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 Fe Springs, 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 SANTA FE SPRINGS ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. Santa Fe Springs is a city in Los Angeles County, California and is one of the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. Santa Fe Springs has a population of approximately 17,000 residents, 79% of whom are Hispanic, 10% of whom are white, 6% of who Asian and 2.4% of whom are Black. The City of Santa Fe Springs contracts its police services with the Whittier Police Department, located at 11576 Telegraph Road, Santa Fe Springs, California. Unfortunately, the Santa Fe Springs also has its share of criminal street gangs, the most notorious of which is the Santa Fe Springs- and Whitter-based Canta Ranas street gang, with its deep connections to the Mexican Mafia. See, Santa Fe Springs “shotcaller” and Mexican Mafia member convicted of racketeering, narcotics offenses, and 2016 murder of rival gangster, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), August 30, 2019. See also, Varrio Canta Ranas Whittier Santa Fe Springs Gang History, Nov 25, 2021. The largest African-American gang in Santa Fe Springs is the Santa Fe Springs Mafia Crips, formerly known as the “Santa Fe Boys” (SFB). The Santa Fe Springs Mafia Crips is “the largest Crip gang in the City of Santa Fe Springs with over 4,700 active members; 28% of the population of Sante Fe Springs. These criminal street gangs make the streets of Sante Fe Springs dangerous, and the Whittier Police Department officers who patrol that city have themselves taken on a gangster mentality; a rival street gang with badges. It’s one thing to treat a real-deal street gang member like a criminal. It’s another matter to treat the law-abiding citizens of Sante Fe Springs like street gang members. Unfortunately, that is what happens these days in Santa Fe Springs. When innocent civilians in Santa Fe Springs are treated like street gangster, they often verbally protest and verbally challenge to police orders and actions. This conduct has long been held to be constitutionally protected: “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.” Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987), Brennan, J. However, in the real world, especially in Santa Fe Springs, verbal protest and verbal challenge to police orders and actions will result in Whittier Police Officers to deem you now in “Contempt of Cop“. When that happens, the police will often beat or tase or pepper-spray, and then falsely arrest and procure the 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 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). 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
