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 California City, throughout Kern 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 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. If you cannot win your Civil Rights Police Misconduct Lawsuit then you have no rights, because you have no way to enforce them. A right without a real-world remedy (i.e. winning your case) is no right at all; at least for you. It doesn’t matter what the law states, or what the Judge says, or what the jury instructions say, or even what the evidence shows, if a jury of 8 cop-loving jurors is not going to unanimously vote for you in your federal court Police Misconduct Civil Rights case. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge” and Mr. Steering’s understanding the technical and practical legal landscape of Police Misconduct Civil Rights cases will dramatically increase your chances of winning your case; of actually enforcing your constitutional rights. THE POLICE IN CALIFORNIA CITY ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. California City is a city located in northern Antelope Valley in Kern County, California. It is 100 miles north of Los Angeles with an estimated population was 15,000. California City has its own Police Department, located at 21130 Hacienda Blvd., California City, California. Many of California City’s residents are employed at Edwards Air Force Base, at the California City Correctional Facility and the Mojave Air and Space Port. California City has its problems with street criminals and criminal street gangs. See, Surging Crime in California City Impacting Residents, NDT August 11, 2023; DOJ: California City Mayor Pro Tem indicted for hazardous waste transportation conspiracy, KBAK FOX 58 News, April 29, 2025; California City Crime Rate Report, cityrating.com; 77 alleged gang members arrested after operation ‘Royal Flush,’ Kings County Sheriff says (operation “Royal Flush” conducted by multiple agencies across the Central Valley) KGET.com, Nov 14, 2024; Devil on the loose’: What’s behind Kern County’s soaring homicide rate? (Kern County has had state’s highest homicide rate since 2016, with rival prison gangs warring on its rural northern border), calmatters.org, December 2021. California City also has its problems with police brutality. See, California City police releases officer-worn camera footage of shooting that injured dog, KGET News. Police Misconduct in California City is usually prompted by the same circumstances that cause such misconduct throughout California; verbal protest and verbal challenge to police actions and orders; something that is fundamental to a free society. For example, in the landmark case of City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987), one of the great U.S. Supreme Court Justices of all time, Associate Justice William Brennan, writing for the Majority of the Supreme Court held that the right to verbally protest and verbally challenge police orders and actions is protected by the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and is fundamental to liberty in our country. In striking down a City of Houston, Texas Municipal Ordinance that criminalized “interrupting” a police officer in the performance of his/her duties, Justice Brennan held: “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, 462-463 (1987), Brennan, J. Notwithstanding that bedrock principle of our free society, verbal challenge to police actions and orders in California City will often result in the protesting civilian will be deemed in “Contempt of Cop“. When that happens, California City police officers will often beat or tase or pepper-spray, and falsely arrest and maliciously prosecute that civilian deemed to be in “Contempt of Cop“. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play? Thereafter, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office will be more than happy to criminally prosecute the civilian victim of police outrages for various bogus “resistance offenses” such as for violation of Cal. Penal Code § 69 (resisting officer with force), Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) (resisting/delaying/obstructing an officer), Cal. Penal Code § 240/241 (assault on officer), Cal. Penal Code § 242 / 243(b) & (c) (battery on an officer causing injury) and Cal. Penal Code § 245(c) (assault on officer with weapon). This is not lefty propaganda. This is the real world in California City and throughout the State of California. IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF POLICE MISCONDUCT, JERRY L. STEERING CAN HELP YOU ACTUALLY ENFORCE YOUR RIGHTS BY WINNING YOUR CASE. The only thing that matters when enforcing your rights, is whether you win your case. If you don’t win your case, then you have no rights because you have no way to enforce them. 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. You need a unanimous jury of usually 8 jurors to vote in your favor in federal court to win your case. If you mouth-off to the cops or don’t do what the police tell you to do or cuss out the cops, or act like a jerk, one or more of the jurors in your case may not vote for you. That is the reality in which we all live. 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. 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
