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 Lomita, 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 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 LOMITA ARE BRUTAL AND INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. The City of Lomita, California is a City in Los Angeles County that contracts with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for its police services. At least at the station level, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is an agency of deputy gangsters; no joke. There are allegedly at least 18 active deputy gangs within that agency. The 1992 Kolts Commission report said they were found “particularly at stations in areas heavily populated by minorities—the so-called “ghetto stations”—and deputies at those stations recruit persons similar in attitude to themselves. That situation has only gotten worse since 1992; the same year that Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Vikings gang at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was a “Neo-Nazi White Supremacist” gang within that agency. See, Thomas v. County of Los Angeles, 978 F.2d 504 (9th Cir. 1992). These deputy gangs routinely beat, torture, maim and kill members of the jails, and of the community. See, Retired supervisors describe violence by jail deputies, Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2012. A former member of the Vikings deputy gang, Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, ultimately was sentenced to federal prison in 2016 along with former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca for threatening an FBI agent with arrest for continuing to investigate Sheriff’s Department beatings of inmates at the Los Angeles County Jails. See, Paul Tanaka, Former No. 2 in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Obstructing Federal Investigation into Misconduct at County Jails, U.S. Department of Justice, June 27, 2016. The Los Angeles County Sheriff from 2018 through 2022, Alex Villaneuva, was a member of the “Bandidos” gang in the East Los Angeles Station of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. See, Lawsuit filed against LASD, alleged tattooed secret deputy gang society ‘Banditos’, FOX11 News, Los Angeles, September 18, 2019. It’s no surprise that former “Bandidos” gang member, former Sheriff Alex Villanueva denied the existence of Deputy Gangs within the Sheriff’s Department. See, Villanueva denies existence of deputy gangs as L.A. County officials seek accountability, Los Angeles Times, January 14, 2024. Due to the deputy gangster problem at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department the California Legislature enacted Cal. Penal Code § 13670 that banned gangs of officers/deputies at California police agencies. Despite the enactment of Cal. Penal Code § 13670 the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has done nothing to enforce that ban. See, Deputy gangs are officially banned by L.A. County sheriff. Will that change anything?, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 23, 2024. IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF POLICE MISCONDUCT, JERRY L. STEERING CAN HELP YOU. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”. 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. 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. 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. 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 . FREE CASE EVALUATION
