Police Misconduct Attorney Jerry L. Steering has been suing the police since 1984 for police brutality, false arrests, malicious criminal prosecutions, wrongful deaths 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 South Gate, throughout Los Angeles County, and throughout the State of California. Mr. Steering has also sued the government as far away as in federal courts in Alabama and in the District of Columbia.
“THE YOUNG LAWYER KNOWS THE LAW, BUT THE OLD LAWYER KNOWS THE JUDGE”
Mr. Steering’s 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. If you cannot win your Civil Rights Police Misconduct Lawsuit then you have no rights, because you have no way to enforce them, and a right without a remedy in the real world does not exist.
THE POLICE IN SOUTH GATE ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST.
The City of South Gate, California has its own police department, that deploys out of its headquarters station at 8620 California Avenue, South Gate, California.
South Gate has an estimated population of 93,000 residents.
The demographics of South Gate are Hispanic or Latino 94.80%, White alone, not Hispanic or Latino 3.40%, Black or African American alone 0.90%, American Indian and Alaska Native alone 0.90%, Asian alone 0.80%, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 0.10% and Two or more races 3.70%.
South Gate has a long and sordid history with being plagued by the many criminal street gangs fighting over “turf” in that city, including the Barrio Ardmore Youngsters gang, the Barrio South Gate gang, the Death Crowd Locos gang, the Dorothy Locos gang, the Garden View Locos gang, the Kansas Street gang, the Lynwood Varrio El Segundo gang, the Marijuanos Locos gang, the Orchard Locos gang, the South Gate Tokers gang, the South Gate Players gang, the South Gate Locos gang, the South Side Playboys gang, the South Side Players gang and the Willow Street gang.
The South Gate Police Department has also had problems with Officer Involved Shootings. See, South Gate officers shoot, kill robbery suspect in Huntington Park, FOX 11 News, March 26, 2025; Man who was shot multiple times by South Gate police files lawsuit against city, Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2019; Students placed on lockdown after police shooting at Legacy High School in South Gate, KABC 7 News, October 27, 2023; Officer involved shooting in South Gate leaves one dead, Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2014.
Because of South Gate Police Department police officers having to deal with these criminal street gangs on a daily basis, many of their ranks have developed gangster attitudes themselves; their motto being “We’re the baddest gang in town”. That attitude by South Gate Police Department police officers may be fine for dealing with actual street gangsters, but when those same “gangster” officers come into contact with basically law-abiding civilians, those civilians often verbally protest or verbally challenge their mistreatment by the officers.
In today’s police profession, verbal protest or verbal challenge of police actions or orders are viewed as “Contempt of Cop” situations. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw.
It has long been established that Americans have a constitutional right to verbally protest or verbally challenge police actions or orders. See, City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987) (“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.”) However, such verbal protest or verbal challenge in South Gate will nonetheless often result in a good old fashion police beating, or tasing or pepper-spraying, and their accompanying false arrest and 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 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). This is not lefty propaganda; this is reality.
If you are reading this web page, you are probably already acutely aware of this.
IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF POLICE MISCONDUCT, JERRY L. STEERING CAN HELP YOU ACTUALLY ENFORCE YOUR RIGHTS BY WINNING YOUR CASE.
The only thing that matters when enforcing your rights, is whether you win your case. If you don’t win your case, then you have no rights because you have no way to enforce them.
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. You need a unanimous jury of usually 8 jurors to vote in your favor in federal court to win your case. If you mouth-off to the cops or don’t do what the police tell you to do or cuss out the cops, or act like a jerk, one or more of the jurors in your case may not vote for you. That is the reality in which we all live.
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.
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. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”.
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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