It is five o'clock.
Place des Libertés in Bonneuil-sur-Marne.
The place is aptly named for children playing, before the curfew cleaver.
Moms installed in the sun watch them out of the corner of their eyes.
But this Friday, the eyes are sharper than on another day.
The day before at midnight, 50 to 60 young people gathered in this place to do battle, baseball bats, sabers and kitchen knives in hand.
Two young people were arrested.
The day before, it was a shooting that broke out, on this same square.
Rapper Crim's, with a little notoriety on social networks, was seriously affected.
According to a source familiar with the matter, the two cases would not necessarily have a link.
"I haven't slept all night"
Whatever.
In the eyes of the families of the Libertés district, these events are "scary", as these two mothers indicate, sitting on a bench.
"I have not slept all night," blows it, exchanging with elected officials of the city, who participate in the maraud wanted by the mayor.
A few minutes earlier, in front of the pizzeria, a little briefing had been improvised.
Denis Oztorun (PCF) recalled the exceptional presence of seven mediators until 2 a.m., all weekend long, the mobilization of facilitators and announced that he had an appointment at the prefecture on Tuesday to obtain the hiring of three other mediators but also the establishment in mid-March of a "real support plan for young people in difficulty".
"It is our children who are in the streets, who are in danger and are in danger"
To avoid the worst this weekend, police reinforcements have also been requested.
A screen-printed car is patrolling at the same time.
“It's the business of the whole town.
It is our children who are in the street, who are in danger and are in danger, ”summarizes the mayor.
The elected representatives of the majority as of the opposition scattered in small groups to try to reassure, to detail the measures taken, and to appease the spirits.
Here, in contact with the inhabitants who return home.
There, with young people gathered at the bottom of the buildings.
Bonneuil-sur-Marne, this Friday evening.
After the shooting which injured rapper Crim's, and a violent brawl the following evening, PCF mayor Denis Oztorun talks with the inhabitants.
LP / Agnès Vives
"You pay attention to yourself, eh, it's important," says Denis Oztorun, the mayor.
This young nods.
Another laughs.
"We must go home this evening," repeat the marauders tirelessly.
But the faces remain impassive.
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In position, the mediators with the so recognizable red vests know that the night is going to be long.
“We talk to them.
They listen to us but they have a hard head and when they are hot they can react badly ”, slips this one, which also points out the discomfort of some young people, given the health context.
"They can no longer do anything, or go out, or play sports, it's hard," he continues.
"Especially with the Covid, we can not organize anything," adds the director of the youth service.
Bonneuil-sur-Marne, this Friday evening.
The mediators in the red vests will stay until 2 a.m. this weekend.
LP / Agnès Vives
No wonder, when the beautiful days are here, that gang wars can break out, according to this participant, referring to the drama of Essonne.
But according to "what is said", breath without being able to affirm it this inhabitant, these events could be related to a rivalry between two families, whereas a wild barbecue had been organized in these mild weather Tuesday.
Violence therefore between Bonneuillois.
Unheard of, according to elected officials.
Faced with such acts, mothers are planning to take the collar back.
As in 2018, and in 2019, when the war between two families to appropriate the drug trade was raging.
At the time, these courageous mothers had patrolled the streets of the Oradour district in the evening.
Affected families contacted
Since then, Bonneuil had not known such serious tensions.
“This time, we came close to the white march, points out Nassira, who regrets that“ we are waiting for a serious event to do something ”.
This committed mother tries to be in touch with the families concerned “to avoid reprisals.
According to her, rapper Crim's would be a collateral victim.
Heard by investigators, the young man would not have delivered any crucial information.
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As for the usual user of the 4X4 T-Cross in which his attackers circulated, he was still in custody for attempted murder this Friday evening in the premises of the judicial police of Val-de-Marne.
This man known for drugs cases said he did not have the keys and did not know the identity of the people to whom he had lent his car.
The hypothesis of a settling of scores against a background of drug trafficking remains favored by the police.
"But it's because the two are known for drug cases," slips a source familiar with the matter.
There may be another reason.
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