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 Fullerton, 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 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”.

FULLERTON POLICE ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST.

In 2011 Fullerton Police Department police officer beat a mentally ill man, Kelly Thomas, to death with their fists, batons and the butt of a taser. Although the Orange County District Attorney’s Office took the unusual step of criminally prosecuting the involved Fullerton Police Department police officers for manslaughter, an Orange County Jury found the Fullerton Police Department police officers Not Guilty. See, Fullerton police officers found not guilty in Kelly Thomas beating death case, Los Angeles Daily News, August 28, 2017.

The case was prosecuted at trial by the then elected District Attorney of Orange County, California, Tony Rackauckas. Mr. Rackauckas did not understand how gullible Orange County juries are to police excuses for the unaccusable and believed that the beating of Kelly Thomas was so outrageous that even an Orange County Superior Court jury would understand that police officers are not trained to beat civilians to death. He miscalculated that equation. A Fullerton Police Department Corporal who teaches use of force to Fullerton police officer testified that he saw nothing wrong with the officers’ conduct in beating Kelly Thomas to death with their bare hands, and the Orange County Jury was gullible to believe him. See, video of the beating death of Kelly Thomas.

What the Kelly Thomas case demonstrates is that “excessive force” is more of a political concept than a factual one, and that people who believe that the police are basically honest people with a difficult job and have a few “bad apple” officers will not see evil when its obvious and right in front of their face.

The beating death of Kelly Thomas was later settled by Kelly Thomas’ parents for his death for $4,900,000.00. See, Fullerton Settles Kelly Thomas Wrongful Death Suit for $4.9 Million, Voice of OC, Nov 23, 2015.

Because Fullerton Police Department officers often deal with local gangsters, and due to a recent series of United States Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal cases, the police can falsely arrest, beat and even kill anyone they care to. This is no joke, this is reality.

Moreover, Fullerton Police Department police officers have not stopped beating and framing innocents, See also, California cop placed on leave in wake of third brutality allegation and Fullerton police officer charged with filing false police report. 
LAPD Batting Practice in the ParkMoreover, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office is in large part responsible for these outrages perpetrated by Fullerton Police Department police officers against the public, the DA’s Office almost always prosecutes the victim of Fullerton Police Department beatings and false arrest; to protect the police from civil liability, as one cannot sue for false arrest or excessive force if one is convicted of some nebulous “resistance offense”. See, The Contempt of Cop Game; How Well Can You Play. See also, the OCDA Reports and Videos of the many cases of Office-Involved-Shootings and killings, that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office found to be justified.

If you are being criminally prosecuted for a “resistance offense” (i.e. resisting arrest, and assault & battery on a peace officer), chances are that you are being framed for actions / omissions by you that are no crime at all. We can help you win your bogus criminal case in a manner most likely to result in you subsequently your civil case against the police; something that we are experts on.

THE ONLY RIGHTS YOU HAVE ARE THOSE YOU CAN ENFORCE

A constitutional right without a practical real world remedy is no right at all; it doesn’t exist.

Jurors in courtroomIf you cannot get by the defense of Qualified Immunity, and thereafter convince a federal jury of mostly white, mostly conservative and almost always cop-loving jurors to vote for you and to condemn the police in your police misconduct civil right trial.

It takes many years of study, experience and savvy to actually win your police misconduct case.

Jerry L. Steering has been suing the police since 1984 and knows how to maximize your chances of actually winning your case.

As the saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the laws, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”.

If you are the victim of a false arrest, police brutality, malicious prosecution or if your loved one was wrongfully killed by the police, call Jerry L. Steering at (949) 474-1849. or email him at jerry@steeringlaw.com.

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