On Saturday, about 500 protesters marched down the rue Pantin and rue Aubervilliers (Saint-Saint-Denis), demanding that the government evacuate and take care of crack users, denouncing “laissez fairewhich has been swamped for a year. “Residents and traders cannot wait another year. The camp must be evacuated,” began Nolan Georgelin, a member of the 93 Anti Crack collective.
Punctuated by slogans “Take care of them. Protect us.“and”Darman is a liar.“, the procession calmly marched towards “wall of shame“Port de la Villette (XIX arrondissement) in Place Forceval during the movement of drug addicts under the ring road fenced off by the police and which does not interfere”.cracked» to wander in the border towns.
Most of the protesters emphasized that solidarity should not be based only on working-class neighborhoods, which already accumulate many social difficulties, condemning “disdain“.
On September 24, 2021, Paris police headquarters decided to move to this site without any shelter for users of the highly addictive smokinable derivative of cocaine, who roamed the Jardin d’Eole (18th arrondissement). On the outskirts of the capital, 300 to 400 drug addicts indulge in violence and trafficking, undermining public safety in itself.
Declining businesses, a harassed solidarity association, assaults, degraded public roads and even insecurity in building halls have become everyday life in the Quatre-Cémins slum, which has about 25,000 residents.
“How is it that France, the land of human rights, is missing out on Europe’s biggest consumer scene?asked Dominique Gamard, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 40 years. “It is a mandatory political issue, we do not want to deal with it, and it has been going on for 30 years.“, he assessed.
At the instigation of the new prefect of the Paris police, Laurent Nunes, arrests have been taking place regularly since August, and a plan to combat passion is due to be presented soon.
In addition, on this anniversary, the Villette Village Association filed a complaint with the Paris Administrative Court on Saturday against the Prefecture and the City of Paris to condemn “public dignity and impotence“.
Source: Le Figaro
