DN! Anti-Arab Marine Reservist Assaults Greek Priest

Anti-Arab Marine Reservist Assaults Greek Priest

In Florida, a Marine reservist has been arrested after allegedly attacking a Greek Orthodox priest he mistook to be of Arab descent. The priest, Alexios Marakis, had gotten lost in Tampa, when he tried to ask for directions. The reservist, Jasen Bruce, allegedly struck Marakis with a tire iron and then called police to say an Arab man had tried to rob him. Bruce later told police Marakis was an Arab terrorist. Police say Bruce teared up when they told him Marakis was actually a Greek priest.

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[Jagged85]

Wow, these Islamophobic loons can't even differentiate between Arabs, Greeks and Indians... I guess any bronze-skinned person with unusual clothes must be a "terrorist" these days.

[grkchipper]

Fr. Alexios is a great human being who loves God and is very spiritual. What that marine was wrong and now all he is trying to do is make false accusations and excuses for his actions. I pray Fr. Alexios has a speedy recovery.

[philipcrouch]

Moron. There is a genuine threat in fundamentalist Islam, but it must be fought with intelligence, not blind raging ignorance. Greek Christians had been on the receiving end of Islamic intolerance for more than a thousand years before the dismantling of the Caliphate. To punish this man, of all things, as an Islamic terrorist is the most shameful thing imaginable.

[Akahseles]

if a black man "teared up" like that dude, they would have said he confessed! i guess since he's white he can play the "i didn't know" card.

[shurednichso]

KILL HIM!!

[AwesomeWthSideOFries]

@EASgreece

wtf?

[EASgreece]

this is USA ..if you are brunet they beat you and they claim gay panic and terror panic ..if you want to be us citicen you must became a bastar multination mixture anti arab facist sionfriend with out feelings ..USA=NAZI thanks