Tunachokijua
A video circulating on X appears to show a Ugandan Police officer directly spraying a chemical substance into the face of a civilian wearing a National Unity Platform (NUP) shirt, causing the man and several other people to collapse.The video was posted by an X account operating under the handle @BuwemboHabib, with the caption:
“Police harassment in Uganda must come to an end. Every Ugandan deserves dignity, safety, justice, and the freedom to express themselves without intimidation.”
CLAIM
A video posted on X by @BuwemboHabib claims to show a Ugandan Police officer spraying a chemical substance directly into the face of a civilian wearing an NUP shirt, causing him and several other people to collapse.The post uses the footage to condemn alleged police harassment and calls for an end to intimidation of Ugandans exercising their rights.
However, upon analysis, the video reveals several visual inconsistencies characteristic of AI-generated footage.
At the beginning of the video, two soldiers can be seen standing near the scene. As the footage progresses, however, one of the soldiers appears to gradually merge or dissolve into the other instead of moving naturally out of the frame.
There are also inconsistencies involving the people who appear to collapse. Most notably, a person dressed in red who later falls to the ground appears to materialise seemingly out of nowhere, with no clear movement into the scene.
Also upon analysis using AI detection software, it was the video 96% AI.
Although the video is presented as evidence of police harassment, there is therefore no reliable basis for concluding that the incident depicted actually occurred.
VERDICT
False.The video is AI-generated and does not authentically depict Ugandan police officers spraying chemicals at civilians. Visual inconsistencies and AI analysis indicate that the footage has been artificially generated or manipulated.