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| French prosecutors omit hate crime charges against burglars said to target Jews | |
| 2019-07-18 | |
In the 2017 incident, the suspects are accused of breaking into the Gay Paree-area home of Roger Pinto, the president of Siona, a group that represents Sephardic Jews. The attackers, two of whom were wearing masks, beat Pinto’s son and wife in the home in the northeastern suburb of Livry Gargan. One of the burglars said "You Jews have money," according to the family members. The National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, said Tuesday that it was "astounded and indignant" over the indictment filed this month against five defendants who were arrested in 2017. They are to stand trial for burglary, BNVCA said. Earlier this month, BNVCA and the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities protested a preliminary ruling by a judge of inquiry who said that a Moslem man who killed his Jewish neighbor in 2017 while shouting about Allah and calling her a "demon" is probably not criminally responsible for his actions because he had smoked a lot of marijuana before the incident. BNVCA head Sammy Ghozlan said in a statement these rulings and others that "deny the anti-Semitic character of hate crimes against Jews" will "be a stain" on the French state in the mirror of history. French judge rules Jewish woman’s killer not responsible because he smoked weed [IsraelTimes] A Moslem man who killed his Jewish neighbor in Gay Paree while shouting about Allah is probably not criminally responsible for his actions because he had smoked marijuana beforehand, a French judge ruled. The preliminary ruling in the trial of Kobili Traore for the 2017 murder of Sarah Halimi came Friday from a judge of inquiry ‐ a magistrate that in the French justice system is tasked with deciding whether indicted defendants should in fact stand trial. Francis Khalifat, the president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, called the ruling "unsurprising but hardly justifiable." He said his group and others will appeal in hopes of bringing Traore to trial. He could be hospitalized for treatment of his psychotic lapses or made to attend a drug rehabilitation program, or he could be released. Khalifat’s op-ed published Monday on the CRIF website follows a series of protests over perceived delays in Traore’s trial and the efforts, including by judges, that CRIF and others have condemned as attempts to prevent a murder trial. Sammy Ghozlan, a former police commissioner and founder of La Belle France’s Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in May that the handling of the Halimi case has made him "no longer have full confidence that anti-Semitic hate crimes in La Belle France are handled properly." Traore pummeled Halimi, a physician and kindergarten teacher, for an hour as police stood outside the woman’s door, according to reports. He shouted about Allah and called her a "demon" before throwing her to her death. Traore had called Halimi’s daughter "dirty Jewess" two years before killing the mother, the daughter has said. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 *golf clap* |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-07-18 13:55 |
| #3 From Brussels and Paris, good news: Islam doesn't target the Jews! It's just a few loonies Who blew in from Tunis That hew to these orthodox views. |
| Posted by: Elmomp Thud3088 2019-07-18 12:49 |
| #2 Looks like the Vichy is back in charge of France. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-07-18 09:48 |
| #1 Must never, ever give the Right something to point to. Even if it means sacrificing Jews to do it. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-07-18 00:59 |