Why it is hard to find any law firm to procecute police dept entity. Are they affraid...

It is quite common to see a statement like this. Why are attorneys afraid to take on the police department? Generally, this is not the case. If you have presented your case to an attorney who handles civil rights cases and they declined to take your case, it may be that you don't have a very good case. The fact that you say that you have a great civil rights case does not make it so. Get another opinion from a civil rights attorney, and take a sober look at your case. Good Luck

David C. Beyersdorf

P.S. Only a sucker of an attorney would take on a case just because you call him or her chicken. My advice is to drop that tactic. It will only raise red flags to prospective attorneys that you might be an unreasonable potential client.

Adding to Mr. Beyersdorf's statement -- you have to also understand that the police enjoy various immunities from suit. It's not that attorneys are afraid of suing the police. Far from it. We just recognize that most lawsuits against the police fail miserably because of the legal immunities the police enjoy.

A LOT of people think they have great cases when in fact they do not. If you've already spoken to more than lawyer, and nobody wants your case, then it probably means you simply have no case.