VIDEO – Exasperated by dealers who hold their district for over twenty years, residents of the city Paul Eluard spend the night at the foot of the tower number seven, to reclaim their neighborhood <. / p>
for the city Paul Eluard, residents had to learn to live with the dealers every day. Everyone knows they hold the tower number seven, stuck on the end of a cul-de-sac behind the station of Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). Slumped on the steps of the hall, leaning against the surrounding walls, mostly young-age college control the comings and goings. Here they hold the door for tenants, where they are carrying some shopping bags. But it is better to impose their presence in the stairwells at any time of day or night, fire alarms triggered by smoking, and the bitter smell of cannabis that permeates the common areas into the smallest corner . At the slightest threat, they evaporate like a flock of sparrows. But once the dust settles, they also return soon they disappeared.
“Every night it’s the same routine until four in the morning,” said Georgette, a historic neighborhood. “Customers cars pass beneath our windows. They leave the doors open, will inveigh drink for hours, “she said, voice damaged by tobacco. For nearly twenty years the residents have incorporated this unbearable daily. But last week, a new incident was one too many. A car burned at yet another reckoning ignites Wednesday, April 13 two more vehicles of the parking tower number seven. The first belonged to a caregiver who works irregular hours. The second to another riparian who lack insurance all risks will never be compensated. “We got ras-le-bol” says Georgette. “We set up a table and chairs in front of the building, where they spend their evenings. We took their place. “
” I can not stand these kids. I do not feel like they hold the door for me, I just want they doing me peace. “
So start before the tower in September that the media will baptize “Nights standing” in reference to the movement of the Place de la Republique in Paris. Initiated by three women, the movement quickly gathers a dozen brave the liking of nights. This is the beginning of a war of nerves between the residents, so far paralyzed by fear of reprisals, and the dealers jostled in their habits. “You have nothing better to do?” Throw them to the people on the first day. Tenants do not meet, and hold on. customer cars are approaching, but are quickly turn around. “If we had had a meal package that night, I can assure you we would have been round,” Georgette squeaks. As the days, the tension mounts. “Ah, you want to fuck shit? Count on us, “do we launch them on Saturday night. Some leaders among the dealer install a barbecue and rameutent fifteen young surroundings. They drink, jostle and provoke local residents. The evening ends with a call to the police who made the trip. “We never saw it coming, but in one second they disappeared like shadows,” recalls Rabah, a recently retired former trader who holds the pad from the beginning. “I can not stand these kids. I do not feel like they hold the door for me, I just want peace they fuck me. “
Around him, the residents empty their bag. One notes that dare not call his children home. A woman boubou, hidden in the shadow of a pole, ensures that the doctor now refuses to come home. The caregiver whose car burned procrastinate. “I put young people to account, the trick is not to break the dialogue with them. Basically they are not so aggressive “Away, ironically a man.” She has beautiful game to say they are not aggressive. One of his brothers is part of the band. “After a week of mobilization, youth disappeared from the lobby of the tower number seven. But they are never far away. Silhouettes emerge from a corner of the building and tenants graze without saying anything. Others, posted fifty meters further, regularly launching a volley of insults against the tenants of assembly. “For the moment we won,” said Georgette. But she is not fooled. “As soon as we have their backs turned, they will return in strength … And then we have the right to our July 14 before time ….”
“buyers may well stop to please the residents, but it will give nothing more than a reminder of the law. It takes several months to characterize drug trafficking. “
Every night, the elect of Saint-Denis scroll to assure them of their support. “In a state of law, not the people to solve this problem,” said Slimane Rabahallah, Deputy Mayor for Public Peace and the Prevention of delinquency. “But there is a serious problem of under-staffing. We have only 300 police officers for a city of 109,000 inhabitants. Given the level of crime, we would need at least 200 additional national police to restore an acceptable level of safety. “
Side police, understandably ras-le-bol of residents. But we do not endorse the initiative so far. “The phenomenon we are concerned, says Gregory Goupil, elected Alliance union. We understand the frustration these people, but they put themselves at risk because their action disrupts traffic that generates thousands of euros per week. “And the media coverage of the neighborhood is double-edged, warns union elected. “It allows them to talk about their problems. But the cameras do hear from the deal, and that can attract new customers. It has already happened in Saint-Ouen. “Ultimately, the police ask them to be patient. “Buyers may well stop to please the residents, but it will give nothing more than a reminder of the law. It takes several months to characterize drug trafficking. Each to his own, we do not want that militias are formed on the different points of deal. We did our job, they have to trust us, “he said.
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