everything about this case is heartbreaking.
The fate of a retired kindergarten teacher, beaten and then thrown from a window.
The evasiveness about whether a murder committed to cries of “I’ve killed the devil!” was or was not an anti-Semitic act.
The silence of the feminist groups that typically do such remarkable work in support of battered women and victims of domestic abuse, but who had nothing to say about this case.
The December 2020 decision of the court of appeals, confirmed by the high court on April 17, that Kobili Traoré, the killer, whose criminal record contains 20-odd convictions, was, in this instance, overcome with a delirious episode and thus could not be held criminally responsible.
Not to mention the good souls who, clearly perceiving that the courts have spoken but justice not done, keep repeating that they “understand the feelings of the Jewish community,” as if it were the latter alone, and not the French nation as a whole, that had reason to feel cheated by a trial that was whisked away, making it impossible to reach closure.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/sarah-halimi-law-bernard-henri-levy
