“‘There are a lot of questions, and there is a lot of anger,’ said Yves Lefebvre, a union official. ‘The police are asking, “How on earth could this have happened?”‘”
Seriously? The answer to that question couldn’t possibly be easier. This happened because all the warning signs — the defense of the Charlie Hebdo jihad massacre, his arrest on domestic violence charges (cf. the Qura’n’s sanction of wife-beating, 4:34), his shunning of women — were ignored by authorities who were dogmatically determined to avoid charges of “Islamophobia” and not appear “racist.” They also weren’t trained to recognize those warning signs in the first place, because such training would itself be “Islamophobic.”
“In Paris Knife Attack, Police Ask How They Missed a Killer in Their Midst,” by Adam Nossiter, New York Times, October 5, 2019 (thanks to Kamala):
…At a news conference on Saturday, France’s antiterrorism prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard, said the killer, a 45-year-old computer technician who worked in police intelligence, had tried to justify to a colleague the killings in January 2015 at the magazine Charlie Hebdo and had done the same for other radical Islamist killings.
The disturbing statements he made after a dozen people were killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris were reported to higher-ranking officers, a police union official said Saturday, but nothing was done.
The fact that this and other potential clues — including a video the killer posted on Facebook that imitated throat-cutting — were missed by the police administration that surrounded him, at the heart of an organization dedicated to fighting terrorism, has shocked the ranks of the national police….
…The killer also had contacts with “several individuals suspected of being part of the Salafist movement,” Mr. Ricard said, referring to an ultraconservative movement within Sunni Islam.
The prosecutor also pointed to dozens of religious-themed text messages the killer exchanged with his wife shortly before the killings, suggesting these showed he adhered to a “radical vision of Islam.”
In addition, the killer had stopped having “certain kinds of contacts with women,” the prosecutor said, without specifying.
The information now surfacing is creating an uproar among the French police, several union officials said Saturday.
“There are a lot of questions, and there is a lot of anger,” said Yves Lefebvre, a union official. “The police are asking, ‘How on earth could this have happened?’”…
Mr. Castaner told reporters after the attack that the “behavior” of Mikaël H. had not posed “problems.”…
On his Facebook page…are exhortational Muslim videos, films about suffering in Syria and the Palestinian territories, and a curious video in which a line of smiling men tap one another on the shoulder and trace a line across their neighbors’ throats, in imitation of throat-cutting. That video was posted in June. At least one victim’s throat was slashed on Thursday.
People in the attacker’s neighborhood of low-rises in the northeastern Paris suburb of Gonesse said he was “nice,” “simple” and “someone who liked people.”
In 2009 he was brought before a local court on domestic violence charges but ultimately received no penalty, the prosecutor said….
Hugh Fitzgerald says
Oh good God. The police are surprised, amazed, ;puzzled. “How on earth could this have happened?” How dumb do you have to be?
mortimer says
MESSAGE TO FRENCH POLICE … you are being attacked by SALAFI ISLAMISM …
Here is a brief explanation for French police of the ISLAMISM they are experiencing … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salafi_jihadism :
QUOTE : “Salafi jihadism or jihadist-Salafism is a transnational religious-political ideology based on a belief in “physical” jihadism and the Salafi movement of returning to what adherents believe to be true Sunni Islam.”
Here is a very fine summary-description of ‘Islamism’ by Fr. Henri Boulad SJ:
“L’islamisme n’est ni une caricature, ni une contrefaçon ni une hérésie ni un phénomène marginal et aberrant par rapport à l’islam classique orthodoxe sunnite.
Je pense au contraire que l’islamisme, c’est l’islam à découvert, l’islam sans masque et sans fard, l’islam parfaitement conséquent et fidèle à lui-même, un islam qui a le courage et la lucidité d’aller jusqu’au bout de lui-même, jusqu’à ses dernières implications.
L’islamisme, c’est l’islam dans toute sa logique, dans toute sa rigueur. L’islamisme est présent dans l’islam comme le poussin dans l’œuf, comme le fruit dans la fleur, comme l’arbre dans la graine
Mais qu’est-ce que l’islamisme?
L’islamisme, c’est l’islam politique, porteur d’un projet et d’un modèle de société visant à l’établissement d’un état théocratique basé sur la sharia, seule loi légitime – parce que divine – telle que révélée et consignée dans le Coran et la Sunna, une loi qui a réponse à tout.
