JLS in Courtroom cropped 2Police 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 Fountain Valley, 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’s many years of experience, expertise 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. 

WINNING YOUR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FOUNTAIN VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

You may think that you have rights in this country, but generally that is a delusion that you probably suffer from. Rights only exist to the extent that you can enforce them. A right without a practical remedy in the real world that you can actually achieve is no right at all because you have no way to enforce any such right.

Because most Police Misconduct Civil Rights Cases involve the police violating your federal constitutional rights, most Police Misconduct Civil Rights Cases end up in federal court. In federal court under the 7th Amendment to the United States Constitution, both sides to a civil case in federal court have a right to a trial by jury. Also, in federal court there has to be a unanimous verdict. Fed. Rules Civil Proc. 48

Jurors in courtroomTo make things worse, generally, any prospective juror who has had or seen a negative experience with the police will not be seated as a juror at your Police Misconduct Civil Rights trial. They will either be “excused for cause” by the Judge or stricken from sitting on the jury pursuant to peremptory jury challenges by the lawyers for the police. 

Therefore, in order to enforce your federal constitutional rights you need to be able to persuade a unanimous jury of cop-loving jurors to vote for you, and to condemn the police. If you cannot achieve that then you have no federal constitutional rights, because in the real world of cop-loving jurors, you cannot win your case. Moreover, unless the jury likes you a lot more than the cops, they win and you lose.

ADVICE TO ACTUALLY WIN YOUR POLICE MISCONDUCT CIVIL RIGHTS CASE AGAINST THE FOUNTAIN VALLEY POLICE.

Jurors expect others to cooperate with the police and do what the police tell them to do. Jurors also do not like smart-asses or people who use foul language toward the police.

LAPD Batting Practice in the ParkAccordingly, if you want to win a Police Misconduct Civil Rights case against the Fountain Valley Police, keep your mouth shut and cooperate with the police. Do whatever they tell you to do, be polite and don’t cuss-out the cops. Then, if the police still do something terrible to you, you have a decent chance of being able to convince those cop-loving jurors to vote for you and to condemn the police. Jurors are not going to vote for or give money to someone who they dislike, so take the high-ground and act like the reasonable party.

HOW NOT TO BE BEATEN BY THE FOUNTAIN VALLEY POLICE.

Moreover, if you don’t want to be beaten with a police baton, or get pepper-sprayed, or get tased, again, cooperate with the police and do whatever they tell you to do. Moreover, never verbally protest or verbally challenge a Fountain Valley Police Officers’ Orders or Actions. 

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.

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 .

Screen Capture of Jerry Steering on CNNFREE CASE EVALUATION

Police Misconduct Specialties:
  • Excessive Force
  • Concealing Evidence
  • Destroying Evidence
  • False Arrest
  • K-9 Maulings
  • Malicious Prosecution
  • Police Beatings
  • Police Brutality
  • Police Shootings
  • Whistle Blower Retaliation
  • Wrongful Death