Man behind 'Kony 2012' arrested - for masturbating in public
Published: 17 March, 2012, 00:43
Jason Russell, co-founder of non-profit Invisible Children and director of "Kony 2012" viral video campaign. (Reuters / Brendan McDermid)
The blonde-haired, blue-eyed, Christian filmmaker behind the Internet’s most recent famous activism campaign, “Kony 2012,” has been arrested. For masturbating. And being drunk. And vandalizing cars. In public. In the morning.
Jason Russell, 33, was arrested Thursday morning by the San Diego Police Department in Southern California and the earliest reports detailing the incident suggest it was one hell of a day already for the Invisible Children co-founder and proclaimed “mastermind” behind the Kony 2012 viral video.Police say he was described as "in his underwear" when the first 911 calls were made.
San Diego Police Department Lieutenant Andrea Brown tells a local NBC affiliate that Russell was found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of an unknown substance at around 11:30 am on Thursday. Authorities detained him at the intersection of Ingraham Street and Riviera Drive in San Diego, only a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean.
When the Kony 2012 campaign was released earlier this month, Russell’s activism group, Invisible Children, described him on their website as being the “grand storyteller and dreamer” behind their operation. By Friday afternoon, however, the bio page of the Invisible Children website was unavailable.
Within minutes of the news of his arrest being released on Friday, the group issued a statement. Invisible Children CEO Ben Keesey published an one-paragraph press release, but did not touch on the topic of arrest. Instead, Keesey says, “Jason Russell was unfortunately hospitalized yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration and malnutrition."
"He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better. The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday," added Russell.
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Comment by noblsht on March 17, 2012 at 2:58am
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I do not know enough about Kony either, but I know enough to say, that I do not give a f#ckl!!!
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It almost sounds like a continuation of the same joke we've been, which has been shoved down our throats from the beginning nothing new to see here!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by Wulfrano Ruiz Sainz on March 16, 2012 at 11:28pm
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Boy... someone cast a spell on that poor bastard.
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Comment by Amaterasu Solar on March 16, 2012 at 10:02pm
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Maybe He was an MK Ultra mind slave that They decided to dump... Who knows? I still think it's funny.
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Comment by Isaac Moth on March 16, 2012 at 9:48pm
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nikki makes a valid post, I agree
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Jason Russell is a funded Media driven whore, clearly. All 'Children' stuff is suspect when given global coverage that resembles a 'Movie' of emotional drivel, in my view.
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Comment by Nikki on March 16, 2012 at 8:35pm
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@Wilson, they are probably referring to his video going viral. For those who haven't seen it yet, check out these links:
http://12160.info/group/african-american-history/forum/topics/kony-...
http://12160.info/group/african-american-history/forum/topics/26497...
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Comment by Doug Wilson on March 16, 2012 at 7:55pm
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We never know what the whole truth about things are right away. That means I don't know much about the kony klan. I just wait and see. It is a funny story either way, not a Jason fan regardless of his agenda. What I found most interesting was the statement - "The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us" - I wonder what they found so emotionally taxing?
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The timing is mighty suspicious and does sound like a set up. But when you get in bed with the devil, there's consequences.
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Comment by suzie on March 16, 2012 at 7:05pm
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agreed Nikki
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