Steve-O Got Arrested Last Night For Filming Himself Climb A Crane In Downtown L.A. In Protest Of Sea World (Videos)

I was actually a bit shocked to discover that former Jackass and Wild Boys star Steve-O has over 9 million fans on Facebook. When I first caught wind last night that Steve-O was live streaming himself climb a crane in downtown L.A. with a large inflatable orca whale replica I assumed it was just a publicity stunt. I assumed this because Steve-O’s a bit of a relic from the MTV of yesteryear. Well, as it turns out I’m just an asshole, and everyone knows that to ‘assume just makes an ass out of u and me‘. Steve-O was actually up that crane last night for a pretty damn good reason, and when he was consequently arrested by a whole gaggle of LAPD’s finest it definitely became a story worth sharing, because any awareness that can be raised about SeaWorld’s crookedness is a story worth sharing.

As Steve-O climbed up the crane in the City of Angels he had the camera on to record everything for everyone.

It started with an announcement of the stunt:

This is Shammy. We're going to do a big dangerous stunt in Los Angeles tomorrow that will probably get me in a lot of…

Posted by Steve-O on Saturday, August 8, 2015

Did I mention that I'm really high in the air? Hearing sirens now. Check the video I posted at 7pm to see what I'm doing. I'll stream live again soon for the stunts.

Posted by Steve-O on Sunday, August 9, 2015

It progressed to police everywhere:

Now I'm really high up in the air. Check my last post to see what I'm up to. I'll broadcast live again soon. I think this is gonna be really fuckin crazy.

Posted by Steve-O on Sunday, August 9, 2015

I guess it was around this time that he accepted he was going to jail?

So, who’s bailing him out of jail?