Politics Brittney Griner

Wow, they finally acknowledged her. Took em what, 4 months?

 

LeBron James critical of United States' efforts to bring Brittney Griner home from Russia
Why don't you go over to Moscow and try fuckin' negotiating with those terrorists? Do you think it's easy? Do you understand that the more public figures that speak out, the more difficult it becomes to get her exchanged? It helps russia realize what a valuable trade asset she is and they just up the price.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...tes-efforts-bring-brittney-griner-home-russia

 

Doesn’t look like it’s the same one to me.

 

Ballsack sports is a parody site. That trophy she's holding up is real though

 

LeBron James is a fucking idiot and a sellout.

 

Yeah, for those that say the cannabis was planted....

 

I still don’t understand why anyone would fly to a Russia with everything going on with Ukraine.

 

Probably the same reason one would take Canabis out of the country.

YOLO

 

She went to Russia before invasion of Ukraine.

 

That's exactly what she was trying to do.

 

Everything I have found is that she was arrested while flying into Russia.

 

I stand corrected. But she could not have known Russia was about to invade Ukraine.

 

Brittany was arrested on February 17th, about two weeks after the Biden administration started declassifying intelligence stating Russia were about to invade Ukraine. To be fair Biden chose to declassify the intelligence regarding the invasion because many leaders of European countries didn't believe Putin would follow through with his threats. I personally did think he would follow through, but whatever.

 

Russia sent an American who brought cannabis into the country to 20 years in prison a few years ago...the guy is still in prison I believe and an Israeli-American woman was in jail for cannabis for 10 months before Brittany got arrested....Russia has a history of brutal cannabis laws...if you sign a contract to work there it's something you should be aware of in the case of Brittany....fame shouldn't make a difference.....all of them should be released. We've so far been unable to secure the release of an American Embassy worker also arrested and imprisoned in Russia. I don't think Brittany's chances look too good given Russia's history of political prisoners and harsh sentences....hopefully something changes but it's not like we've gained favor with the Russian courts.

 

It was only a couple weeks before the invasion happened. Russia had been building up forces for months and the US was releasing intelligence that it was going to happen.

And with all that said, I don’t know how anyone from the LGBTQ community could go to Russia. It was always dangerous for them. Seems like the risk would be much more than the reward.

 

Grinder said 2020 was the first time she voted. She was clearly not politically engaged but I am sure you could say that about a lot of athletes.