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 West Covina, 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 WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS OFTEN A CRUEL AND BRUTAL AGENCY AND IS INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST The West Covina Police Department has a long and sordid history and reputation of being a cruel and brutal police agency. There is almost no limit what they will do to protect themselves from the victims of their outrages. If you are reading this webpage you very well may have already been victimized West Covina Police Department police officers, and, that you would not have believed that they could have possibly acted that way until it happened to you. There are many examples of West Covina Police Officers beating, shooting and otherwise abusing the public. See, e.g., Family gets $200K settlement after abuse claim against West Covina police, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, August 30, 2017; See also, Fatal Officer Involved Shooting of Josevh Burciaga, Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, September 3, 2024, Officer Involved Shooting of Gevork Alachadzhyan, Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, October 10, 2017 and West Covina goes to court over conduct of former police sex crimes investigator, Los Angeles Daily News, August 28, 2017. Most acts of brutality and false arrests by West Covina Police Department police officers arise in “Contempt of Cop” situations. The United States Supreme Court has long held that verbal protest or verbal challenge to police actions or orders is conduct protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. As Associate Supreme Court Justice William Brennan explained in the landmark case of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987) about of City of Houston, Texas Municipal Ordinance that criminalized interrupting a police officer in the performance of his/her duties: “The Houston ordinance is much more sweeping than the municipal ordinance struck down in Lewis. It is not limited to fighting words nor even to obscene or opprobrious language, but prohibits speech that “in any manner . . . interrupt[s]” an officer. The Constitution does not allow such speech to be made a crime. 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.” SOME ADVICE TO WIN YOUR POLICE MISCONDUCT CIVIL RIGHTS CASE AGAINST THE WEST COVINA POLICE. Jurors expect others to cooperate with the police and do what the police tell them to do. Jurors also do no like smart-asses or people who use foul language toward the police. Accordingly, if you want to win a Police Misconduct Civil Rights case against the West Covina Police, keep your mouth shut and cooperate with the police. Do whatever they tell you to do, be polite and don’t cuss-out the cops. Then, if the police still do something terrible to you, you have a decent chance of being able to convince those cop-loving jurors to vote for you and to condemn the police. Jurors are not going to vote for or give money to someone who they dislike, so take the high-ground and act like the reasonable party. 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
