Yeah, it sucks. But there was one thing kind of heartening—if you read the comments following the article at link #2, it looks like many folks realize the musclehead is a douchebag. I know the area well, and let’s just say that’s not typical. I expected more “Shuduv bashed the Muslin fags hed in!” comments…

Sounds like the plot of my unsold film script, Insane Juicer Stoolie PTSD Psycho-Fuck II: Shake Glands With the Devil.

That just plain sucks, KK, in ways that make me hope that Father Marakis builds himself a biomechanical exo-surplice and goes Total Robot Sigourney on the guy. 

Let me get this straight: A guy with a criminal history attacks an unarmed man, tells conflicting stories (none of which would justify what he did), and the prosecutor lets him off? Weak sauce, guys.

I especially love the part where this prick and his lawyer continued to slander the victim even after the dismissal.

In a news conference a few hours later at his lawyer’s office in St. Petersburg, Bruce said that he’s lost his faith in people and religion, but that he would forgive the priest, whom he wants to “man up” about the truth.

“I do forgive him for what he’s done to me,” he said. “… I’m over it.”

...while telling a 911 operator that the man looked like he was from Afghanistan, that he had tried to rob him and that he had grabbed his genitals and propositioned him for sex.

...Bruce — a 220-pound pharmacy manager who blogs photos of himself flexing his muscles and had worked as a drug informant for police

They also said they don’t believe the priest was really lost, pointing out that he was in a “known gay trolling area” near a bar.

Roid rage, or a really obvious case of projection? Can’t decide.