Man in Nazi uniform arrested after pitcher attack outside Athens bar

A man wearing a Nazi officer uniform was arrested early Friday after he allegedly struck a woman with a glass pitcher outside a downtown Athens bar, breaking her nose and injuring her face, police and witnesses said. The incident occurred late Thursday night outside Cutters Pub in Athens, Georgia, where patrons confronted the man after they noticed he was wearing a black uniform and a red armband bearing a swastika.

Police identified the suspect as 33 year old Kenneth Leland Morgan. Athens Clarke County jail records show he was booked on charges of aggravated assault and simple battery and remained in custody early Friday. Records list a bond of $1,500 for the battery count, while the aggravated assault charge carried no bond, according to the jail log.

Video of the confrontation circulated online and shows a crowd of people preventing the man from entering the bar. Several patrons confronted him and one woman attempted to remove the armband. Witnesses say Morgan then swung a large glass pitcher at the woman, who doubled over and appeared severely injured before bystanders intervened. The victim, identified by friends and witnesses as Grace Lang, said she had been sitting...