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 Simi Valley, throughout Ventura 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 SIMI VALLEY ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. Simi Valley is a city in the southeast region of Ventura County, California, United States. Simi Valley is 40 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. The City of Simi Valle has an estimated population of 125,000. Simi Valley rose to national prominence in 1992 when a Simi Valley Superior Court jury acquitted 4 Los Angeles Police Department police officers for the 1991 beating of Rodney King. On March 3, 1991, Black motorist Rodney King was brutally beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers as the entire encounter was captured on video. On April 29, 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted the police officers in the beating of King. See, This day in history, April 29: Jury acquits four Los Angeles police officers charged in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King, Chicago Tribune, April 29, 2021. Following that 1992 acquittal of the four LAPD Officer, riots broke out in Los Angeles, resulting in 5,500 building fires and the California Governor calling out the National Guard to suppress the riots. See, When LA Erupted In Anger: A Look Back At The Rodney King Riots, NPR, April 26, 2017. Most writers attribute the acquittals of the LAPD officer in California Superior Court in Simi Valley to Simi Valley being heavily populated with police officers and Deputy District Attorneys, and an otherwise very pro-police conservative population. The Simi Valley Police Department also has a longstanding and well-earned reputation for brutality and false arrests. See: Mark Mundell: Lawsuit Claims Simi Valley K-9 Cop Let Dog Savage Him and Showed Photos of it to Taunt Him, LA Weekly, January 19, 2011 Man awarded $21 million after spending 39 years in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit. CNN, February 25, 2019 and City of Simi settles with wrongly convicted man, Simi Valley Acorn, February 28, 2019 (Simi Valley police sued for framing innocent man for rape and murder). No charges filed against SVPD sergeant following his arrest in off-duty incident, Simi Valley Acorn, July 15, 2023 (Ventura County District Attorney’s Office refused to file criminal charges against a Sergeant with the Simi Valley Police Department after being arrested on suspicion of alleged domestic violence.) Simi Police no stranger to lawsuits, Simi Valley Acorn, May 28, 2010 (summary of lawsuits brought against Simi Valley for outrages perpetrated by Simi Valley Police Department police officers). Most of the instances of police brutality, false arrests and malicious criminal prosecutions by Simi Valley Police Department police officers arise in the context of “Contempt of Cop” situations, where law-abiding citizens verbally protest or verbally challenge Simi Valley Police Department orders or actions. In Simi Valley, verbally protesting or verbally challenging Simi Valley Police Department orders or actions will often result in your being beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed, and then falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted for some bogus and 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 only rights that you have in this country are those rights that you can enforce. After all, a right without a practical real-world remedy is no right at all. In the real world, not some fantasy technical world, the only way to enforce your constitutional rights are to have a federal court jury, usually composed of white cop-loving jurors, unanimously vote for you and condemn the police. It doesn’t matter what the law technically states, or what the jury instructions state, or what the judge says or even what the evidence shows, if white cop-loving jurors will not unanimously vote for you and condemn the police. That is reality. That is the world in which we live, and that is the world in Simi Valley, California. 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
