French prosecutors investigating Macron aide identified attacking May Day protester in video

An aide from French President Emmanuel Macron’s office has been identified in a video donning riot gear while lashing out at a protester during May Day pro-labor demonstrations in Paris, according to multiple reports.

Alexandre Benalla, who works with Macron’s chief of staff and has been involved with organizing security for the centrist president, was identified by French newspaper Le Monde in a recording by a student activist pushing a woman down a street before returning to drag a man away by the neck and hitting him on the head. He was wearing what looked like a police visor at the time of the incident before quickly leaving the scene after realizing he had been caught on film.