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 Loma Linda, throughout San Bernardino 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 LOMA LINDA RE BRUTAL AND INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. The City of Loma Linda contracts with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department for police services. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is an agency that patrols the largest geographical county in the United States, that stretches from Los Angeles County all the way to Nevada and Arizona. Much of San Bernardino County is rural and desert. Accordingly, although the Wild Wild West may exist today mostly in Hollywood movies, the Wyatt Earp method of policing is alive and well at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s policing of the City of Loma Linda is no exception to that shoot first, ask questions later mentality of that police agency. See, Man shot, killed by sheriff’s deputies in Loma Linda neighborhood, KABC7 News, October 3, 2024. This shooting stands on the longstanding and well-deserved reputation for being a brutal agency that beats civilians guilty of nothing other than “Contempt of Cop” violations; not real crimes but merely constitutionally protected verbal protest or verbal challenge to police orders or actions. It is well established that verbal protest or verbal challenge to police orders or actions is protected by the First Amendment’s Right to Petition the Government for Redress of Grievances and the Freedom of Speech clauses. See, Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987), where Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan described this right to verbally protest or verbally challenge police orders or actions: “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.” EXAMPLES OF MR. STEERING’S SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES. Mr. Steering has been very successful in suing the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and other police agencies in San Bernardino County. Here are a few examples: Thomas Perez, Jr. v. City of Fontana: Mr. Steering obtained $900,000.00 from the City of Fontana for Fontana Police Using “Psychological Torture“, a 17 hour custodial interrogation session, to torment an innocent man to confess to killing his father, after the man called in a missing person report on his elderly father. See, Fontana Police “Psychologically Tortured” Man to Falsely Confess to Killing His Father. Here are some San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department cases that Mr. Steering has prevailed in: In Margaret Alba v. City of Barstow, et al. Mr. Steering obtained a $1,150,000.00 award for excessive force (U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Riverside)) In Daniel Morgan v. County of San Bernardino, Mr. Steering obtained a $714,000.00 settlement following jury verdict for excessive force and false arrest during search warrant execution in Apple Valley, California. (U.S. Dist. Court, Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside) (1995)). In Tom Austin v. County of San Bernardino, Mr. Steering obtained a $500,000.00 jury verdict for false arrest and excessive force. (U.S. District Court, Central District of California – Riverside). In Lopez v. County of San Bernardino, Mr. Steering obtained a $50,000.00 settlement for racially motivated battery; (U.S. Dist. Court Cent. Dist. of Cal. (Riverside) (2002)) In Lupe Calderon v. County of San Bernardino, Mr. Steering obtained a $115,000.00 settlement for false arrest and illegal search. (U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Riverside)(2003)) In Arroyo v. City of San Bernardino, Mr. Steering obtained a $125,000.00 settlement for unreasonable seizure of person (U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Riverside)(2004)) In Ford v. County of San Bernardino, (2007), Mr. Steering obtained a $80,000.00 settlement for excessive force (U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Riverside)(2004)) In In re Jane Doe v. County of San Bernardino, et al., (2008), Mr. Steering obtained a $290,000.00 settlement (prior to filing lawsuit) for sexually motivated mistreatment of arrestee In Penny Trent v. County of San Bernardino, et al., Mr. Steering obtained a $600,000.00 settlement for unreasonable seizure of person In Eric Aubrey v. County of San Bernardino, et. al, Mr. Steering obtained a $325,000.00 settlement for the use of unreasonable force and for false arrest; (U.S. Dist. Court (LA) 2012) In Jones v. County of San Bernardino, et al.; Mr. Steering obtained a $170,000.00 settlement for unreasonable seizure of person. U.S. Dist. Court (LA) In David Scott v. County of San Bernardino, et al; Mr. Steering obtained a $390,000.00 settlement after winning case on appeal to the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In Tommy Mark Franks, Jr. v. County of San Bernardino, et al.; et al; Mr. Steering obtained a $500,000.00, U.S. Dist. Court, Central Dist. of Cal. (Santa Ana) obtained following successful jury verdict for false arrest. 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
