Roll of Honor
Incident
Corrections Sergeant Brent Miller was stabbed to death at the Angola State Prison by inmates who were members of the Black Panthers. The inmates had sharpened a lawnmower blade and used it to stab Sergeant Miller 38 times after attacking him in the prison's Pine 1 dormitory. Two of the inmates, 28 and 30, were convicted of Sergeant Miller's murder and sentenced to life. One was released on October 1, 2013. Three days later, he was indicted a second time for Sergeant Miller's murder. He died the next day from liver cancer. The other inmate was released on February 16, 2016. Both inmates spent more than 40 years in solitary confinement, more than any other inmate in U.S. history. Sergeant Miller's father was also a prison guard at the Angola State Prison, and he grew up on the prison grounds. He had worked as a guard at the prison for less than one year before being murdered. He was survived by his wife of two months, his parents, and two siblings. He is buried at Pine Ridge Cemetery in Liverpool, Louisiana. The Black Panther Party was a black nationalist and Marxist revolutionary political and militant organization active in the United States between 1966 and 1982. Members and former members of the group were responsible for the murders of over 20 law enforcement officers and the wounding of dozens more across the nation. Please click here to visit all the law enforcement officers who have died as a result of the Black Panther Party's violent activism.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife of two months, his parents, and two siblings.
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Corrections Sergeant Miller gave the Louisiana Department of Corrections 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Louisiana. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Sergeant Miller.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corrections Sergeant Brent Miller is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Louisiana Department of Corrections, 8 of 12 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Brent Miller's cause is highlighted.
How Brent Miller Compares
Offender Outcome
Released in 2013 and 2016
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Brent Miller is highlighted in Apr.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Brent Miller was killed by edged weapon; shank.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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