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 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 COUNTY ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. Most law-abiding citizens believe that the police are basically honest men and women who have a difficult and dangerous job, with a few bad apples among the bunch. Most law-abiding citizens also believe that as they are not violating the law any more than de minimis traffic infractions, that the police are not going to treat them badly. However, if you are reading this webpage, chances are that you no longer share those beliefs. Chances are that you now realize that the police are institutionally dishonest, that you don’t have to commit a crime to be charged with committing one, and that even nice law-abiding citizens can be and often are subjected to police beatings, tasings, pepper-sprayings, false arrests and malicious prosecutions. These police outrages usually come upon law-abiding citizens in “Contempt of Cop” situations. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw. In these “Contempt of Cop” situations, the police start out treating the law-abiding citizen poorly, and when the law-abiding citizen verbally protests or verbally challenges police orders or actions, the end up getting beaten, tased, pepper-sprayed, false arrested and malicious 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). The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office is one of the worst perpetrators of these “Contempt of Cop” beatings, tasings, pepper-sprayings, false arrests and malicious prosecutions. See, for example, these incidents of outrages committed by Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office deputy sheriffs: Sheriff’s custody deputy sued by former inmate, accused of sexual misconduct in federal lawsuit, Santa Maria Times, September 11, 2020 Excessive Force Claims Against Sheriff’s Office Have Cost S.B. County Millions, Santa Barbara Independent, May 17, 2021 One Santa Barbara Deputy, Five Violent Deaths, Does Jeremy Rogers Look for Trouble, or Does Trouble Find Him?, Santa Barbara Independent, August 27, 2020 ‘A Series of Lies’ ― Ely Family Denounces DA for Clearing Deputies in Fatal Shooting, Urges Public to Listen to Audio Recording to ‘Know the Truth’, Santa Barbara Independent, October 15, 2020 Ex-‘Tarzan’ actor Ron Ely sues Santa Barbara sheriffs over ‘wrongful’ deaths of wife and son, USA Today, October 1, 2020 ‘Tarzan’ Actor Ron Ely Sues Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office over Family Deaths, Audio Recording of Son’s Shooting Appears to Contradict Deputies’ Statements, Santa Barbara Independent, September 29, 2020 County Settles Bryan Carreño Wrongful-Death Lawsuit for $850,000, Carreño Was Shot 20 Times by Five Deputies Who Broke Tactical Protocols, Santa Barbara Independent, April 14, 2021, Santa Barbara Independent, April 20, 2021 Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Files: A Body Slam, a Broken Back, and a $950,000 Payday, County Settles Lawsuit with Man Badly Injured During Meth-Fueled Pursuit, Santa Barbara Independent, November 24, 2020 Don’t Believe Your Ears in Ely Case, Authorities Say ― Believe the Deputies, District Attorney Rules Fatal Shooting of Cameron Ely a Justifiable Homicide, Santa Barbara Independent, October 6, 2020 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. 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