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 Goleta, throughout Santa Barbara 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. 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 GOLETA ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. Goleta is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, with an estimated population of 33,000 in the strict city limits, and an estimated population of 55,000 including the unincorporated area of Goleta. The City of Goleta contracts with the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office to provide its police services. The racial makeup of Goleta is 51.5% White alone, 2.3% Black alone, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 11.4% Asian alone, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, 18.2% Two or More Races, 36.7% Hispanic or Latino and 45.0% White alone, not Hispanic or Latino. Median household income in Goleta, CA is $118,039. The largest criminal street gangs in the Goleta are the Eastside Gangsters, the Westside Destroyers and the G-13 (Goleta-13) gang. Because Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office deputy sheriffs have to constantly deal with these criminal street gangsters, some of these deputy sheriffs become so jaded that they taken on the identity of “The Baddest Gang in Town”. When that happens, these jaded deputy sheriffs treat basically innocent and basically law-abiding civilians like street gangsters. Sometimes these “Baddest Gang in Town” deputies will improvidently shoot and kills civilians or use overwhelming and unnecessary force and violence. See, Man killed in Goleta officer-involved shooting was wanted for attempted murder, KSBY News, May 15, 2019; Sheriff SWAT Teams Swarm South Coast in Connection to Goleta Double Homicide, Santa Barbara Independent, February 4, 2021; More details released about fatal officer-involved shooting in Goleta, The Tribune, May 16, 2019; DA Review Finds Officer-Involved Shooting Near Goleta Was ‘Justifiable Homicide’, Noozhawk.com, December 12, 2019. These “The Baddest Gang in Town” deputies will order motorists who have been stopped for the most minor of traffic violations to exit their vehicles, to prone-out on the street, to subject themselves and their vehicles to being searched, to be handcuffed and placed in the deputies’ patrol cars, and often to be treated roughly. This is not left propaganda. This is reality. When deputy sheriffs treat basically innocent and basically law-abiding civilians like street gangsters, it is common for the civilians to verbally protest or verbally challenge the abusive deputy; a well-established constitutional right in the United States. See, City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987)(“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.”) When such verbal protest or verbal challenge happens, the innocent civilians is now deemed to be in “Contempt of Cop“. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw. When that happens, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office deputy sheriffs will often then beat or tase or pepper-spray, and falsely arrest and maliciously prosecute the innocent civilians 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 an officer causing injury) and Cal. Penal Code § 245(c) (assault on officer with weapon). This is not lefty propaganda; this is reality. 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. 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. 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
