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 Baldwin Park, 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. THE BALDWIN PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT OFTEN USES VIOLENCE AS A FIRST OPTION. The Baldwin Park Police Department has a reputation for beating innocents, falsely arrested them and procuring their victims malicious criminal prosecutions. This is not fiction or lefty propaganda; it’s reality. That is not to say that there are not many fine and decent Baldwin Park Police Officers. There are. The problem is that when those few bad apple Baldwin Park police officers provoke civilians to verbally protest rude and crude behavior by their fellow Baldwin Park police officers and those bad-apple cops start beating the innocent civilian, don’t expert the honest cops to intervene or tell the truth. They won’t. They like their jobs and that are not going to get run out of the Baldwin Park police department by telling the truth in court about what their fellow officer did to you. It’s sad, but its a fact of life in the real world. IT TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE AND SKILL TO SUCCESSFULLY SUE THE POLICE IN FEDERAL COURT. Because police beatings and false arrests and malicious prosecutions, and even police shootings are federal constitutional violations, most police misconduct cases end up in federal court. Under the 7th Amendment to the United States Constitution, so long as the amount in controversy (the amount you are suing for) is over $20.00 (a 1791 figure), both the plaintiff and the defendants are entitled to a trial by jury in a civil case. That being the case, in the real world, it doesn’t matter what the law says your rights are, or what the jury instructions say, or even what the evidence shows, if a federal jury of cop loving jurors are not willing to vote for you and to condemn the police at your civil rights trial. In federal court, the Judge questions the jury and the lawyers usually get 10 minutes each for follow up questions. Each side gets 3 peremptory jury challenges; that’s all. Any jurors who have even had a bad experience with the police or have seen outrageous police conduct almost never get to sit on a police misconduct case federal jury. Accordingly, it takes a great deal of experience and savvy to navigate your lawsuit ship to port. Jerry L. Steering has been suing the police in federal court for 40 years. If your police misconduct lawsuit can be won, Mr. Steering will substantially increase your odds of winning, and winning in court is the only thing that matters. 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”. Jerry L. Steering knows the law and the judge. He can help you if you are the victim of a false arrest, or police brutality, or a malicious criminal prosecution, or if your loved one died at the hands of the police. Call Jerry L. Steering at (949) 474-1849 or email Mr. Steering at jerry@steeringlaw.com. FREE 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