Dear Friend,
This is a very difficult email for me to write you.
I know it will take me some time
to write this out, I might have to step away to fight back the tears. I hope you can be patient with me.
You see, this might be the
last Christmas my three beautiful children and I get to spend with my husband and their loving father, Eric, for a long
time.
That’s Eric, myself, and our children in
this photo, just so you know what we look like.
Earlier this year, Eric – a Detective for the Kansas City Police Department –
was wrongfully sentenced to prison for 6 years after defending himself and his partner in the line of duty.
Eric and one of his fellow
detectives were pursuing 26-year old Cameron Lamb – who was erratically and dangerously driving to chase down his ex-girlfriend and her
children.
Eric and his partner followed Lamb to a garage, where Lamb would do the unthinkable: he raised a firearm and pointed it
directly at Eric’s partner.
In swift action, my husband shot at Lamb, stopping the threat and saving his partner’s life.
7 months later,
when Eric should have been touted as a hero for protecting our community from dangerous criminals, the local prosecutor would charge my husband
– the loving father of my children – with manslaughter.
And after an exhausting
and expensive legal battle, Eric lost.
Our justice system failed Eric.
It failed our children.
And it failed every single police officer who puts their own life at risk to protect mine and yours.
But this is
not God’s plan for Eric. God won’t lock Eric behind bars and leave my children without a dad.
No – God is giving
us the strength to fight and appeal this wrong court decision to finally clear my good husband’s name.
I thank God everyday that he
sent us to the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, who has graciously helped us through every gut-wrenching minute.
Will you help our difficult battle to appeal by sending
LELDF another generous, tax-deductible Christmas donation of $35, $50, $100, or more?
LELDF is a national group fighting on behalf of wrongly-accused police officers like Eric.
LELDF has helped dozens
of innocent cops – and their families – at their lowest moments.
And now that I’m faced with the reality that Eric could
be spending the next 6 years behind bars, and I’ll be left to raise our three children on my own, LELDF has stood by our side and is continuing
to help us fight for what’s right: clearing Eric’s name.
As a non-profit organization, they depend
solely on generous gifts from folks like you to defend officers like Eric.
In fact, LELDF must raise over $100,000 this
Christmas season to support my husband Eric and the other important cases they’re fighting, like Officer Michael Dunn and US Marshall Chad
Skaggs.
I truly believe God is using LELDF to answer our prayers. And I pray today that God will put it on your heart to generously support
LELDF’s mission again.
Would
you give a $35, $50, $100, or more tax-deductible gift today?
Friend, if I had anywhere
else to turn, I wouldn’t be so bold as to ask for your help.
But Eric and I don’t have the kind of money it takes to pay for
lawyers, expert witnesses, and court fees on our own.
And if we lose this appeal, then this will be the last Christmas Eric gets to spend
with our children for six years.
I simply can’t bear the thought of watching my children grow up without him.
So,
thank you for reading my email. I understand how busy the Christmas season is – it means so much to me that you sacrificed your time today to
read my update.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Sincerely,
Sarah DeValkenaere
DONATE NOW: https://secure.anedot.com/leldf/c11833cbb89a6aaeb00af
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brave men and women in blue. The next time you see a police officer in your community, please thank them for their service. To read more about our
mission or the other Law Enforcement officers we’re defending, please visit www.leldf.org. And remember - Blue Lives
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