WNBA player Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia in February for bringing cannabis oil into the country while traveling for a basketball game. Griner brought vape cartridges with her containing cannabis oil, a prohibited substance in Russia. Today the 31-year-old was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison, after she was found guilty of possession and smuggling of illegal drugs.
The Biden administration is attempting to work out a prisoner exchange where Griner and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine detained in 2018 in Russia of espionage charges, would be released in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
The White House released the following statement:
“Today, American citizen Brittney Griner received a prison sentence that is one more reminder of what the world already knew: Russia is wrongfully detaining Brittney. It’s unacceptable, and I call on Russia to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates. My administration will continue to work tirelessly and pursue every possible avenue to bring Brittney and Paul Whelan home safely as soon as possible.”
Meh let her stay….
Yea most likely in a box
Grinder broke the law- ever been to Singapore or Thailand?
Remember the 1978 movie Midnight Express?
And the band played on
Or Malaysia. I’ve been based in both Singapore/Malaysia since 200q and they don’t play here with drugs. Probably why there are no “people of colour” hangin’ here to cause trouble.
2001
Hate to harsh ya mellow…but play stupid games…win stupid prizes.
Exactly!
I have no sympathy for her.
Karma.
FBG
Beautiful comment.
A little trip down memory lane should anybody be inclined to feel sorry for her…
“I honestly feel we should not play the national anthem during our season,” Griner said, per The Arizona Republic. “I think we should take that much of a stand.”
Now instead of taking a knee he can get on all fours
Realistically though, Russia is in on board with the BBB agenda for the West. That being said, he wont risk Russias social credit score over this.
Insert Mickey and his middle finger
She/he/it knowingly took drugs into a country well-known for it’s laws and sentences…she/he/it was punished.
Unlike the United States, many countries take this very seriously and have ZERO tolerance for the drug scene.
She’s lucky she did not do this in Turkey…she would probably be incarcerated for life if not executed. Also, is she a he? I don’t get it or is she the person born a hermaphrodite, parents raised her as a girl, and then hormones kicked in? That would be tough…but it says she/he has a wife…I am so confused.
She’s lucky she didn’t do it in Texas 40 years ago.
Homosexual. Wife of the same sex.
Yeah, the laws in foreign countries can be such a hassle.
Golly, darn.
You kneel you break the deal…enjoy your gulag.
This is the kind of crime punishment results we need in the United States. It is this kind of sentencing which puts an end to the bullsh*t.
Amen
They can keep her forever, for all I care.
Personal responsibility.
Let him rot.
I’m just 100% certain that Brittany wishes Trump was still in office.
But she voted for pResident *Biden.
What a dumb box.
99% sure Brittney is not a she. #showmethe DNA
I heard a news snippet of her speaking and she is a man. You can also tell by her adams apple.
Those two things tend to happen with Biological women that are heavy roid users.
That British swimmer from the 1980s olympics that is very anti trans in sports, talked about the Eastern euros she went up against In the olympics and how they had taken so much testosterone they sounded like men and had grown Adam’s apples.
And looking at Griner, her face definitely looks female. As well as her arm muscle tone. Very female. Men’s arms even when feminine tend to have defined biceps and triceps when they apply exercise.
Adam’s Apple is of a human male, surely. I have doubts at the hair line. Non-stop thinking: is an animal.
Eve’s Apple
I don’t care about Brittmey’s DNA or anything else. In Russia she has been delt with in the eyes of the Law. If this had been the United States, she would be free while had it been someone else who done the same thing and who had voted for Trump they would be in the slammer.
“Her” wife?
Playin house.
Very well spotted, indeed.
Putin should say, hey, I will let her go if you let the J6 protestors go.
Full Pardons!
Yep.
That would be funny. But that would feed the lefts narrative that those people were part of a Russian insurrection. But I’d be pleased if they allowed it to happen because they would be free finally.
That’s all we need; a new Russian collusion investigation. Geez
Never heard of…this person. From the picture…this is a guy who identifies as a gurl? None too successfully….
I identify as a millionaire.. None too successfully..
WNBA, like most other female sports does not have wide recognition or audience. The women like to blame it on discrimination, but it is simple business. They can’t sell tickets.
enjoy your stay, bet your wife is already having a new taste on her tongue.
No, she got herself a new puppy. Named her Skippy after her favorite treat, peanut butter, likes to lick up.
