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Macron aide 'donned a riot helmet and police uniform so he could attack anti-Government protesters during street demonstrations'
[DailyMail] Astonishing video footage captured at a street demonstration in Paris shows Alexandre Benalla, who is in his mid-30s, attacking two young protesters, one female, one male.It has led to a political scandal, with opponents of Mr Macron accusing him of trying to cover up the attacks, and calling for Benalla to be imprisoned. The deputy chief of staff at the Elysee Palace had put on a police helmet, despite not being authorised to do so. He can clearly be seen first of all grabbing a young woman by the neck at the demonstration on May 1 – a traditional day of street action that this year saw hundreds of thousands campaigning across France against Mr Macron's employment reforms. Benalla then turns his attention to a bearded Left-wing activist who has been apprehended by gendarmes. The burly Benalla pulls the man away from the police, and starts slapping him around the head by himself. When other demonstrators start shouting at Benalla, he looks scared of being identified behind his visor, and then slinks off to a café. Alexis Corbiere, an MP and spokesman for former far-Left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, said he 'asked for penal sanctions' against a 'colleague of Macron who disguised himself as a police officer to commit violence.' Posted by: Skidmark 2018-07-20 |
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