[ April 26, 2024 ]
Please see the letter below to the President, put in the mail yesterday. Yes, it is my fourth letter to the President on behalf of Sgt. Derrick Miller. After 3 years and many trips to the Congressional offices of Chris Van Hollen (who was Derrick’s Congressmen), and Elijah Cummings, who I personally witnessed make promise to Derrick’s mother he would do everything he could to help her son, we were not able to put together a Maryland Delegation to support the release of Sgt. Derrick Miller from Leavenworth. The last trip to DC on Derrick’s behalf consisted of meetings with Congressmen who do not represent Maryland. The compassionate Congressman from Texas, Rep Brian Babin, followed up on his promise and sent the President a letter on behalf of our Soldiers in Leavenworth and other concerning issues, such as the ROE’s. We are so very grateful to him for his devotion to our military and his actions on their behalf.
I will continue to write the President in hopes that he will intervene to help Derrick get home to his family. I do not fault our President for his lack of action as I recall one lawyer who told me that once those doors of Leavenworth close on someone, it is very hard to open them. That is why we worked so hard to put together a Maryland Delegation to support our efforts. I continue to believe one phone call from the very powerful Elijah Cummings to the President would go a long way to getting Derrick home. Shame on him!
I ask you please to help us send a message to President Trump today on Derrick’s behalf. Please twitter “Free Derrick Miller” to the President (@realDonaldTrump), or you can email, call or write him at
Please help us get Derrick home to his mother and his two daughters, who miss him so much. Please keep them all in your prayers.
I have included my letter to the President below, it might help you compose one of your own. Thank You.
Beverly PerlsonThe Band of MothersLtr to President Trump:7 February 2018President Donald J TrumpThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave NWWashington, DC 20500Dear President Trump,I voted for you and I am so grateful for all the reverence and appreciation you are bringing to our military. Our Troops finally have a Commander-in-Chief worthy of them, and thank you.This is my fourth letter to you regarding Sgt. Derrick Miller, a three-time deployed Soldier who is currently serving a life sentence in Leavenworth. Derrick volunteered for his last deployment, and in his efforts to protect his men and himself, he was ultimately sentenced to life in prison.President Trump, I ask you again to show mercy toward Derrick and free him to go home to his family. Derrick acted to save the lives of his men. It is quite telling that at Derrick’s trial, many of the men who served with him attended and expressed their sadness at his conviction. Soldiers don’t show that kind of loyalty and compassion to their comrades who they believe are murderers. I know this, I raised a Soldier who served 4 deployments with the 82nd in this war.Mr. President, please intervene and release Derrick from the egregious life sentence he is serving. He has been in Leavenworth 8 long years. If a traitor like Bowe Begdahl, who walked away from his brothers on the battlefield, is shown compassion and set free, surely a Soldier who acted to protect his Brothers should also be shown the same compassion and set free.We are so lucky, as a nation, to have such brave men as Sgt. Derrick Miller, who are willing to give their lives to keep us safe and free. We should not abandon them when they take actions on the battlefield in hellish hot zones to protect their Brothers. We should stand by our Sons!With A Mother’s Heart,Beverly PerlsonThe Band of Mothers
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31 Comments
6 years ago
This article really doesn’t tell what he did. Please describe how he was screwed?
6 years ago
Reply to
Rena
Based on that, he should be released immediately. And all involved in his persecution, be put on trial.
6 years ago
Reply to
Rena
Thanks, but once again it really doesn’t say how he is the murderer they claim. I wonder if their is more to the story. Does he know things he shouldn’t? About his command? Or illegal activities? Sounds like a frame up.
6 years ago
Really what happened?
6 years ago
Reply to
Millionmileman
He killed a Afghani man suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and is now sentenced to life.
6 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
Thanks because the article was vague. Sadly with political correctness these similar outcomes
have also occurred in the British and Israeli armies, just for being cautious against scum.
6 years ago
Basically — he’s a U.S. soldier who is currently sentenced to life for killing a Afghani man, Atta Mohammed, suspected of aiding the enemy in a scuffle that ensued when the man tried to take his weapon.
Despite many of his fellow soldiers testifying on his behalf, his sentence was upheld and all his appeals have been exhausted. He remains in detention and has been separated from his family for years; the only hope is apparently a pardon or clemency of some kind.
6 years ago
This man is a patriot and DID NOT deserve this unjust sentence!
Bergdahl, on the other hand, should have been shipped off to Gitmo for life.
6 years ago
Reply to
Jane Dowe
Bergdahl should have been stood up against a wall and shot. Derrick, and his fellow soldiers, should be honored with a parade and reunited with their families!!!
6 years ago
Reply to
RetiredUSAFE8
I wish that disgusting piece of sh*t, Bradley Manning, would have also been shot!
6 years ago
Reply to
Jane Dowe
Bergdahl should have faced all the consequences that come from treason and dereliction of duty.
This POS Miller is getting exactly what he deserves for committing murder. Period.
Funny how Pam Geller does not tell the entire story. Funnier still is how you spoon-fed, intellectually stunted, low information fools buy this crap.
Fake news? You all are wallowing in it. That is Geller’s only “talent”
6 years ago
Reply to
KenTFM
Then tell the whole story or provide a link to a reliable, credible account. I live in Maryland, Van Hollen was my Congressman before he was elected Senator, so Derrick must be from my area. I would like to know more. I don’t know the whole story especially the whole story you claim that has not been provided.
6 years ago
Reply to
ElmoGlick
Just like every asshat that hangs on Geller’s word and buys her BS you want me to do your research for you.
No son, that is not going to happen. The reasons this POS is in Leavenworth (and hopefully dies there) is documented. Take you head out of your a$$ long enough to read through it. There is eyewitness testimony that led to this disgrace of a soldiers conviction and imprisonment.
If you ask me, he got off easy. I’d have shot this waste of skin on the spot.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
KenTFM
You ever stood a post?/ If not put a sock in it. Better men than you lose their lives doing their duty. This war that Bushy 2 got us into is nothing but political ramped up by your boy….knife in the back….ovomit. Boy why don’t you just fade away.
6 years ago
Reply to
Merchantseamen
Yes I did. I followed in the footsteps of both my grand fathers, my Dad, 3 uncles, and my two older brothers. I currently have a daughter, two nieces and a nephew in serving today.
Now what bitch?
D
6 years ago
Reply to
KenTFM
I say… it is a possibility if you total your family’s service then it may equal 22 years plus. However YOU can not make a decision without standing in that mans shoes. YOU weren’t there. Now like a good lib on with the personal attacks. Have a nice day.
6 years ago
Reply to
Merchantseamen
Such a dolt. And no I never want to stand in the shoes of someone so disgraceful. Now like a good cuckservative, go away.
6 years ago
We all need to petition President Trump for this sargent!
This sentence is unjust & we need to say so & get him released!
6 years ago
What did he do that they would put him in prison?
6 years ago
What a horrendous injustice. This man should be freed and compensated!
6 years ago
Cummings is too busy with his anti-Trump ranting to ever do something honest and decent.
6 years ago
This appeal to Trump would have a much greater possibility of success if Miller was white.
6 years ago
It’s not about race, it’s about political usability in the deep state. What propaganda value does a righteous man have?
None.
Pray Trump sees the petition and acts like an honorable man.
6 years ago
I hope to G-d Trump does the right thing by this man. I’m going to send email to whitehouse.gov.
6 years ago
Sorry. But I have to say…WTF? Who the HELL do we have in the Army that would do that to such an outstanding soldier?
6 years ago
Cant believe he has not been granted clemency yet
5 years ago
He gets paroled May 20, 2019.
