Invisible Children Co-Founder Detained After Public Meltdown: Will the Incident Affect the KONY 2012 Campaign?
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2012/03/17 23:43:23
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The KONY 2012 viral video may have as many critics as it does fans. And it seems like the negative attention may have pushed Invisible Children Co-Founder Jason Russell over the edge.
Russell, director of the video about African warlord Joseph Kony, was detained in San Diego, CA on Thursday for being drunk and masturbating in public. According to reports, Russell was seen dancing around, vandalizing cars, and running through traffic wearing only his underwear. Eventually, the 33-year-old removed his underwear and began making sexual gestures.
Russell was not arrested and there are no plans to charge him with a crime. However, Russell is being hospitalized on a 5150 psychiatric hold, which allows authorities to observe him for up to three days to determine if he represents a threat to either himself or others.
According to Mr. Russell’s wife Danica Russell, her husband’s irrational behavior was brought on by extreme exhaustion and dehydration, stemming from the unexpected attention and criticism generated by his film.
“We thought a few thousand people would see the film, but in less than a week, millions of people around the world saw it,” she said.
“While that attention was great for raising awareness about Joseph Kony, it also brought a lot of attention to Jason and, because of how personal the film is, many of the attacks against it were also very personal, and Jason took them very hard,” she added.
What do you think SodaHeads? Considering the fact that Twitter users have been discussing the meltdown using the hashtag #Horny2012, do you think the incident will affect the KONY 2012 campaign?
Russell, director of the video about African warlord Joseph Kony, was detained in San Diego, CA on Thursday for being drunk and masturbating in public. According to reports, Russell was seen dancing around, vandalizing cars, and running through traffic wearing only his underwear. Eventually, the 33-year-old removed his underwear and began making sexual gestures.
Russell was not arrested and there are no plans to charge him with a crime. However, Russell is being hospitalized on a 5150 psychiatric hold, which allows authorities to observe him for up to three days to determine if he represents a threat to either himself or others.
According to Mr. Russell’s wife Danica Russell, her husband’s irrational behavior was brought on by extreme exhaustion and dehydration, stemming from the unexpected attention and criticism generated by his film.
“We thought a few thousand people would see the film, but in less than a week, millions of people around the world saw it,” she said.
“While that attention was great for raising awareness about Joseph Kony, it also brought a lot of attention to Jason and, because of how personal the film is, many of the attacks against it were also very personal, and Jason took them very hard,” she added.
What do you think SodaHeads? Considering the fact that Twitter users have been discussing the meltdown using the hashtag #Horny2012, do you think the incident will affect the KONY 2012 campaign?
Read More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116184/Ko...
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Drachen 2012/03/18 05:15:33
How many more Invisible Children must dry on Jason Russell's hand before we say ENOUGH?
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." --Abraham Lincoln.
I don't know Jason, but until I learn otherwise, it appears that he totally 'lost it'! Like in cookoo cookoo! I'm totally sane at this moment and you couldn't get me to what Jason did if you offered me $10 million!
I'd put more stock into the YouTubers than the Debbie Downers. Some people LIVE to put a nrgative light on everything good, just so they feel better about themselves. Pathetic.
Here is what I know from others...
#1: “registration ends (surprisingly) the day after you are reading this (and will always be the day after, no matter what day you open the page)”
#2: “Kelly Richards of [insert town that's close to wherever you're logged in at] earns blah blah blah” yeah. I actually opened it at two different locations, and, you guessed it, she’s from two different places, and I’m guessing there’s no end to the # of “Kelly Richards” in the world
'STAR says:
January 19th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Very misleading ad! MARKETING is what reels people in, like myself! When it says “free” read the very, very fine print! I too paid the $97 not paying attention to my knowledge of marketing, because like most of America, I am currently unemployed and desperate! “$97″ ,is that bad and I can do this!” Then, I find out there will be more cost involved, additional fees! WOW, “how stupid could I have been?”! I sent an email requesting my $97 be credited back to my account! It was reversed then charged again! HMMMM? I then called customer service, several times, waiting!!! Someone finally answered, although I had to be very patient while being on hold; it took 20 minutes. I had decided I wasn’t hanging up until someone answered. Aaro...
Here is what I know from others...
#1: “registration ends (surprisingly) the day after you are reading this (and will always be the day after, no matter what day you open the page)”
#2: “Kelly Richards of [insert town that's close to wherever you're logged in at] earns blah blah blah” yeah. I actually opened it at two different locations, and, you guessed it, she’s from two different places, and I’m guessing there’s no end to the # of “Kelly Richards” in the world
'STAR says:
January 19th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Very misleading ad! MARKETING is what reels people in, like myself! When it says “free” read the very, very fine print! I too paid the $97 not paying attention to my knowledge of marketing, because like most of America, I am currently unemployed and desperate! “$97″ ,is that bad and I can do this!” Then, I find out there will be more cost involved, additional fees! WOW, “how stupid could I have been?”! I sent an email requesting my $97 be credited back to my account! It was reversed then charged again! HMMMM? I then called customer service, several times, waiting!!! Someone finally answered, although I had to be very patient while being on hold; it took 20 minutes. I had decided I wasn’t hanging up until someone answered. Aaron was very professional, credited my account, and told me I would receive a confirmation email. I did ask for a confirmation number which he kindly provided. "
"Chris says:
December 5th, 2011 at 12:56 am
Keep on clicking the back button to leave the page or the “X” button at the top right corner to close the page and the price you have to pay gets lower hahaha it keeps on doing it like 3 or 4 times…
I almost bought this crap too and thank GOD for google. Thank you all for your reviews, it has helped me tons. Oh and one more thing, not only ammanda is on it, there is another guy who explains his sittuation with his daughter before he ran into this program, which is bullcrap… dont buy into it, it is the exact same thing."
Funny too... in a sad way.
Yes, I have heard about Idi Amin in Uganda.
Why has this thing about Marines in Uganda been kept so quiet.
Since Obama has so much money why has he not sent aid to Kenya, where they are in need of water.
Someone further down says that this Kony news is 6 years out of date.