In the district of Val-Fourré, in Mantes-la-Jolie, some young people justify the urban violence that peppered the nights of some suburbs of Yvelines for a week. They denounce "a fed up" and warn the police, whose behavior would be the cause of the problems.

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Three days after the fire of the Chapiteau des contraires, a cultural center in Chanteloup-les-Vignes in the Yvelines, misunderstanding remains in front of this outbreak of violence. The town is not the first affected by such events in recent days. In Sartrouville, Mureaux, or Mantes-la-Jolie, the police were targeted. A young man was even wounded by an LBD strike after clashes in the Val Fourré district. The police speak of "ambush" against his agents, but the young people evoke "a fed up". Europe 1 went to meet them.

"Strip of bougnoules , gang of niggas "

"Overnight, it can be worse than that," says one of them. They agree to confide, provided they do not give their name. For these young Val-Fourre, it is not a contest between cities that is the cause of the violence of the last days. They blame the attitude of the police. "The keufs ​​(sic) pass and insult us all day," denounces one of them. "Strip of bougnoules, band of niggas ... it rises quickly to the brain." The police "belittle us, provoke us", evokes another. And when the young people answer, they find themselves "in custody for contempt of rebellion". "When there are many of them, they are clever.It costs us nothing to get in a corner of the street to break the first car that passes.

Young people "left to their own devices"

For a neighborhood elder, these young people "are left to their own devices", which explains to him the daily tense with the forces of order. Before, "there were outings, we went to Deauville to the sea thanks to the mayor.Today, there is no more," he regrets. "However, we have opened four new leisure centers" in the heart of the neighborhoods, replies the mayor of Mantes-la-Jolie, Raphael Cognet. "Educators go to the bottom of buildings trying to hang up young people to our devices, but it's true that there are some that never touch" recognizes the elected. "Maybe because we do not have the right channels, maybe because they do not want, and they've self-persuaded we can not do anything for them."

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The impression of a dialogue of the deaf which, according to this young man, may not have reached its climax. "Today they are stagnant, but the police are not safe that tomorrow it goes further.In a trap, there is a police officer who can die," he warns.