Samuel Doe

===Torture and murder===
Doe was taken to Johnson's military base. To prove that he was not protected by [[black magic]],<ref name=wp>Vick, Karl. [http://www.genocidewatch.org/images/Liberia_10_Aug_03_Liberian_Strife_Is_Traced_to_Turbulent_Past2.pdf "Liberian Strife Is Traced To Turbulent Past: Some Blame Turmoil On Its American Roots"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610105640/http://www.genocidewatch.org/images/Liberia_10_Aug_03_Liberian_Strife_Is_Traced_to_Turbulent_Past2.pdf |date=10 June 2011 }}, ''Washington Post'', Foreign Service, 10 August 2003.</ref> Johnson ordered Doe's ears be cut off in his presence.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/c5xJpj7EmQM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180615163309/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5xJpj7EmQM Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5xJpj7EmQM&list=PLdLdVbvyGNxLcst3f6Nl_5sVyLEVDvtmU&index=92&t=0s| title = The Execution of former Liberian President Samuel K Doe YouTube | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Shackles]] were also placed around Doe's legs and something strange was tied around his [[Glans penis|glans]], as can be seen in the recording. At the end of the recording, Doe was forced to get up, some of his fingers and toes were amputated, and there were attempts to mutilate the middle finger. After 12 hours of torture at Johnson's hands,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://owaahh.com/6-assassinations-of-african-leaders-that-were-caught-on-film/|title=6 Assassinations of African leaders (that were caught on film)|date=4 March 2015|access-date=16 July 2020|archive-date=30 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730172033/https://owaahh.com/6-assassinations-of-african-leaders-that-were-caught-on-film/|url-status=live}}</ref> Doe was finally murdered; his corpse had its head shaved and was exhibited naked in the streets of Monrovia with cigarette burns. Doe's body was later exhumed and reburied. The spectacle of his torture was [[Snuff film|video-taped]]<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/yaLSzjfyUiA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021185134/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaLSzjfyUiA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaLSzjfyUiA| title = The Execution of former Liberian President Samuel K. Doe | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and seen on news reports around the country. The video shows Johnson sipping a beer as Doe's ear is cut off.<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6113682.stm Meeting the hard man of Liberia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227013552/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6113682.stm |date=27 February 2021 }}," ''[[BBC]]''</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Akam |first=Simon |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/95493/prince-johnson-liberia |title=The Comeback |magazine=New Republic |date=28 September 2011 |access-date=27 February 2017 |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907144328/https://newrepublic.com/article/95493/prince-johnson-liberia |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=MASK>{{cite book|last=Ellis|first=Stephen|title=The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of African Civil War|url=https://archive.org/details/maskanarchydestr00elli|url-access=limited|orig-year=1999|year=2007|publisher=Hurst & Company|location=London, UK|isbn=978-1850654179|pages=[https://archive.org/details/maskanarchydestr00elli/page/n9 1]–16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalpublishers.co.tz/siku-za-mwisho-za-uhai-wa-samuel-doe/exhibition-of-samuel-does-body-during-the-civil-war-in-liberia/|title=Exhibition of Samuel Doe's Body During the Civil War in Liberia|access-date=5 July 2019|archive-date=5 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705152718/https://globalpublishers.co.tz/siku-za-mwisho-za-uhai-wa-samuel-doe/exhibition-of-samuel-does-body-during-the-civil-war-in-liberia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Scooper - Nigeria News: A TYRANT FALLS: Gruesome Story Of How The First Indigenous President Of Liberia Was Tortured To Death On Video And Laid Naked In State|url=https://m.scooper.news/nigeria/2021/07/17/a-tyrant-falls-gruesome-story-of-how-the-first-indigenous-president-of-liberia-was-tortured-to-death-on-video-and-laid-naked-in-state/16992734|access-date=20 December 2021|website=m.scooper.news|language=en|archive-date=20 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220151511/https://m.scooper.news/nigeria/2021/07/17/a-tyrant-falls-gruesome-story-of-how-the-first-indigenous-president-of-liberia-was-tortured-to-death-on-video-and-laid-naked-in-state/16992734|url-status=live}}</ref>