Noisiel: anger and controversy after the fireworks of rapper Uzi

Make some noise so everyone knows.

A party was held in the Ferme-du-Buisson district, in Noisiel (Seine-et-Marne), on the night of Thursday to Friday, to celebrate the release of the rapper's first album, “Cœur abîmé”. Uzi.

"There was no organizer, it was a surprise for me", wants to believe the young man of 21 years, native of the district, of which the clip "At the party" exceeds 39 million views.

Except that the surprise was on the public highway, with a hundred guests, in the middle of the night, while France is living under curfew because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The fireworks shot at midnight - the album comes out precisely this Friday - as well as the feasts organized in an underground car park, are absolutely not to the taste of all residents.

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“I am a nurse in a hospital, we sort the sick to save lives, we see young people die, and they do anything.

No masks, no barrier gestures.

We are going to have a nice cluster in Noisiel, ”a local resident lost her temper, between anger and tears on the phone.

Before specifying: “The bazaar lasted until two in the morning.

They were in the middle of the road.

No fire or police vehicle could have passed in the event of a problem. "

Same story with a retiree, awakened in the middle of the night by the fireworks: “It was 11.55 pm precisely.

This is not the first time that this has happened.

There was already a music video shoot a month ago.

What annoys me is that they feel above the law, that they allow themselves everything. ”

An administrative investigation opened by the police

And it is this precise point that made the Alliance 77 union jump, as of Friday morning.

“The colleagues sent there would have liked to do their work and issue a fine, for not respecting the curfew.

But the head of service, on duty that evening, prohibited verbalizations, ”says Christophe Gonzalez, regional secretary of the police union.

Before denouncing understaffing and driving the point home: "However, we put pressure on the police every day to issue a ticket, because of the Covid".

On its Facebook page, the union believes that it is easier to "verbalize people at the exit of stores".

On the side of the departmental direction of public security, we want to qualify.

Because if there were no “massive verbalizations”, “nothing happened”.

When the first mortars were fired, police officers from the Noisiel police station intervened, as well as reinforcements from the public order service (SOP), the departmental intervention company (CDI) and the anti-crime brigades.

Tickets would have been drawn up

Even though the evening attendees were a bit excited by the atmosphere, no clashes took place.

A young man, who was traveling in a stolen car, was taken into custody.

And tickets would have been drawn up.

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"I opened an administrative investigation, in order to verify if it is the right decision which was taken by the head of department that evening", specifies Philippe Justo, the boss of the police force in Seine-et-Marne.

Before hammering: "What was not done hot will be done cold."

We have the right to verbalize even afterwards, once the participants are identified. ”

A judicial investigation is also underway, in order to find the organizer (s) of this illegal evening.

The fireworks display was organized to celebrate the release of rapper Uzi's debut album.

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If there is one who is not happy at all, it is Mathieu Viskovic, the mayor (PS) of Noisiel.

The chosen one does not mince his words: "I am more than disappointed by Uzi, I am disgusted.

It is a bad image of the youth and the neighborhood.

It's scandalous ".

The municipal police were there.

"They fined 17 people", specifies the mayor who - in November - had received the rapper, came to offer him a platinum album.

Trezz, the artist's producer, would like to apologize to the inhabitants and the town hall for the inconvenience caused ”.

Before returning to the context: “This is his first album.

We worked tirelessly and due to the pandemic we were unable to present the songs in public. ”

And the producer clarified: "We took the brooms and the bags to clean everything afterwards".

For his part, Uzi insists on the joyful nature of the event: “It wasn't bad, it was the release of the album, the goal, it was just to party.

We are young, we want to enjoy life to the fullest. ”