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 Santa Barbara, 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 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 SANTA BARBARA ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. Santa Barbara, California has a population of approximately 89,000. It is one of the most affluent cities in the California, and is the home of many of the rich and famous. Santa Barbara has its own police department, located at 215 East Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara is also the home of the University of California Santa Barbara; one of the premier Universities in the California University of California System. University of California Santa Barbara also has its own police department, located on the Campus at Public Safety Building 574, Santa Barbara, California. One would think that with such an affluent and well-educated population that Santa Barbara would not have too many problems with incidents of police misconduct, such as police beatings, tasings, pepper-sprayings, and false arrests and malicious criminal prosecutions. However, even in the beautiful City of Santa Barbara the police still have fragile egos that are easily bruised by innocent civilians verbally protesting or verbally challenging police orders or actions. Verbal protest and verbal challenge of police orders or actions has long been held by the U.S. Supreme Court to be a fundamental part of a free society. As Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan so eloquently stated in 1987 in striking down a City of Houston, Texas Municipal Ordinance that criminalized interrupting a police officer in the performance of his/her 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.” City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987), Brennan, J. In Santa Barbara, notwithstanding the clear language of Justice Brennan in City of Houston v. Hill, verbal protest and verbal challenge of Santa Barbara Police Department orders or actions will most likely result in you now being considered to be in “Contempt of Cop”. When that happens, the innocent civilian exercising their federal constitutional right to “verbally to oppose or challenge police action” will likely end up being beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed, and thereafter 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 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). See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw. 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
