The subject of brawls was invited to the last regional council.
It must be said that Ile-de-France would be the “region most affected by the phenomenon.
95% of gangs and 84% of clashes would take place there, especially in the outer suburbs, such as in Essonne and Val-d'Oise, ”specifies the community.
Last Thursday, a deliberation was voted to fight against these fights between gangs which recently left at least three dead and seriously injured.
In charge, there is in particular Patrick Karam, vice-president of the region in charge of Sports.
“It's a great first, reacts the elected official.
We want to prevent risky situations and reduce them.
The idea is to empower young people, whether in public space, on social networks or in schools and contribute to the deconstruction of neighborhood rivalries, from elementary school, by relying in particular on parents, teachers, educators and local associations.
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"Meetings with champions of MLA, boxing, judo ..."
Structures working on this theme or having ideas can thus respond to a call for projects from Wednesday April 7 until Tuesday May 18.
"We are going to make sure to support these associations which work in these districts and in rural areas do not have enough means", insists the elected official.
Prevent before coming to the sanction.
This is the whole point.
But concretely, how will this be translated?
Patrick Karam focuses on sport and in particular combat.
“First step: organize interventions in a neighborhood with male and female champions of MMA, boxing, judo, etc.
We take the kids in hand to play sports during this day but also to chat.
Step two: another day, we set up the same thing in an opposing neighborhood.
Third step: bring together well-identified young people from the two
enemy
sectors
, whom we will bring together for 48 hours on one of the region's leisure islands, supervise them with club educators, high-level athletes…, explains Patrick Karam.
The gangs are neither more nor less the cult of virility, what counts is to win.
With this device, we offer them to fight, but in a channeled way, with rules respecting the opponent.
Young people can then be made redundant for six months or more in a club.
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This experiment which “was the subject of a first meeting” with club presidents, the elected representative hopes to launch it “quickly, as soon as the health pressure is lifted.
“On the whole system, a budget of“ 500,000 to 700,000 euros is currently planned ”.
“We can go upmarket,” says Patrick Karam.
The opposition denounces "the abolition of all preventive devices"
Not enough to convince the opposition which, on the social network Twitter, castigates the action of the president (Libres!) Valérie Pécresse and regrets through the voice of Maxime Des Gayets, regional councilor (PS), the deletion of "all prevention measures and support for
Jeunes Violence Ecoute
”.
The reason given, according to him, “only ten young people called each day, that is to say 3 00 Ile-de-France residents per year who nevertheless needed help and listening.
We have repeatedly asked for the return of regional support to this platform as well as to other systems.
Constant refusal of the Ile-de-France right which did not see the point.
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