![]() That fearful reality is part of what keeps things in balance.Īnother mitigating factor here are the police who patrol the area in an unmarked car. ![]() As one character points out when tensions rise, no one suffered more than the area residents as a result of the riots. There’s testosterone here, alpha males with hard stares, holding the line. The memory of riots in 2005 are still fresh enough so that each group keeps to their own territory, warily keeping an eye out for intrusions or insults that might have to be dealt with. There’s tension, but everyone minds their business as much as possible. And then there’s a man called The Mayor whose posse deals drugs. The youth are largely perpetrators of petty crimes, and are known to the police. They’re known by names like The Gypsies and The Muslim Brotherhood. The area is now a series of apartment buildings, mostly home to working class North African immigrants and their families. As portrayed, it has a series of factions or gangs that have ad hoc authority over small territories. ![]()
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