Rodeos and nightly brawls, mortar fire, burnt cars, assaults ... Excited by
"the insecurity and incivility which is increasing"
since this summer in Lyon and in the neighboring town of Villeurbanne, several dozen residents have decided to attack the 'State.
A
“citizens' rally”
is being organized next Saturday by the “Angry Lyon” collective in front of the courthouse.
Before the launch, at the end of the month, of a collective legal action against the prefect of the Rhône.
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It all started last year, with a first appeal led by residents of downtown Lyon against the mayor.
"The inhabitants complained about major problems, but not very serious, such as noise pollution
," says Edouard Raffin, lawyer for these residents then united under the name of "Collective Peninsula in anger".
But since then, public order disturbances have evolved and spilled over into other neighborhoods.
After the deconfinement, there was a kind of hysterical release from brutality.
It is now all the boroughs that are “angry” ”
.
The city has
"become a land of unleashing sounds and brutality"
, deplore the inhabitants in their press release.
"There is now considerable tension there
, they continue.
It is time for the State to intervene seriously, in accordance with its legal obligations! ”
The tension has reached such a level that some are ready to take justice into their own hands, to create militias and private patrols to make up for the deficiencies of the State!
Me Édouard Raffin
Since the opening, three days ago, of the dedicated platform,
"already more than 180 people"
have joined the collective action, says the lawyer.
The atrocious death of Axelle Dorier, this young woman run over by a driver and then dragged for 800 meters in a street in Lyon, in July, was decisive, he admits.
“But the assaults and harassment continue
,” he insists.
There was a machete settling of scores again last week.
The tension has reached such a level that some are ready to take justice into their own hands, to create militias and private patrols to compensate for the deficiencies of the State!
The risk is that they put themselves in danger, as recently the young Augustin
(beaten up after wanting to defend bothered girls, Editor's note)
”
.
The objective of the
“apolitical”
collective
“is not to leave these subjects to small identity groups”
, which are already calling to join the rally on Saturday to
“defend Lyon”
against
“the scum”
.
"More police officers"
In the latest classification of the Ville-Data analysis site, Lyon and the Rhône appear in 6th place among the most dangerous departments in France.
"We are not asking for money, but for actions!"
, emphasizes the lawyer.
The collective had
“two working meetings”
this summer
with the new Lyon municipal team.
“They have recruited 25 agents, but there are 80 retirements
, reports Me Raffin.
There would be a need for more police, permanent booths in certain places and, no doubt, another organization of patrols.
For a policy that is both repressive and preventive. ”