THE CO-FOUNDER OF INVISIBLE CHILDREN AND PRODUCER OF KONY 2012 IS A NUTCASE

His wife said the Kony 2012 film brought a lot of attention to her husband and he took many of the criticisms made against the film personally.

Running around the streets naked in broad daylight is one thing, but masturbating in public? Jason Russell is lucky he was ‘detained’ by some sympathetic social worker-type San Diego cops. In Texas, his ass would have been thrown in jail for public indecency with his mental state left to be sorted out by a court.

As for Kony 2012, that video was just a slick con-job of a money raising scheme for Invisible Children, a charity which spends an unreasonable amount of the donations it receives on overhead. Moreover, Joseph Kony, the Ugandan warlord, is not even in Uganda anymore and he’s no longer the menace he once was - his Lord's Resistance Army is down to a mere 250 fighters rather than the 30,000 that the video claims, and they are on the run.

INVISIBLE CHILDREN CO-FOUNDER DETAINED: SAN DIEGO PD
SDPD said he was found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of something

By Sarah Grieco

NBC San Diego
March 17, 2012

A co-founder for Invisible Children was detained in Pacific Beach on Thursday for being drunk in public and masturbating, according to the San Diego Police Department.

Jason Russell, 33, was allegedly found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of something, according to the SDPD. He was detained at the intersection of Ingraham Street and Riviera Road.

An SDPD spokesperson said the man detained was acting very strange, some may say bizarre. Video: SDPD statement

"Due to the nature of the detention, he was not arrested," Lt. Andra Brown said. "During the evaluation we learned we probably needed to take him to a medical facility because of statements he was saying."

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

Police described Russell as "in his underwear." He allegedly took off his underwear at one point, but it was back on by the time officers arrived, said police.

Several people attempted to calm him down and when officers arrived police said he was cooperative.

"He was no problem for the police department however, during the evaluation we learned that we probably needed to take care of him," said an SDPD spokesperson. "We determined that medical treatment was a better course of action than arrest."

Russell was taken to a medical center after the incident.

Police could not determine that he formed a criminal intent. There are no criminal charges pending because it looks like this is more of a medical situation, said an SDPD spokesperson.