Different countries. Different laws. This “woman” may be someone special in the USA because of who and what she is/advocates for. But she’s a nobody in the eyes of the law in foreign lands. The problem with these Leftists is they think their perceived status in the alphabet community gives them immunity. But in actuality it brings out their arrogance that causes these things like prison for ignoring the laws of places they visit.
She brought this on herself. Why should the security of the USA be put in jeopardy by letting an arms dealer walk free just to get her out of self induced predicament?
But she’s a victim from the victim’s party……
Precisely!
She’s got to get back to the US so she can keep protesting our national anthem before her games.
Wonder if she would have received even more time if she hadn’t confessed!
Didn’t she confess? Said she didn’t mean to put in her suitcase? She was in a hurry and it “accidentally” made its ways into her suitcase?
She played a stupid game and don’t like the prize now?
I have no sympathy for her.
I hope this ant-American POC (piece of crap) rots there. She wanted the National Anthem to longer be played before her worthless games, so don’t play it for her now. Just let her rot there.
“Worthless games” my sentiments exactly.
She found her place in life, she wanted to be a victim of her own stupidity and now she actually is.
I’ll bet by the time she gets released she understands the difference between what oppression, racism and many other things ACTUALLY are.
Though I think a women’s prison is likely more of a play ground for her.
Possession of un-prescribed cannabis oil is a felony in Florida. (S)he would be doing time here as well. Burn the Coal, Pay the Toll.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0800-0899/0893/Sections/0893.02.html
Britney Griner was arrested on drug charges February 17, 2022 in Russia. Her trial began less than 5 months later on July 1, 2022. On July 7, Griner plead guilty. August 4 she was sentenced.
Now what can Joe Biden say about the J6, 2021 political prisoners in his D.C. gulag that haven’t been charged, let alone had a trial!?
Looks like Putin at least cares about a timely judicial process, unlike Biden, Garland, Pelosi, Schumer, Liz Cheney, and McConnell
Very, very well. excellent analysis.
Who cares let her rot in JAIL. Disgrace to this Country
She illegally brought a hash-cannibus vaping cartridge into a foreign country. Stupid, stupid, stupid leftist who never thought for a second that other countries have laws that they enforce against everyone, even stupid leftists, unlike in the U.S. where leftists are above the law.
Plainly stupid.
George Carlin: Everybody has a learning disorder or is minimal exceptional.
Back in the good old days, the tv station would go off the air when the late-night western was over.
They would always play the national anthem and go black.
Part of her sentence should be the American national anthem played in her cell before lights out.
Nice touch!
I read that the sheriff in arizona would make the prisoners listen to rush limbaugh.
Something about bologna sandwiches also
Good ol’ Sheriff Joe….Prisoners in tents at 125 degrees….wearing pink underwear.
Russia is not wrongfully retaining Brittney, you frigging dolt. She earned the sentence, too bad.
The “unacceptable” part of the story is Griner brought an illegal substance into a country where she was a guest. Try doing that in Turkey or many other non-western countries and see where it gets you…
She would be in prison for life or executed in Turkey
Ooooohhhhhhhh, the comments here are rough!
I don’t care if she’s a him/her/they/them/fee/fi/fo/fum! Yes, it was so stupid to bring drugs into Russia. So incredibly stupid!! But, she’s still an American citizen and we still believe in bringing our own home, whether we like them or not. Let’s see if the Brandon Administration has any cards left to play. Methinks he does not.
Suurrrrvey Says…. NOPE!
Do you really believe that there are not American citizens in foreign prisons all around the world?? Really?? What makes her/him so special? Why does she/he get the attention of the Head Potato?
“Locked Up Abroad” on NatGeo would’ve been some life altering in flight edu-tainment for Shem.
Put in .. stop sending arms to Ukraine and she/he goes free.
Have a nice day Joe.
She’s anti American. Let her rot in prison.
Dear BFAW,
I say this with no disrespect, however as I recall the Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan left many Americans behind. Not to mention 13 service members killed.
Don’t recall he was upset at all about that!
Could not care less about BG!
I do agree with your comment regarding he (Biden) has no cards left to play!
Can’t imagine Putin cares what the Biden administration says.
Just my honest take.
Be Blest! I mean that truly.
America is the only Country that allows foreigners to break our laws with impunity. And FJB
Uhhh . . . last I checked, it’s not just foreigners breaking our laws with impunity!
Black privilege doesn’t fly in the real world, which is anywhere outside the Anglosphere….
So be it.
What was she doing in Russia in the first place?
