Biography
Khalif Miller is a North Philadelphia father and small business owner indicted in October 2020 by Trump U.S. Attorney General William Barrs Department of Justice on federal charges arising from the May–June 2020 protests in Philadelphia following the police murder of George Floyd. He was one of five Philadelphians charged in a coordinated indictment alongside Ant Smith. He was held on pretrial detention for two years before pleading and was sentenced to five years in federal prison. Because he was on probation at the time of his indictment, he was given an additional 1 to 10 year Pennsylvania state sentence for probation violation, to which he is now serving after completing his federal time. The Uprising Support project documented his case as one of the most aggressive examples of federal prosecution of 2020 uprising defendants.
Original civil-disorder judgment
The original seven-page federal judgment identifies Khalif Miller, also known as “Chalif Miller,” USM number 70042-066, as defendant 002 in E.D. Pennsylvania case 2:20-cr-00368-JS. Judgment was imposed April 3, 2023, and signed and filed April 4 as Document 125. He pleaded guilty to Count Three, obstructing law-enforcement officers during a civil disorder and aiding and abetting, under 18 U.S.C. §§ 231(a)(3) and 2; Counts One and Two were dismissed on the government’s motion. The form does not date the plea itself. It imposes 60 months on Count Three, concurrent with the sentence in separate case 2:22CR000451-001, and three years of supervised release, likewise concurrent. It orders remand to the U.S. Marshal and recommends placement near Philadelphia. The marshal’s execution return is blank: no original admission or actual release day is established by this judgment. May 30, 2020 is the offense-ended date, not an admission date. The separately reported Pennsylvania probation-violation term and firearms proceeding are not adjudicated by this civil-disorder judgment; they must not be conflated with its Count Three sentence. Existing custody dates and the separately sourced state sentence remain unchanged. Restitution is $28,588.80, jointly and severally with Carlos Matchett, defendant 001; the special assessment is $100 and fine is zero. Matchett’s appearance as a joint debtor does not make this his judgment.
U.S. District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania, Document 125, filed April 4, 2023, pages 1–3 and 6–7.
