Greek priest seeking help is assaulted as Arab terrorist

[WindHarvester]

Greek priest seeking help is assaulted as 'Arab terrorist'

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A Marine reservist was charged with attacking a Greek Orthodox priest he said he thought was a terrorist.

Jasen D. Bruce allegedly hit 29-year-old Alexios Marakis over the head with a tire iron and chased him for three blocks yesterday evening before Tampa police officers intervened.

Marakis, a Greek Orthodox priest visiting from Crete, told police he had stopped to ask the 28-year-old reservist for help after getting lost in downtown Tampa. He had just performed a blessing of another priest and accidentally got off the highway.

Marakis approached Bruce as he was unloading his dry cleaning, police said.

"Please, please help," Marakis said to Bruce in his limited English.

Bruce pulled out a tire iron and attacked the priest, police said. He then called 911 as he chased Marakis, saying an Arab man was trying to rob him. When officers arrived, Bruce told them the man was a terrorist.

Bruce also told police he heard Marakis yell, " Allahu akbar!" -- Arabic for "God is great," according to Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy.

Marakis, however, does not speak Arabic, McElroy said. He speaks Greek.

Police are working to determine if the offense meets the standard for a hate crime.

Authorities could not immediately provide the name of Bruce's attorney

 

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[pygmy]

Re: Greek priest seeking help is assaulted as 'Arab terrorist'

Is this the sign of a growth in mass hysteria in the US.
If 2012 wasn't enough.

 

[WindHarvester]

Re: Greek priest seeking help is assaulted as 'Arab terrorist'

Is this the sign of a growth in mass hysteria in the US.
If 2012 wasn't enough.

You may be on to something, Just read what people type on here about Muslims.

Sad the path that most Americans are taking, I don't think they were all racist bigots to begin with!

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Re: Greek priest seeking help is assaulted as 'Arab terrorist'

The man ran how many blocks after being hit in the head with a tire iron?

 

[Jimmy(PA)]

Re: Greek priest seeking help is assaulted as 'Arab terrorist'

Is this the sign of a growth in mass hysteria in the US.
If 2012 wasn't enough.

You may be on to something, Just read what people type on here about Muslims.

Sad the path that most Americans are taking, I don't think they were all racist bigots to begin with!

I wasnt aware Muslims were a race? Is hating Republicans racist too?

 

[Jimmy(PA)]

Re: Greek priest seeking help is assaulted as 'Arab terrorist'

Is this the sign of a growth in mass hysteria in the US.
If 2012 wasn't enough.

You may be on to something, Just read what people type on here about Muslims.

Sad the path that most Americans are taking, I don't think they were all racist bigots to begin with!

I wasnt aware Muslims were a race? Is hating Republicans racist too?

Muslim isn't a political term either.

I know that, it was used to prove a point that the two have nothing in common considering there is Muslims from every race.

 

[Libralabsoldier]

Re: Greek priest seeking help is assaulted as 'Arab terrorist'

This same thing happened after 9/11 when a Sikh was killed for wearing a turban. I had a guy in an anger management class who was a Black Muslim that got attacked for wearing a kufi (small crocheted head covering, similiar to the yarmulke) after 9/11. This guy was an Army cook, and was also an Army boxer. Needless to say, he was charged with assaulting an NCO, and the NCO got a slap on the wrist and had to go to "consideration of others" training.