Please remind me….. did Brandon show as much concern for the 9,000 Americans he left stranded in Afghanistan?
Or the death of 13 US troops that he is directly responsible for?
Yup! See my above post!
Could not agree more RoninPA!
Thank you! See my own post above!
Again, thank you!
Ignorance and disrespect for the law has consequences.
Ms. I Hate “Take a Knee” America is getting what she deserves.
FJB too!
Most likely the Russians knew she and other players sneak drugs in and just waited until it was politically necessary to embarrass Biden and popped her then.
I don’t have much sympathy, but she is an American as is Whelan, and I want her to come
home.
But Biden popping off in the press isn’t going to persuade the Russians at all. Instead it’s intended to mollify his base.
Other than our soldiers who are ordered to go to foreign lands, I have never had any sympathy for those who get “stuck” outside the country and certainly not anyone who breaks the law.
She’s a giagantor who gets paid big bucks to play a childs game. In a country she hates, make that two. She’s running out of territory real quick.
Not to worry though, Joe will give away mineral rights to half the country if it means she can be back protesting a country that gave her everything, while at work, by next season. Wouldn’t want her to miss a paycheck, weed ain’t as cheap as it used to be now that you gotta pay taxes on it.
OH yes, puhleeze let us have back our pain-in-the-asses so they can be albatrosses around OUR necks. We should not be denied, and Russia doesn’t deserve to have to feed them. But if Russia asks real nice-like, we would send then Kaepernick, LeBron, and whoever else hates a Trump version of the US. (I understand those that don’t like Biden’s flavor of US.)
Please Joebama, stuff your outrage. She BROKE THEIR LAWS!!
You have the unmitigated gall to say “Russia is wrongfully detaining Brittney. It’s unacceptable, and I call on Russia to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends,…” while you hold American citizens prisoner, uncharged in disgusting conditions, for far less alleged J6 transgressions–which, by the way, were aided and abetted by Capitol police themselves.
The lot of you make me puke with disgust.
Her wife! Sorry, her friend or her teammate, yes. Wife, NOPE!
speaking of jan 6 political prisoners…..
What a maroon.
Putin – we don’t want her. She’s all yours!!
Pronouns: He-she. He-she will love it in Russia because he-she hates the US. The US is so racist and sexist. The Russian gulag is true freedom for He-She.
She broke Russian law, pled guilty. Nine years is a long sentence, yes. But good grief, people, don’t go to another country, especially one known for its severe judicial system, and think you’re exempt.
What argument should Biden use to get her back? ‘C’mon man, she’s a star, she’s black, she voted for me.’
And what kind of message does that send to other stupid Americans traveling to other countries?
Considering Biden’s poll #s are ass…I don’t think Putin is gonna allow anything that would be a useful propaganda point for Biden.
Whether or not a prisoner swap is approved, Ms. Sasquatch’s career in the WNBA is probably over. Along with her “marriage”. Negotiations for a swap take time. The only dunking she’ll do in a Russian prison is when the occasional cockroach lands in her boiled cabbage soup.
Too bad Megan Rapinoe wasn’t with her when Griner got arrested.
I wish we treated Thug-Lifers that way here. Imagine the peace and quiet we would all be enjoying!
Don’t do drugs kids.
Send her to Saudi Arabia. They’ll dribble her basketball sized head after it’s lopped off. 😂
Is he working harder to bring her back than he did people stuck in Afghanastan?
This is a feel good story. Hope she doesn’t make it out.
That’s about the sentence you’d get for standing at the Capitol on January 6th.
And if this had been a MAGA/Trump supporter doing something as stupid, would Biden even lift a finger? Thought not!
A US citizen working as a teacher in Russia was recently sentenced to 14 years in prison for possession of 17g of marijuana which he claimed was for medicinal use, but since he’s not a lesbian basketball player, we haven’t heard a peep about it from our own media and politicians.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61849579
… “her wife” … the fact that Creepy Hair Sniffer Bidinh could insert that phrase into his official statement … is the only reason he made any statement whatsoever.
We are all being gaslit by the Queer Mafia. They are desperate to normalize abnormal behavior. No, that’s not a “homophobic” statement … it’s a statistical reality and accurate statement.
Exhibit I: “First Lady” Obama.
Find the writings of the prominent queers, mid 70s.
Their goal was always to normalize and legalize pedophilia.
Wikipedia (I know!!) lists Paul Whelan as “Trump supporter”.
We would have hearings designed to prove that President Trump was a major trafficker.