The Few, The Proud, The Morans.

[Dr.Phool]

Tampa police: Marine reservist attacked Greek priest he mistook for terrorist

By Alexandra Zayas and Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writers
In Print: Wednesday, November 11, 2009

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article1050707.ece

More.

From the St. Petersburg Times ...

A Marine reservist armed with a tire iron beat and chased a man he thought was an Arab terrorist and even called 911 to say he was detaining the man, police said.

But the man he assaulted was actually a Greek Orthodox priest visiting from overseas who spoke limited English, police said.

...

Instead of offering help, Bruce struck the priest on the head with a tire iron, police said.

Ye Olde long distance ethno-credal identification. Works every time.

Full story here.

Late Update: Oh my .... TPM Reader LM points out that assailant Jasen D. Bruce (or someone with the exact same name who looks an awful lot like him), in addition to bludgeoning Islamic terrorist Greek Orthodox priests, also does some (NSFW) modeling.

--Josh Marshall

[stray cat]

1. Pick the person you most often have on ignore on DU - you are that person

as that person is the perfect representation of all of DU - now is that really a fair statement.

[Dr.Phool]

15. ?

Whatever the fuck that means.

[Sannum]

2. GOD!

What the hell is wrong with these people?!

[Nikki Stone1]

3. Is it possible this Marine had PTSD?

It sounds like it.

[Sannum]

4. It says in the article he was never deployed.

No PTSD, just an idiot.

[csziggy]

5. More likely 'Roid Rage

From the article linked to in the OP:
"Jasen Bruce, 28, enlisted as a reserve Marine as a teenager, was discharged honorably when he finished his contract, and enlisted again this March. He has never been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, a Marine Corps spokesman said. He got married last month in full dress uniform.

"Bruce is a sales manager for APS Pharmacy in Palm Harbor. His blog entries tout the benefits of increasing testosterone and human growth hormones. He was charged with misdemeanor battery in 2007 for hopping over the bed of a tow truck and shoving its driver. He pleaded no contest."

[Nikki Stone1]

8. Oh, that's bad.

Yikes.

[salguine]

16. I think more along the lines of an acute case of log-stupid.

[C_Lawyer09]

6. Did you mean morons?

[Forkboy]

7. Not on DU. We say moran to honor this brainiac.

[Sannum]

10. I love that photo.

It gets me everytime. Do you think this guy knows he is a celebrity?

[Forkboy]

12. When I posted it I was wondering if he was aware of it being all over the internet.

Then I figured he probably isn't smart enough to use a PC. :)

[C_Lawyer09]

13. Hillarious

Thanks for the insight

[SoCalDem]

9. nope he meant morans.. Welcome to DU

Here's a helpful link for new folks:)

DU Glossary

[C_Lawyer09]

14. Been flyin' blind

Appreciate the tools

[ZombieHorde]

11. "Moran" is a DU joke. Oops, this was already explained to you.

Welcome to DU.