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Jason Russell, Invisible Children Co-Founder, Reportedly Detained for Public Masturbation, Vandalizing Cars in Underwear

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Jason Russell in Uganda.
Updated on second page with VIDEO of the meltdown and exclusive details from the San Diego PD. (Correction: Russell wasn't arrested, only detained. Headline has been changed.)

According to NBC San Diego, cops caught the "storyteller and dreamer" behind the Kony 2012 campaign running around Pacific Beach yesterday morning -- going batshit crazy and wreaking havoc on the college party town.

Jason Russell, 33, was "allegedly found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of something" ...

... reports the local news station. San Diego police Lieutenant Andra Brown tells reporters that the Invisible Children co-founder was dressed only "in his underwear" and "acting very strange" when cops detained him at Ingraham and Riviera, on the "Crown Point" of P.B.

He appeared to be drunk or on some kind of drug:

Police said they received several calls yesterday at 11:30 a.m. of a man in various stages of undress, running through traffic and screaming.

After the Kony 2012 video went viral earlier this month, many news outlets have followed up with critiques of Invisible Children, saying those concerned about child slavery and violence in Uganda might want to think twice before donating to the San Diego-based charity.

KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

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Russell, who was reportedly arrested in broad daylight near the bridge to Ocean Beach, is described in his Invisible Children bio as "radical" and "insane":

Jason "Radical" Russell is a co-founder of Invisible Children, as well as our grand storyteller and dreamer. His sparks of creative intelligence and insanity have propelled IC to redefine the concept of humanitarian work, offering new life to old hope. A filmmaker by trade, Jason graduated from the University of Southern California's film school with a degree in Cinema Production. He admires Oprah, Bono, Steven Spielberg, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Baz Luhrmann, and Dan Eldon and believes wholeheartedly in magic and the impossible. Already a proud papa to Gavin Danger and Everley Darling, Jason wants to have nine more children with his beautiful wife Danica‚ the girl who has been his best friend for over 23 years.

In response to criticism that Invisible Children only spends one-third of its budget on ground-level aid and supports the controversial Uganda military, Russell recently
told CNN:

"We're an unorthodox organization. We work outside of the traditional box of what you think about charity and nonprofit."

No kidding. We're calling the San Diego Police Department for more. Check back for updates.

UP NEXT: Invisible Children gives its take on what happened to Russell, and we speak with the SDPD.


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Carmetlita sanchez
Carmetlita sanchez

I feel for this family, now how is the little one going to understand all this? Why is it that his wife is never on his videos? isnt that weird

Dennisisnotverygood
Dennisisnotverygood

Why hasn't Dennis R been arrested for his hack editorial masturbations?

Theeverglade
Theeverglade

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

FBI agent found masturbating on UA campus, police say

An FBI agent faces sex-offense charges after a cleaning woman claimed she found him May 3 masturbating in a women’s lavatory on campus, a University of Arizona police spokesman said. Ryan Seese, 33, was cited on suspicion of three misdemeanors, public sexual indecency, criminal trespassing and indecent exposure, Sgt. Eugene V. Mejia said, adding Seese was released to an FBI supervisor. The woman opened a Student Union restroom stall to clean it and spotted a man playing with himself, Mejia said. She ran out of the lavatory and reported the incident to her supervisor, who called police, Mejia said. Google this Cat...he does it 3 more times in 3 different cities...(You can't make this stuff up!)

Floggingintheusa
Floggingintheusa

This is a story about a dude who goes to Africa to make a documentary (and clean himself-up of a recent meth binge)  Dude comes home, gets some good publicity and relapses on the meth and goes on a public -self flogging expose.

Nothing more...nothing less!

Peace out.

sidewalk
sidewalk

if Jason Russell offers you a cookie or something on a blue spoon, DO NOT TAKE IT!!

Kony 12 a scam
Kony 12 a scam

Fail the video is a fraud, it never mentioned that Kony hasn't been seen in uganda for over 6 years or that less than 31 percent of the money donated actualy goes to Uganda, plus the only reason the US sponcered this is to get the oil there, if your going to donate then why not stop an actual criminal that's actualy been seen and is still commiting crimes

HK Gor
HK Gor

I wasn't interested in his movie until he got naked in public.Now I watched it.  I think he is a gifted marketer and passionate about his cause.A stunt maybe.  A way to generate more traffic and interest for an issue that maybe wasn't achieving the results they had expected, more likely.

He will probably get a few opportunities to explain his actions on national Television.  Television still speaks to more people at one time than you tube or vimeo.

Slicendice
Slicendice

Well thanks to all the "donations" and media coverage he now has all the self-esteem and methamphetamines to go out and do this. Perhaps he thought we was one of the "invisible Children"... rofl. Thanks Hipster Kids!!!

Speedos Kill
Speedos Kill

Back in the '80s there was a guy in Hermosa Beach who roamed around town wearing nothing but a Speedo whether it was day or night, summer or winter.  It didn't matter how cold it was and this went on for at least a couple of years.  One night a friend was driving down Hermosa Avenue when she spotted him masturbating onto the door handle of a parked car. 

beercrabs
beercrabs

so now his image is forever tarnished, and the fate of the children he professes to be helping hangs in the balance....should this Kony2012 turn out to be a scam, the whole f'kn works of them should be taken about 30mi. offshore and used for chum...there is nothing worse than someone who profits from the misfortune of children.....I feel for his family....

Alan Scherstuhl
Alan Scherstuhl

I look forward to the video in which he explains *this* to his kid.

Brian Charles Quinones
Brian Charles Quinones

Ha! This just proves my early inklings that this whole Kony 2012 propaganda was just a sham. Viral Marketing and humanitarian causes do not go hand in hand. SHADY!!

MTkill_a_manJaro
MTkill_a_manJaro

Im thinking there might be a correlation between the statements  "...(he) believes wholeheartedly in magic and the impossible..." and "He appeared to be drunk or on some kind of drug"

Terrence1
Terrence1

Is he and IC a big Christian organization? A lot of these Christian types seem to be repressing their true emotions. 

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