Il s’agit là d’un projet global et globalisant, total, totalisant, totalitaire.”
Lavéritétriomphera says
Baratin inutile, un de mes meilleurs amis est commandant de police et nos flics sont consciencieux. Je fais le choix personnel de ne pas m’étendre sur le sujet, l’affaire est considérée comme grave et Marine Le Pen demande la démission du ministre de l’intérieur.
Le discours de Zemmour a fait grand bruit et est à l’origine d’une sérieuse polémique dans le pays.
dumbledoresarmy says
“MESSAGE TO FRENCH POLICE … you are being attacked by SALAFI ISLAMISM ”
No. “Message to French police – you are being attacked by Muslims waging Jihad.”
gravenimage says
+1
Giacomo Latta says
Il faut remplacer le pape naïf François par Fr. Boulad. Évidemment ce dernier n’est pas con.
Lavéritétriomphera says
Le pape ne doit pas ignorer que comme à sa naissance, le christianisme se développe actuellement dans la clandestinité. Cette religion n’a pas disparu du bassin méditerranéen loin de là.
abad says
Moslems want to kill you.
Christians want to convert you.
FYI says
The Convert to Christianity…
“I once was lost but now i’m found”
The former Christian who converts to {salfi/ jihadist} islam…
“I once was found,then lost, but now …..i’m fiend”
An ex-muslim ,now Christian sings”Oh I once was lost,but now i’m found”
An ex-christian, now muslim sings”Oh I once was found,but now i’m fiend”
Rufolino says
Your own puzzlement, and your sympathy are unfortunately misplaced.
European authorities have decided on the suicide of Europe and its culture, and are pursuing several routes towards their objective. They are now half way there, and without some massive upheaval, the clock cannot now be turned back.
You should turn your attention away from the hopeless state of affairs in Europe and look to how you can prevent the same thing happening to your own countries.
gravenimage says
We have not surrendered yet.
Charles Lutz says
Hugh Fitzgerald: Quem Deus vult perdere prius dementat. In other words: we French are nuts.
Glendl says
“How on earth could this have happened?”‘”
That is a very valid question. France has aided Islamic states since they decided to coordinate attacks on the Austrian Habsburgs with the Moslems.
I could list the trade in weapons and other goods with Iran & Iraq, and a few other states. Keeping in mind the sanctions on those countries.
Lavéritétriomphera says
You need to study history and in particular Thirty Years’ War. The Habsburgs threatened us.
At the present time US has increased its domination of global weapons sales, selling 75 percent more closest competitor Russia.
So spot the mistake!
tgusa says
“In Paris Knife Attack, Police Ask How They Missed a Killer in Their Midst,”
They didn’t miss him they brought him onboard. As with most western nations, in their quest to combat islamophobia they gave him a job and there are many more of them out there or more appropriately, in there. The citizens of these nations have no idea how deep this poisonous virtue signalling goes. It is beyond the point where citizens can trust anyone in authority.
When I look around at what western authorities are doing today a question crosses my mind, are they smarter than a fifth grader?
Hugh Fitzgerald says
No. That was easy.
Leon Degney says
No.. In fact that comment is probably an insult to the average fifth grader. The “authorities” these days are displaying ignorance of an unprecedented level and appear to have no intention of changing course.
David says
Believe this: It is NOT ignorance. It is a deliberate policy. To really be on the safe side, NO mulsims should be employed in any positions of government. Preferably nowhere else either. They can never be trusted. Why take the chance?
Angemon says
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704409004576146001069880040
somehistory says
The case of hasan also came to my mind when reading this article about the Paris attack.
People are so wrapped up in their own little worlds, or are so focused on not offending the moslims that they just can’t see what is right in front of them. It’s like the driver who has his radio on so loud, windows up and singing along, he doesn’t hear the ambulance, two fire engines, and half a dozen police cars trying to get in front of him on the road. None of the flashing lights or screaming sirens is enough to cause him to look around and see.
They don’t want to acknowledge the truth because they don’t want to have to do something after acknowledging. If they say, “the toilet is overflowing,” then they must do something about the resulting mess it made.
Joe says
If they didn’t give him good reviews because he was a Muslim convert, would they hurt their own careers? For the average police officer, it is better to risk attack than to be labelled a “racist”. Yeah, I know it isn’t racism, but that is the charge.
Lotus says
That’s true. One of the main reasons he was not picked up is because in bureaucracies everyone is afraid to speak up. The nail that sticks out is hammered down. So best just to say nothing and continue shuffling paper.
