53-yr-old mayor becomes face of French protests, dubbed 'Spider-Man in grey suit'. Bally Bagayoko, the 53-year-old mayor of Paris' Saint-Denis, became the face of French youth protests after a viral video showed him shielding protesters from the police. A video, dated October 6, shows Bagayoko spreading his arms wide between advancing officers and teenagers, screaming "Stop!" before police fired tear gas at them. Protesting students dubbed him 'Spider-Man in a grey suit'.