Unlike other more sensitive areas of Saint-Denis, the city-Paul Eluard is considered more tranquil. This is however not the first time that noise levels are noted at night, but the people of this district have decided to say stop. Since Thursday, April 14, several tenants have decided to take action.
For the seventh consecutive evening, the residents decided to reoccupy their living space, settling for 21 hours at 1 am in bottom of their building. The goal: to make from young people who have decided to establish their neighborhood nearby. Each night, they set up their barbecue, put loud music in the parking lot at the bottom of the bars. Especially, local residents must helplessly to a real up-and-coming car just to buy drugs.
Three women behind the movement
A traffic drug which is mounted crescendo in recent years but has become incessant in recent months. A car fire, which spread to the vehicles of two tenants, convinced the tenants to act. “There is a moment, it has no choice, finds, for BFMTV.com, Georgette, 61 years. We thought we were going to take their place. The traffic is really visible, we see cars then happen again. ” With two other waterfront, they settled on Thursday at the bottom of their building.
The “cohabitation” with young people was complicated early days. “You embarrass us, they told us,” says the sexagenarian. Initially summary, the mobilization has spread over the day. Through its organization: now they sit with tables, chairs, coffee and cakes. But also by the number of participants: “Some nights, some twenty residents are present.” Men, women, and even children that parents can do to keep.
“It has gone too far”
“We would just rest,” simply calling the sexagenarian. For all rooms of these buildings with five or eight floors overlook the area where the young are settled. Especially since the place is tucked between a railway line, another tram and a particularly noisy road junction. “We would just sleep, it would just make it more discreet,” repeated again, Georgette, exhausted by hours of “standby”.
“We need a decision, she insists. It was too far for it to end like this, but it’s very tiring. It connects two days with the work. “
This fight, the municipality of Saint-Denis it is associated, having been warned by local residents themselves after a few mobilization evenings. “We try to create a solidarity movement to help,” explains Stéphane BFMTV.com Regardless, deputy mayor in charge of urban planning. One who is also president of the Office Plaine Commune Habitat visited once earlier this week alongside the people there back in Wednesday night to Thursday.
“It would be terrible these courageous people are beaten by dealers because of fatigue, “says the elected PC, which hopes the media coverage of this citizen mobilization do react.
Strengthening police round
After six days of citizen mobilization, dealers will “do more their business. (…) There is less of passing cars,” said Georgette, indicating that there fewer buyers for drug dealers.
But if the final resolution of this situation was through police action? In any case that requires the municipality. But according to our information, the police station in Saint-Denis has not “only” about 300 men. A figure fixed despite a growing population changes. For the number of people that have common, it would take 200 more. “The police did what she could,” says Stephen Few.
For the residents, the devices are unsuitable. “The police pass at noon, at that time, these people (the young, Ed) are still sleeping,” laments the tenant. since launching their movement, residents saw a “faith” to the police 21 hours. Residents therefore claim to benefit rounds. The prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis, who received local authorities, promised for the night of Wednesday to Thursday a strengthening of police patrols in the area.
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