Viral ‘Kony 2012’ video spurs locals into action against human trafficking

Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, is the subject of a video by San Diego-based Invisible Children.

Adam Lewis was more than outraged after he watched the “Kony 2012” video on the Internet.

The Cleveland, Tenn., resident was moved to action.

“It was eye-opening,” said Lewis, a chief political strategist for The Alderman Group in Cleveland. “Living in Southeast Tennessee, you become complacent and forget other folks’ lives may not be as easy around the world.”

Spurred by the video’s message against Ugandan guerilla military leader Joseph Kony’s history of abducting children and forcing them into a life of violence and sex trafficking, worldwide supporters of the Kony 2012 campaign — including groups in Cleveland and Chattanooga — are planning to hit the streets at sundown Friday.