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 Ranco Palos Verdes, throughout Los Angeles 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 RANCHO PALOS VERDES ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. Rancho Palos Verdes is a coastal city located in south Los Angeles County, California with an estimated population of 43,000 residents. The city of Rancho Palos Verdes sits atop the bluffs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, neighboring three other cities in the Palos Verdes Hills, namely Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, and Rolling Hills Estates. Demographically, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes is 46% White, 32% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 2% African American and 1% other race. The median household income is $175,307 and the median property value is $1,540,000.00. The City of Rancho Palos Verdes contracts its police services with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department that deploys to patrol Rancho Palos Verdes out of the Lomita Sheriff’s Station, located at 26123 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita, California. Although the city of Rancho Palos Verdes is basically an upscale city with plenty of wealthy residents, it nonetheless has its share of street gang related crime, including street gang shootings. See, Shooting deaths at scenic lookouts in Pasadena and Rancho Palos Verdes appear connected; 6 arrested, KABC7, July 26, 2023. Rancho Palos Verdes also has (believe it or not) a “surf gang”; gang of surfers that literally run off non-member surfers from surfing on their turf (their beach). See, Civil trial over Southern California surf gang ‘localism’ kicks off, Courthouse News Service, August 5, 2024 (civil trial over one of America’s most notorious surf gangs, the Lunada Bay Boys, and the wealthy city that is accused of looking the other way while the Bay Boys jealously guarded their turf) and Federal lawsuit claims Palos Verdes Estates surfers are a criminal street gang, The Daily Breeze, September 6, 2017 (A federal class-action lawsuit filed against the Lunada Bay Boys, a group of territorial Palos Verdes Estates surfers known for intimidating visitors from their beloved coastal bluff, argues that the group is a criminal street gang and should be banned from gathering together). Besides white-boy surfer gangs, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the police agency that patrols the streets (and beaches) of Rancho Palos Verdes is riddled with gangs of Deputy Sheriffs at its various Sheriff’s Department stations. See, Dozens of LASD deputies ordered to show suspected gang tattoos, reveal others who have them, Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2023; A Tradition of Violence: The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Knock LA; The L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy-Gang Crisis, The New Yorker, May 30, 2022; List of LASD deputy gangs – Wikipedia; ‘They are a cancer:’ Deputy gangs still operating within LA County sheriff’s department, report says, KABC7 March 3, 2023. Some of these deputy gangs actual require that prospective deputy gang members murder a civilian on the job to be admitted to the deputy gang, such as the Compton station “Executioners” gang and the East LA Station “Bandidos” gang. See, Nazi tattoos, beatdown of deputies: Inspector general probes ‘gangs’ in LASD, KCRW News, March 23, 2022; Los Banditos; East LA Station has been a notorious LASD gang hub for decades, but not every deputy is welcome, KNOCK LA, April 1, 2021; Deputy accused of being in ‘Executioners’ gang reveals tattoo in court, names names, Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2023 Although due to its high income / affluent population, Rancho Palos Verdes is not riddled with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy gangs, Sheriff’s Department abuse of Rancho Palos Verdes is alive and well. Most of the times, deputy abuse of Rancho Palos Verdes residents arise in the context of “Contempt of Cop” situations; situations when basically law-abiding citizens verbally protest or verbally challenge police actions or orders. So, when basically law-abiding citizens verbally protest or verbally challenge police actions or orders, such as ordering motorists to exit their cars during traffic stops and submit to being frisked or proned-out on the street or made to sit on the curb, the deputies often will beat or tase or pepper-spray them, and them falsely arrest and procure the malicious criminal prosecution 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. 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
