Why France Refuses to Prosecute an Antisemitic Murderer
A January 2019 demonstration for Sarah Halimi in Paris, France. (Fred VIELCANET/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Sarah Halimi was beaten and thrown from her window. Her killer will go free because he smoked weed.
In a normal world, everyone would know the name Sarah Halimi.
It’s understandable if you don’t. The press didn’t obsessively cover her murder the way they cover other hate crimes — for reasons I will explain.
Sarah Halimi was a retired French physician and schoolteacher. She was also an Orthodox Jew. On April 4, 2017, Halimi was in her Paris apartment wh…
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