Macron ex-security aide scandal: video author speaks out Taha Bouhafs explains what he witnessed and filmed during the May 1st demonstration in which French President Emmanuel Macron's security aide Alexandre Benalla used violence against a demonstrator. Benalla, 26, was charged with assault and impersonating a police officer over the videos of him wrestling with two protesters on May 1 while wearing a riot officer's helmet and police armband. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES