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 Yucaipa, throughout San Bernardino 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 YUCAIPA ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. Yucaipa, California is a city in San Bernardino County located 10 miles east of the City of San Bernardino. Yucaipa has a population of approximately 52,000 residents, approximately two-thirds of whom are white and approximately one-third of whom are Hispanic. The City of Yucaipa contracts its police services with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for its police services. Those deputy sheriffs who patrol Yucaipa deploy out of the Yucaipa station, located at 34144 Yucaipa Blvd., Yucaipa, California. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has a long well-earned reputation for shooting first and asking questions later. The list of civilian victims of unjustified San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department shootings include the 2022 shooting of Cole Bierma (deputies respond to domestic dispute) and the 2014 shooting of Merlin Factor (shot for refusing to drop a knife). Even when San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies are involved in multiple shootings, the Sheriff’s Department and the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office always finds that the shootings were justified, and they back the deputy, no matter how wrongful these shootings really are. For example, San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy Ismail Diaz was involved in the officer-involved deaths of Allen Kephart in May 2011, Kenneth Munoz, Jr. in October 2011 and Merlin Factor in June 2013. Yet no discipline was ever imposed upon him, and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office found all three shootings to have been justified. See, 3 Deaths, $4.25 M Settlement Heighten Concern Over Sheriff’s Deputy, San Bernardino Sentinel, October 5, 2013 Besides police shootings of civilians by https://steeringlaw.com/police-misconduct-articles/the-contempt-of-cop-game-how-well-can-you-play/San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies, that agency routinely beats, tases, pepper-sprays, falsely arrests and maliciously prosecutes those civilians who the deputies deem to be in “Contempt of Cop”; verbal protest or verbal challenge of police actions or orders. Verbal protest or verbal challenge to police orders or actions has long been deemed by the United States Supreme Court to be constitutionally protected conduct: “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.” See, Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987). Brennan, J. 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
