{"id":22951,"date":"2025-05-29T20:51:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T19:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=22951"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:27:40","slug":"false-video-of-boakai-protesting-not-recorded-at-weah-must-step-down-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/false-video-of-boakai-protesting-not-recorded-at-weah-must-step-down-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"False! Video of Boakai protesting\u00a0 not recorded at \u2018Weah must step down\u2019 protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim:<\/strong> Former Representative Acarous Moses Gray shared a video suggesting that the former Vice President Joseph Boakai participated in a \u2018Weah step down\u2019 protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verdict:<\/strong> False! The video showed Boakai at an anti-rape protest in 2020, not the \u2018Weah must step down\u2019 protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Acarous Moses Gray, an official of former President George Weah\u2019s Congress for Democratic Change party, claims President Joseph Boakai was present at a \u2018Weah step down\u2019 protest in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support his claim, he shared a 5-minute-long video<\/a> on his Facebook timeline that shows Joseph Bokai, then a former vice president, present at a public protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the post, he said, “Former VP Boakai encourages protesters calling for President Weah to step down…. Today he (President Joseph Boakai) goes after every perceived opponent with so much anger and bitterness to crush you from the face of the earth.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The politician\u2019s post was in response to a recent press statement<\/a> from the government of Liberia against Bomi County Senator Edwin Snowe over an alleged inflammatory remark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bomi County senator has since refuted the comments attributed to him<\/a> by the government in the press statement, describing it as \u201cmalicious and politically motivated.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Weah Step Down\u2019 protest was held on January 6, 2020<\/a>, by the Council of Patriots, a group headed by popular talk show host Henry P. Costa. It was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video posted by Acarous Moses Gray in 10 hours received over 10,000 views and more than 165 comments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video has also been shared on other platforms, such as here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>, all of which claim that President Bokai freely expressed dissent against the Weah government by attending a \u2018Weah must step down\u2019 protest.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA took screenshots from the video to fact-check this claim and subjected it to multiple reverse image searches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The searches returned results that included an old live video published by Hott FM<\/a> on August 27, 2020. The over 9-minute video was recorded when Joseph Boakai was present at an anti-rape protest at the Springs field in Monrovia. The visuals from the live video accurately matched the video shared by Acarous Moses Gray. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As shown below, a still frame taken at 32 seconds of Acarous Moses Gray\u2019s video accurately matched the image at 12 seconds of the 2020 anti-rape protest video shared by Hottfm 107.9 Liberia.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot from Acarous Moses Gray\u2019s video<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot from Hottfm 107.9 Liberia\u2019s video<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Based on the above, we conclude that the video posted by Acarous Moses Gray does not show President Joseph Boakai at a \u2018Weah step down\u2019 protest but rather at a 2020 anti-rape protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: Former Representative Acarous Moses Gray shared a video suggesting that the former Vice President Joseph Boakai participated in a \u2018Weah step down\u2019 protest. Verdict: False! The video showed Boakai at an anti-rape protest in 2020, not the \u2018Weah must step down\u2019 protest. Full Text Acarous Moses Gray, an official of former President George Weah\u2019s Congress for Democratic Change party, claims President Joseph Boakai was present at a \u2018Weah step down\u2019 protest in 2020.  To support his claim, he shared a 5-minute-long video on his Facebook timeline that shows Joseph Bokai, then a former vice president, present at a public protest. In the post, he said, “Former VP Boakai encourages protesters calling for President Weah to step down…. Today he (President Joseph Boakai) goes after every perceived opponent with so much anger and bitterness to crush you from the face of the earth.\u201d   The politician\u2019s post was in response to a recent press statement from the government of Liberia against Bomi County Senator Edwin Snowe over an alleged inflammatory remark.  The Bomi County senator has since refuted the comments attributed to him by the government in the press statement, describing it as \u201cmalicious and politically motivated.\u201d  The \u2018Weah Step Down\u2019 protest was held on January 6, 2020, by the Council of Patriots, a group headed by popular talk show host Henry P. Costa. It was unconstitutional. The video posted by Acarous Moses Gray in 10 hours received over 10,000 views and more than 165 comments.  The video has also been shared on other platforms, such as here, here, here, and here, all of which claim that President Bokai freely expressed dissent against the Weah government by attending a \u2018Weah must step down\u2019 protest.\u00a0 Verification DUBAWA took screenshots from the video to fact-check this claim and subjected it to multiple reverse image searches.  The searches returned results that included an old live video published by Hott FM on August 27, 2020. The over 9-minute video was recorded when Joseph Boakai was present at an anti-rape protest at the Springs field in Monrovia. The visuals from the live video accurately matched the video shared by Acarous Moses Gray.  As shown below, a still frame taken at 32 seconds of Acarous Moses Gray\u2019s video accurately matched the image at 12 seconds of the 2020 anti-rape protest video shared by Hottfm 107.9 Liberia.   Screenshot from Acarous Moses Gray\u2019s video Screenshot from Hottfm 107.9 Liberia\u2019s video Conclusion Based on the above, we conclude that the video posted by Acarous Moses Gray does not show President Joseph Boakai at a \u2018Weah step down\u2019 protest but rather at a 2020 anti-rape protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,4,3812,3815,1960],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[4466],"class_list":["post-22951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-featured","category-headline","category-homepage","category-liberia"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-5Yb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":4466,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"varney-kelvin-sirleaf","display_name":"Varney Kelvin Sirleaf","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Acarous-Moses-Gray.jpg?fit=460%2C512&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22970,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22951\/revisions\/22970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22951"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=22951"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=22951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}