Police Misconduct Attorney Jerry L. Steering has been suing the police since 1984 for police brutality, false arrests, malicious criminal prosecutions, wrongful deaths 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 Maricopa, throughout Kern County, and throughout the State of California. Mr. Steering has also sued the government as far away as in federal courts in Alabama and in the District of Columbia.
“THE YOUNG LAWYER KNOWS THE LAW, BUT THE OLD LAWYER KNOWS THE JUDGE”.
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, and a right without a remedy in the real world does not exist.
THE POLICE IN MARICOPA ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST.
Maricopa is a city in Kern County, California. Maricopa is located 6.5 miles south-southeast of the City of Taft, at an elevation of 883 feet (269 m). The population of Maricopa is slightly more than 1,000 residents. The demographics of Maricopa are White (53.8%) followed by Hispanic (33.3%) and Two or More races (10.9%).
The crime rate in Maricopa is 36.61 per 1,000 residents in the typical year. See, The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Maricopa, CA: Crime Maps and Statistics, CrimeGrade.Org. Maricopa crime rates are 24% lower than the national average. See, Maricopa, CA Crime Rates.
The City of Maricopa had its own police department until 2011, when the Maricopa City Council voted to disband it and to contract with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Maricopa’s for its police services. See, Maricopa Police Department disbands, KBAK FOX58.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Department has had its problems with police shootings and other forms of police misconduct in the Maricopa area. See, Kern County to pay $30 million in wrongful death lawsuit after KCSO shooting, 23 ABC Bakersfield, March 21, 2025; See, Critical Incident Videos, Kern County Sheriff’s Department; Police in this county killed the most people per capita this year, ABA Journal, December 3, 2015.
Moreover, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office always finds a way to justify Officer Involved Shootings. See, Officer Involved Shootings Reviews, Kern County District Attorney’s Office. After all, no one ever got elected to public office in this country by promising to protect the public from the police.
CONTEMPT OF COP ARRESTS ARE RAMPANT IN MARICOPA, CALIFORNIA.
Verbal protest or verbal challenge of police orders and actions has long been held to be constitutionally protected conduct. As Associate United States Supreme Court William Brennan so eloquently stated in striking down a Houston, Texas Municipal Ordinance that provided “(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to assault, strike or in any manner oppose, molest, abuse or interrupt any policeman in the execution of his duty, or any person summoned to aid in making an arrest.”:
“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).
Notwithstanding that well established principle, when even law-abiding citizens are mistreated by the police and verbally protest or verbally challenge police orders or actions, they are now deemed to be in “Contempt of Cop”. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw.com.
When that happens law-abiding citizens end-up being beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed, and then 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 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 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. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”.
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 .
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