'Kony' creator Jason Russell under stress but not on drugs, family says
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[URL="http://www.invisiblechildren.com/"]Invisible Children[/URL] filmmaker Jason Russell, who created the viral "Kony 2012" video, is seen nude yelling and slapping the ground in a new [URL="http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/18/jason-russell-video-naked-meltdown-kony/"]video that emerged[/URL] Sunday of his bizarre behavior last week.
His family has said in a statement that Russell was under stress and that he "never had a substance abuse or drinking problem, and this episode wasn't caused by either of those things."
Russell, 33, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon by San Diego police after neighbors reported him running naked in the streets of the Pacific Beach neighborhood, pounding his fists on the sidewalk and shouting incoherently. Police took him to a mental health facility for observation.
[URL="http://framework.latimes.com/2012/03/08/victims-kony-lra-uganda/#/0"][B]PHOTOS: The Accidental Story[/B][/URL][B]Police responded to "several callers [who] reported that the male removed his underwear and was nude, perhaps masturbating," according to the police statement. By the time police arrived, the man was wearing his underwear.[/B]
[B]"The callers reported the underwear-clad male was in the street, interfering with traffic, screaming, yelling incoherently and pounding his fists on the sidewalk."[/B]
[B]"He continued to act in a bizarre and irrational manner," according to a statement released by police spokeswoman Lt. Andra Brown.[/B]
[B]A statement by his wife, Danica Russell, and other members of Russell's family suggested that the criticism of the "Invisible Children" [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc"]video about African militia leader Joseph Kony[/URL] may have contributed to Russell's bizarre behavior.[/B]
[B]"... Because of how personal the film is, many of the attacks against it were also very personal and Jason took them very hard," said the statement.[/B]
[B]Among other things, critics said the video misstated the facts about the current level of violence in Uganda, Kony's current whereabouts and the strength of his militia forces.[/B]
[B]"Jason has dedicated his adult life to this cause, leading to [the] KONY 2012 [video]," the family statement said. "We thought a few thousand people would see the film, but in less than a week, millions of people around the world saw it."[/B]
[B]The organization plans to distribute materials about Kony in several major cities, including San Diego, in April.
Russell is a native of El Cajon, where his parents run the Christian Youth Theater. A graduate of USC, he co-founded Invisible Children, which later moved into an office building in downtown San Diego.
A New York-based public relations firm released a statement Friday from the organization's chief executive, Ben Keesey, acknowledging that Russell had been hospitalized.
"Jason Russell was unfortunately hospitalized yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration and malnutrition," the statement said. "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."[/release]
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So what was he on?
Ugandan Child Tears is a hell of a drug
Actually, being on drugs would be better in this case.
More Kony jokes? Uganda be kidding me.
Well I can't think of a more likely explanation for his behavior
Sounds like PCP but you never know.
Crack, jack, crank, meth, vicodin, blow, acid, uppers, poppers, E, nitrous, dust, hash, and this one boner medicine from Norway.
It's gotta be crystal meth.
Was he celebrating his success, is he whacko, or has all this controversy got to him?
Stress can make you do a lot of things, but it doesn't make you do that.
or he was on PCP and it would be a huge embarrassment to all involved if they confirmed it was drug-related
I mean, nervous breakdowns aren't unheard of, but a nervous breakdown definitely doesn't make you strip naked and run out into traffic beating your fists against the asphalt
[QUOTE=Squeaken;35198873]Stress can make you do a lot of things, but it doesn't make you do that.[/QUOTE]
uh yes it can you make do that
Him and Kony aren't so different.
They both scar children's minds.
He is using all the money from the action kits to create his own action kit full of cocaine.
am i supposed to feel bad for this first world attention-whore crybaby
[QUOTE=Big Blue;35198947]am i supposed to feel bad for this first world attention-whore crybaby[/QUOTE]
no you're supposed to laugh because he was jerking off in the street
bullshit he was definitely on PCP.
Honestly I don't care much about this guy. But I feel bad for all of those poor little kids who think they're going to an amusement park on Kony Island. Yep... child soldiers now.
[QUOTE=thisispain;35199107]bullshit he was definitely on PCP.[/QUOTE]
being naked and smashing things are the calling card of too much pcp
Let's just wait for the test results before we draw any conclusions.
because when I don't eat or drink anything for an extended period I suddenly find the energy to run around the street screaming and jacking off
makes perfect sense!
[QUOTE=K3inMitl3id;35198829]Sounds like PCP but you never know.[/QUOTE]
It looked exactly like a PCP induced rage.
oh man all this stress makes me get naked and run outside beating off and slapping the pavement.
I don't trust a man who justifies public indecency with stress instead of drugs
ITT: Nobody knows anything about drugs or psychology.
i am drugs and are offended over these accusations
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;35199331]Could've been LSD or just a lot of beer.
But let's just wait for the test results before we draw any conclusions.[/QUOTE]
neither of those things would cause a person to do what this guy did
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[QUOTE=Mac2468;35199495]ITT: Nobody knows anything about drugs or psychology.[/QUOTE]
wonderful contribution to the thread
please share your intimate knowledge in these subjects with the rest of the class
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wonderful contribution to the thread
please share your intimate knowledge in these subjects with the rest of the class[/QUOTE]
trying to educate facepunch on something they tend to be ignorant towards (ie drugs) would be a waste of effort.
wait he wasn't drunk when he was jacking it in public?
Oh....OOHHH.
[QUOTE=JerryK;35198901]uh yes it can you make do that[/QUOTE]
Could you please give us an incident of someone under stress specifically removing their clothing, running out into a public space and screaming incoherently?
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