogs. Farahani v. City of Santa Ana, U.S. District Court (Santa Ana). $612,000.00 jury verdict (plus attorney’s fees) against Santa Ana Police Department police officer Steve Lodge for unreasonable force for beating him with his police baton. See, City to Pay $292,500 to Man Who Says Officer Beat Him : Litigation: Attorneys reach settlement after city’s appeal of a federal jury award of more than $600,000, Los Angeles Times, September 17, 1991. Gomez v. County of Orange, et al., U.S. Dist. Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles) (2011) obtained $2,163,799.53 for unreasonable force on convicted jail inmate; Torrance v. County of Orange, et al., U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Santa Ana)(2010); obtained $380,000.00 for unreasonable force and false arrest; See, Man stunned by deputies in his bedroom gets $380,000; Orange County Register November 19, 2010. Butano v. County of Orange; U.S. District Court (Santa Ana); Orange County paid $727,500.00 to settle a civil rights lawsuit by woman for false arrest and excessive force. Chamberlain v. County of Orange et al., U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Santa Ana) (2009); obtained $600,000.00 for failure to protect pre-trial detainee in Orange County Jail; Baima v. County of Orange, et al; U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Santa Ana)(2003); obtained $208,000.00 for false arrest / unreasonable force. Celli v. County of Orange, et al; U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Santa Ana)(2009); obtained $200,000.00 for false arrest / unreasonable force. Richard “Danny” Page v. City of Tustin , et al., U.S. District Court (Santa Ana) (1992); $450,000.00 for false arrest and unreasonable force. Merritt Sharp v. City of Garden Grove, Orange County Superior Court (2000). Mr. Steering obtained a $1,110,000.00 jury verdict against Garden Grove Police Department officers for the warrantless search of Mr. Sharp’s body shop. In 2017 Mr. Sharp was also awarded $250,000.00 for being unlawfully detain by Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy sheriffs. In both incidents the police were looking for Mr. Sharp’s son; not for him. See, Twice, cops have detained Dad; twice, they were looking for the son, CBS News, Oliver v. City of Anaheim, U.S. District Court, Santa Ana; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2012; See, City Of Anaheim Pays $400,000 Settlement After Man Arrested For Alleged Opossum Cruelty, CBS News,December 14, 2012. THE ONLY RIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE ARE THOSE THAT YOU CAN ENFORCE IN THE REAL WORLD A right without a remedy is not right at all; it doesn’t exist. The only remedy to enforce your federal constitutional rights is to first get by the defense of qualified immunity in your federal lawsuit, and thereafter convince a federal civil jury of mostly while, mostly conservative and almost all cop-loving jurors to vote for your and to condemn the police who violated your constitutional rights. This is no easy task. Police Misconduct Civil Rights cases are very complicated legally, and take a great deal of experience, skill and savvy. Mr. Steering been suing the police in federal court since 1984. That is all that he does, and he is an expert in vindicating your constitutional rights. WHAT YOU CAN DO. If you have been falsely arrested, subjected to excessive force, maliciously prosecuted, or retaliated against for exercise of your constitutional rights, beaten-up by the police, maliciously prosecuted or had a loved one killed by the police, Call Jerry L. Steering at (949) 474-1849 or email Mr. Steering at jerry@steeringlaw.com. 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