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Macron Guard Fired for Beating Protesters Defends Self at Inquiry

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French President Emmanuel Macron’s former personal security officer, who was fired for beating protesters, defended himself before a senate inquiry Wednesday by saying he was neither a policeman nor a bodyguard. Alexandre Benalla was taken into custody by police last July after Le Monde released video showing him posing as a policeman in riot gear and beating protesters during France’s May Day demonstrations. The incident grew to become the most serious scandal Macron has faced during...

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