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 Dana Point, 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”. THE POLICE IN MENIFEE ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. Menifee is a city in Riverside County, California, with an estimated population of 114,000 and is part of the Inland Empire. Menifee has had its own police department since July 1, 2020 that is located at 29714 Haun Road, Menifee, California. Menifee previously was patrolled by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department; an agency with a long well-earned reputation for unjustified police beatings, tasings, pepper-sprayings and shootings, with their accompanying false arrests and malicious criminal prosecutions. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has its own “Crimes Against Peace Officer’s Unit”, that was created to ensure that when Riverside County Deputy Sheriff’s use excessive force upon innocents and other civilians, that the Sheriff’s Department abuses the criminal justice system to convict those innocent beating / tasing / pepper-spraying victims of some fabricated “resistance offenses”, 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). Since the City of Menifee established its own police department, it has had its share of officer misconduct. See, Domestic violence suspect shot, killed by officers in Menifee, The Press Enterprise, November 20, 2023. However, it hasn’t been around long enough for the lawsuits for Menifee Police Department misconduct to trickle through the court system. The typical situations in which Menifee police officers beat, tase, pepper-spray and falsely arrest innocent civilians is in the context of “Contempt of Cop” situations; situations in which civilians verbally protest or verbally challenge police orders or actions. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw. Verbal protest or verbal challenge of police orders or actions has long been held to be necessary for a free society and protected by the United States Constitution. For example, the United States Supreme Court struck down a City of Houston, Texas Municipal Ordinance that criminalized “interrupting a police officer in the performance of its 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.” Brennan, J. Nonetheless, if one verbally protests or verbally challenges Menifee Police Department police officer orders or actions, one can expect being beaten, tased, pepper-sprayed and falsely arrested, and, maliciously prosecuted by the corrupt Crimes Against Peace Officer (“CAPO”) Unit of the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, who’s sole function is to protect the police from civil liability by falsely and maliciously prosecute the victim of police outrages, to preclude those victims from obtaining civil redress in court for those outrages perpetrated against them. 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
