French mayor caught in viral video clash says student protesters 'could be my children'
- France's high school protests have escalated into a nationwide movement, with around 256,000 people demonstrating and nearly 500 arrests reported by Tuesday.
- Demonstrations began late last month over rundown facilities and teacher shortages, then expanded from high school students to include parents, teachers, and union workers.
- Rights groups and protesters accused police of excessive force in Paris; a teenager lost a hand from a stun grenade and a 14-year-old suffered facial injuries.
- By Tuesday, 43 security officers were wounded in clashes as President Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency meeting to address the escalating unrest.
- Amid the domestic crisis, US President Donald Trump blamed France's unrest on "mass migration" and Islam, a response that sparked controversy.
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Since the beginning of the high school blockage movement, Bally Bagayoko, Mayor LFI of Saint-Denis, has not hesitated to give of his person. The Insoumis has appeared interposing between the law enforcement agencies and the...
The popular leader, who comes to the student protests and stands between the youth and the agents, believes that the Macron government is not acting properly and that the explosion in the street will increase.
Footage of the mayor of the French city of Saint-Denis protecting young protesters from police and shouting "stop" has gone viral.
Mayor of Paris suburb becomes icon for protesting students
Thrusting himself into the heart of the protests by high school students that have shaken France, the hard-left mayor of a Paris suburb has become an icon for protesters with his full-throated support of their movement and physical presence on the streets.Bally Bagayoko, 53, was elected in March as mayor of the suburb of Saint-Denis,...
Bally Bagayoko (53) is going viral on social media. The mayor of the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis appears at the student protests and positions himself between the police and the demonstrators. In France, the politician from the radical left party La France Insoumise (LFI) has long divided public opinion. A portrait.
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