Saturday, 17 March 2012

Jason Russell, Founder of Coney 2012 Prisoners, Hospitalized

Jason Russell, Founder of Coney 2012 Prisoners, Hospitalized: Co-founder of viral video of a brutal military leader in Africa, was arrested by police and taken to hospital after witnesses saw running down the streets in his underwear, screaming and pounding his fist on the floor.

Jason Russell Invisible Children have been hospitalized for exhaustion in less than two weeks after the 30-minute video, he talked about the military leader, Joseph Kony, said Ben Keesey, an agent of the executive team.

"Jason Russell, unfortunately, yesterday admitted suffering from exhaustion, dehydration and malnutrition," said Keesey ". He is currently receiving medical care and aims to improve. The last two weeks have been taken a heavy toll emotionally on all of us, especially Jason , already manifests itself in the unfortunate incident yesterday. "

"Jason's passion and his work so much to help so much, and we are devastated to him to deal with this personal health problems," the statement said.

San - Diego police dispatcher records show neighbors were called about 11:30 am on Thursday reported that a man working in his underwear in the Pacific Beach area of ​​the city.

»(Subject) is located on the corner, clapping her hands to the floor, screaming, incoherent," transcript continues. "People are trying to calm him down, he was a traffic stop."

Police Lieutenant Andra Brown said 33-year-old man was arrested and taken to hospital for medical examination. He was never arrested and no charges are planned.

"At this stage, the participation of the police department in this issue done," Brown said.

Russell, "is caused by irrational things extreme fatigue and dehydration," his wife, Danica, said in a statement that denies alcohol or drugs caused the behavior.

"We thought that a few thousand people will see the film, but less than a week, millions of people around the world has not seen. While great attention has been to raise awareness about Joseph Kony, he also brought a lot of attention to Jason, and because the film is personal in nature, most of the attacks against him was very personal, and Jason was very tough, "the statement said his wife.

Russell, a native of San Diego and graduated from film school at the University of Southern California, said the video was seen more than 80 million times on YouTube. In the video, Russell talks to his young son, Gavin, for Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army.

Birth Gavin shown at the beginning of the film. At some point, the boy concludes that his father does for a living.

"You mean to stop the bad guys," he said.

At the end of the video Russell said: "At the end of his life, I want to say that the world we left a Gavin can be proud of, which is not Konys Joseph and child soldiers."

Gavin said: "I'll be like you dad, I'll go with you in Africa.".

Overnight success has led to an increase in the video monitor at the San Diego non-profit over the tactics and spending practices.

The group was criticized for not spending enough directly to the people he wants to help and facilitate a 26-year conflict involving the LRA and its leader, Joseph Kony, a bush fighter wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

The Group recognizes the video gives a lot of nuances, but said that he was working as a "first point of entry", which puts the conflict "in an understandable form."

Keesey, CEO, released a video on Monday to answer questions about the financial group, including the amount of money it spends on travel and operations. He said that the money that directly benefits originally represented more than 80 percent of its expenditures from 2007 to 2011.

"I understand why many people are asking:" Are some black, like a fly-by-night thing slacktivist? When in fact it is not "Keesey said. "This is a deep, thoughtful, very deliberate and strategic campaign."

Russell may have been the face of the Invisible Children is the community since the founding of the group in 2005.

"We will always love and support, Jason, and we ask you to provide personal lives all the family at this difficult time," said Friday Keesey.

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