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 Beaumont, throughout Riverside 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 BEAUMONT ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. The City of Beaumont, California, is located at the summit of the San Gorgonio Pass, between the San Bernardino Mountains and Mount San Gorgonio to the north, and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south. The City of Beaumont is one of the few cities in Riveside County to have its own police department, the headquarters for which is located at 660 Orange Avenue, Beaumont, California. Notwithstanding its relatively small population, the Beaumont Police Department has had its share of lawsuits for misconduct by that agency. See, for example: Officers shoot at man in Beaumont after they say he rammed police cars; suspect dies, The Press Enterprise, February 15, 2022 (man was shot at by law-enforcement officers in Beaumont and died after slamming the vehicle he was driving into several patrol cars). Beaumont Police Officer arrested after allegations of sexual misconduct, News Channel 3 Palm Springs, February 14, 2024 (Beaumont Police Department police officer arrested following allegations of rape, assault with intent to rape, false imprisonment, and oral copulation). Beaumont police sued for videotaped strip search of teenage girl, The Press-Enterprise, October 5, 2018 (teen claims Beaumont Police Department male officer’s videotaped strip search of the girl.) See also, Morgan v. Beaumont Police Department, The Recorder, April 4, 2016 (during a high-speed police chase by Beaumont Police Department officer, bystander Mike Morgan was struck and killed by the suspect’s vehicle.) Most of the incidents of Beaumont Police Department outrages against civilians take place in the context of “Contempt of Cop” situations; situations in which persons stopped or accosted by Beaumont Police Department police officers feel that they are being treated wrongfully verbally protest or verbally challenge Beaumont Police Department orders or actions. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw. The right to verbally protest or verbally challenge police orders or actions has long been held to be fundamental to a free society, As Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan eloquently stated long ago in striking down a City of Houston, Texas Municipal Ordinance that criminalized interrupting a police officer in the performance of his/her duties: “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.” City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987). When otherwise law-abiding citizens verbally protest or verbally challenge the actions of Beaumont Police Department police officers there is substantial chance that they will be beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed, and falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted for some fabricated resistance offense such as violation of Cal. Penal Code § 69 (resisting officer with force), Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) (resisting/delaying/obstructing a officer), Cal. Penal Code § 240/241 (assault on officer), Cal. Penal Code § 242 / 243(b) & (c) (battery on officer causing injury) and Cal. Penal Code § 245(c) (assault on officer with weapon). 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
