Marine Beats Terrorist... Er, Orthodox Priest

A Marine reservist in Tampa chased down a terrorist and beat him with a tire iron—only the terrorist was actually a lost tourist and Greek Orthodox priest who spoke little English. Jasen D. Bruce went after Alexios Marakis after Marakis approached him asking for directions. Bruce chased him for three blocks, even calling 911 to tell police he was detaining Marakis, the St. Petersburg Times reports.

Bruce claimed the man grabbed his crotch and tried to rob him, and told cops Marakis was a terrorist and that he yelled "Allahu Akbar" (Arabic for "God is great"), though the Greek church is Christian. The reservist, who already had a lawyer with him at that time, has been charged with battery and police are investigating the possibility that he committed a hate crime.
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