Same with Fort Hood.
gravenimage says
Yes–this Jihadist defended the Jihad terror massacre at Charlie Hebdo back in 2015. That he was not fired–and deported–then in insane.
Phil Copson says
“… commended… as a “star officer,” …“illuminating the role of culture and Islamic faith within the Global War on Terrorism.”….“His unique interests have captured the interest and attention of peers and mentors alike.” / Some of those enthusiastic testaments strongly suggested that the writers were themselves at least partly persuaded….”
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Are those really the comments of supposedly sane and sensible serving military officers ? This is the kind of slimy self-serving stuff one associates with lawyers and politicians, not those charged with ensuring the security of their country. They wrote what they knew their superiors wanted to hear, and what they thought would benefit them personally and ignored the obvious danger-signals.
Although it’s no excuse for their obvious dereliction of duty, those American army officers and French police officers were operating under political pressure not to rock the multi-culti boat.
What is the excuse for the Left-wing “Acting Beyond Authority” police here in England who repeatedly misuse their powers in order to “get-even” with their perceived “class-enemies” – invading the Houses of Parliament to confiscate lap-tops from Government Minister Damian Green and breaking their own rules by revealing confidential information to the press ? Lying about an argument between Govt Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell and police at the House of Commons and faking “evidence” against him with a police-concocted false statement by a non-existent member of the public ? and in the debacle of “Operation Midland” – setting-out with the flimsy excuse of unsubstantiated claims by Carl Beech – an obvious fantasist – of sexual abuse and murder that wouldn’t fool a four-year old, on a multi-million pound witch-hunt against Conservative politicians and a retired head of the Armed Forces, and dragging their own country through the dirt by naming the former Prime Minister, Edward Heath, as a paedophile?
(The ludicrous claims that a Conservative MP had tried to cut off Carl Beech’s wedding-tackle with a pen-knife, could have been disproved in 2 minutes flat by asking him to drop his trousers and show them the scar / checking doctors’ records and hospital admissions etc, but this – of course – would have been far too simple: They didn’t even bother asking Beech’s parents whether their son had ever spent a night away from home when a child…)
gravenimage says
They weren’t military, but there were police, and should have known better.
gravenimage says
France: Authorities baffled, ask “How could this have happened” regarding Muslim police official who killed four
…………………
This is what willful denial looks like.
James Lincoln says
So, three French police officers and an administrative worker – three men and a woman – are now dead.
And it could have all been prevented…
Fears of an Islamaphobe “label” prevented due diligence in hiring / placement – and resulted in the violent deaths of four people.
Proof positive that absolutely crazy political correctness can result in significant morbidity and mortality.
Ewanda says
People should proudly embrace being called an Islamophobe instead of hiding from the label.
An Islamofile supports genocide (of the Jews);
-believes in eliminating Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, and every non-Islamic belief system;
-seeks out and buries every aboriginal culture;
-believes that Muslims are the best of people and everyone else is the worst of creatures;
-believes that the smartest woman in the world is only half as smart as the dumbest man in the world;
-wants to destroy every archaeological site across the globe;
-wants to destroy every great library of stored knowledge;
-believes that a girl is marriageable at the instant of birth and can be mounted as soon as she can bear the man’s weight;
-holds that Sharia is the only way for everyone to live by including horrendous barbaric punishments;
-must make sure every woman must endure FGM as per the koran
-hates Democracy, independent thinking, and Capitalism based on sharing inventions;
-professes that the earth is flat,
– the sun sets in a murky pond,
-camel urine cures everything,
-dunk both of the fly’s wings in one’s soup so the consumer will not be infected by E.coli bacteria,
-always shake your penis 3 times after urinating,
-leave the congregation and perform wudu again if one farts stinkily, ……
-And many, many, more ignorant beliefs too numerous to jot down – but those who have specialized in informing themselves will be able to add to the Islamic belief list and proudly work to undermine Islam’s clerics’ attempt to rule the world at the expense of everyone else.
Too bad Paris police have gone politically correct, because politicians are afraid to call in the army to take back the no go zones
David says
The army is only to be used against the citizens! No go Zones are called that for a good reason. Any entry would annoy the muslims, with predictable effects.
