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 San Pedro, 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 SAN PEDRO ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND AREA INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. THE CRIMINAL STREET GANGS OF SAN PEDRO. San Pedro is a neighborhood located within the South Bay and Harbor region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles is partially located within the San Pedro area. The San Pedro district of Los Angeles is an increasingly dense and diverse community. Unfortunately, many of the streets of the San Pedro district is dominated by various Hispanic street gangs, including, the Harbor City Boys, Leland Park, Park Western Lomas, San Pedro, Rancho San Pedro Locos, San Pedro, Varrio 204th Street, Harbor, Wilmas, Eastside, Wilmas, Westside, Wilmas, Northside and Young Crowd. One of the African American street gangs in San Pedro is the Dodge City Crips. Until 1996 the Dodge City Crips and the Rancho San Pedro gang coexisted in the Rancho San Pedro housing projects, until a Dodge City Crip member was murdered, with the Rancho San Pedro Gang allegedly behind the killing. Fatal shootouts occurred between Dodge City and Rancho San Pedro members, and San Pedro is now dominated by the Hispanic street gangs. THE LAPD HAS NOW BECOME THE DOMINANT STREET GANG OF SAN PEDRO. Until video recording equipment was available to the general public, most of the American body politic was living in a fantasy world about the police, and especially about the LAPD. Since the advent of the iPhone in 2009 and all of the smart phones that most of the American body politic now possess high quality video recording equipment on their persons. Accordingly, it has become increasingly easier for the public to basically instantly video record incidents between the police and the public. The most recent graphic example of that is the George Floyd “unintentional murder” conviction in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2020 of Minneapolis Police Department police officer Derek Chauvin. However, civilian recordings of police brutality didn’t begin in 2009. In Los Angeles it began with the Rodney King beating incident of 1991. THE RODNEY KING BEATING IN 1991. In 1991, Rodney G. King was badly beaten by LAPD officers after leading police on an 8-mile vehicle pursuit in Los Angeles. The LAPD fractured King’s skull in 9 places, and 4 LAPD Officers were criminally prosecuted by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for the beating. What the Rodney King beating fiasco did show is that “excessive force” is as much of a political concept than a factual one. Los Angeles County District Attorney Ira Reiner thought that the beating of King by the LAPD Officers was so obviously unjustifiable, that he agreed to move the criminal trial of the 4 defendant LAPD Officers to Simi Valley, California; a Los Angeles suburb heavily populated by police officers and Deputy District Attorneys. The 1991 Rodney King beating by LAPD was one of the first police beatings captured on a video recording When the “pro-cop” jurors in Simi Valley acquitted all 4 defendant LAPD Officers, the African American population in Los Angeles rioted, burning 5,500 buildings in Los Angeles, and resulting in the Governor calling out the National Guard to suppress the riots. See, Riots erupt in Los Angeles after police officers are acquitted in Rodney King trial, Ventura County jury apparently was not convinced that videotape told the whole story. Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1992. History.com. Following the acquittal of the LAPD officers in state court, the United States Attorney’s Officers criminally prosecuted those same 4 LAPD officers in federal court for violating Rodney King’s federal constitutional rights under 18 U.S.C. § 242; violation of constitutional rights under color of authority. See, U.S. Files Civil Rights Charges Against 4 Officers in King Case : Indictments: Federal prosecutor says beating ‘was an unreasonable use of force.’ If convicted, each man faces up to 10 years in prison and fines, Los Angeles Times, August 6, 1992. Two of the LAPD officers, Sgt. Stacey Koon and Lawrence Powell, were convicted, basically because the trial was conducted in downtown Los Angeles, and the jurors were not so “pro-cop”. 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