Ewanda says
Let’s see if America has the backbone to eradicate no go zones instead of accepting its citizens being driven out of particular states to settle in others. Only the military, sworn to uphold the Constitution, is able to lend their might o put this right.0000000000
James says
The Left, as Dennis Prager says, believe that man is by nature good. So by displaying trust, they expect to receive trust in return. It reminds me of a Bevis and Butthead cartoon where a hippie, new age teacher illustrates trust to the two delinquents. He leans back and lets himself fall, expecting them to catch him, but they let him fall on the floor instead. This is what we can expect from the Islamists. Or behavior like the Muslim who was made a policeman in Minneapolis and after a year or so he killed a woman who had called in for help. she thought the police are there to help citizens. But the leftists in charge of appointing police and the mayor thought that the police were supposed to serve as a model of assimilation for people from primitive, anti-feminist cultures. The trusting nature of the left. But they only trust the most reprobate sorts. They do not trust Trump or conservatives and have the most vile things to say about them. Yet when it comes to undocumented, dubious persons from the worst corners of the uncivilized world, their trust and confidence knows no bounds. The same with the EU globalist internationalists in Europe or the anti-Brexit politicians in the UK..
libertyORdeath says
It amuses me that the left claims to prize scientific evidence yet clings to the grade school notion that humans are inherently good as you mentioned. If you discard religion humans are simply one animal species amongst the others and therefore are neither inherently evil or good.
David says
James, spot on!
Shirley Ann says
The French are Stupid & Nobody or Nothing can Cure Stupidity, but Americans, Europeans & Brits are the Same. It is Our Elitist Rulers, who are Willingly Sacrificing their own Citizens, in order to comply with the U.N. & the E.U. Migration Pact. In America, Obama Signed the Americans Away, while on the arm of the Infamous Pope Francis. Almost No News was seen or heard anywhere of Our Capitulation, but it sealed our Fate, just the Same.
UNCLE VLADDI says
This Union official Yves Lefebvre character is obviously a criminally negligent hypocrite.
If I were a cop in France these days, my bosses would … well, use your imagination.
ilanaust says
This man worked as a computer technician in police intelligence, meaning he had full access to all the databases. Anyone with that level of access needs to have it withdrawn as soon as there is a remote suspicion that he could use the information he has available for malevolent purposes.
Michael Copeland says
The lamentable shortcomings of the French police match those of the English judiciary.
https://gatesofvienna.net/2019/06/the-lamentable-shortcomings-of-some-english-judges-and-senior-lawyers/
dumbledoresarmy says
Here’s the question that *should* be asked in the wake of this murderous ghazi raid: *how many more men – and women! – like this are there, out there, embedded in all kinds of positions of trust.. and how long will it be until they, too, do what this man did.. or worse, much, much worse?” Imagine the behijabbed nurse-midwife in charge of a nursery.. how easy is it for her to just quietly get rid of an infidel baby here, another there… or imagine what happens if one day, rather than being content with carelessness in infection-control procedures, intentional dangerous ‘accidents’ here and there, she decides to go full-on jihadi and slit throats or stab the defenceless.. ?? Or a Muslimah working in an aged care facility…??? The opportunities for a/ acts of sabotage, both small and larger AND b/ acts of outright open murder, going Full Jihad.. are myriad. And.. *any* Muslim can ‘turn’ like this zealous convert did.
dumbledoresarmy says
How many more people like this are there, out there, both men *and* women, embedded in positions of trust. not only in the police, say, but in .. health services… public utilities.. you-name it. It’s only a matter of when, not IF, more of them start a/ carrying out acts of sabotage, small or great and b/ ‘flipping’ and going Full Jihad.. coming to work with a knife, a gun, an explosive vest and.. killing their unsuspecting co-workers.. or, say, a bunch of helpless old folks in the aged care facility in which they’ve gotten a job as a cleaner or carer, or a bunch of little kids in the school where they are a teacher, or teacher’s aide, or librarian, or cleaner, or groundsman… It is *when* not IF. Sooner or later, more of this will happen. A lot more. I’d hazard the guess that plenty of low-level sabotage is being engaged in already.. contamination of food, intentional non-compliance with infection-control procedures when working in a hospital or nursing home, that kind of thing.. small sneaky nastinesses.
gravenimage says
Yes–I’m sure there are many more, including other Jihadists working for the police.
Gorlee Robert says
Just heard that the man had access to highly confident info concerning terrrorism as an IT worker. . .(scary to realise intellect fails towards islam)
toomanyhobbies says
Oh come on, if you have to ask that you are indeed a very special kind of stupid!!!