If they want an arms dealer as reported, there better be more than 3 Americans in Russia, otherwise Russia can ask for something else.
Brittney Griner....WTH!
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So Russia picked her to set up and plant drugs on randomly? Then forced a confession out of her...just trying to keep up on the masses that are celebrating/defending people over-estimating their celebrity and keeping their American 'I don't give a fuk, they can't do shit, I'm American' attitude when they travel abroad?
I get the offense is minimal, but self-awareness in the world's boogey man russia, just leave it and buy a new one.
I get the offense is minimal, but self-awareness in the world's boogey man russia, just leave it and buy a new one.
I’m not entirely in the “planted” drugs corner, but it’s not out of the realm of possibility for an extraordinarily tall, black lesbian (in a very xenophobic/homophobic country) with some fame to her to be singled out and screwed over for Russian political prisoner swapping.
It's entirely possible that she is guilty of bringing the drugs in and the Russians seeing an opportunity to exploit the situation
Brittney Griner is finally freed, but her peril is that of Black women in America
OP/ED: The conditions that brought the U.S. basketball player to Russia in the first place, and perhaps what have kept her there for so long, reflect the vulnerability that often comes with being a Black woman.
hot take article from hell.
Good grief. I could barely get through that.Brittney Griner is finally freed, but her peril is that of Black women in America
OP/ED: The conditions that brought the U.S. basketball player to Russia in the first place, and perhaps what have kept her there for so long, reflect the vulnerability that often comes with being a Black woman.www.msnbc.com
hot take article from hell.
It’s like some of these writers have a list of grievances that they pick, pull, shove and shoehorn into any situation.
Never mind that there is another dude that has been there much longer.
Paul Whelan, an American detained in Russia, wonders why he was left behind
Paul Whelan, a US citizen who remains imprisoned in Russia, is questioning why he was left behind in the prisoner swap that freed fellow American Trevor Reed.
amp.cnn.com
Russia sentences American teacher Marc Fogel to 14 years in prison for "large-scale" cannabis smuggling
Marc Fogel has said he didn't know it was illegal to bring the cannabis he'd been prescribed for medical reasons into Russia.
www.cbsnews.com
Griner case helps spotlight Whelan detention
The Whelans say the increased attention to Paul Whelan's case has been reassuring, mostly because they don't want him to be forgotten.
I’m sure she’ll have a greater appreciation of just how good she had it here in the US if and when she’s released.
I thought pleading guilty was supposed to bring the punishment down. 9 years seems insane either way.
Indigenous is actually capitalized now also. Recent change in the last few years to the style guide for black and indigenous to be capitalized when in reference to heritage.
Explaining AP style on Black and white
AP’s style is now to capitalize Black in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense, conveying an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among people who identify as Black, including those in the African diaspora and within Africa.
apnews.com
Where have you been Tony? Man have we missed your anti women rhetoric. 😏
Little if anyone gave a sh!t about the WNBA then she would not have been over there in the first place. Ask yourself why the NBA has to subsidize the WNBA?
Her own greed is what put her in harms way.
Russia is so evil, right? Wonder if Ms. Griner would prefer 9 years in Siberia over life in Mississippi.
I dont think you have the whole truth.
This was not Drummer’s first run-in with the law, she had three felony convictions in Shelby County, Tennessee. One in 1992 for involuntary manslaughter, one in 1998 for aggravated assault, and another in 2007 for possession of cocaine.
While it could be argued she still does not deserve life, at least present a fair argument.
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My biggest issue with the prisoner swap, the media, and the state of our nation is we have a guy over there who may or may not have been a spy for the US who has been chill’n in prison there, but it takes some WNBA player for it to make news. I’m not sure how much time and effort has been placed on his release, but everyone is talking about getting the WNBA player back and no has been or is talking about the other person.
First time I have heard that wanting to work is greed, LIV golf notwithstanding.
Well you can conveniently leave out details that actually tell the REAL story, just be reminded that you're a complete moron in doing so (not many here can read, but a few can and actually comprehend). And even worse yet you actually knowingly took the time to do it.
Other than that, great job.
She's a black lesbian and a Dimocrat is the President (taylor made for the Liberal Media lapdogs). She'll be a serious contender for a job in the Biden Administration upon release for the swap with the "Merchant of Death". Her WNBA career that nobody watches is then likely over. Biden's America.
You get what you vote for. Enjoy.
So what are the details of the manslaughter she committed as a non-adult thirty years ago...and served time for?
And what are the details of the aggravated assault? I can’t seem to find those either.
If she serves as an example of the blessings this country has provided to all of our citizens then yes she can serve as that example. Her smug arrogance and projected victim hood is disgusting in light of the privileges our country has provided her. She absolutely does not deserve 9 years in a Russian prison but I have very little sympathy as karma slaps her around a bit and reminds her and people like her was real oppression looks like
I probably disagree with her on most things but that's exactly why she got 9 years. She is a bargaining chip. If she plead not guilty or accused the Russians of false charges, the 9 years would have been longer. Russia has already said they are open to negotiations.
Now, why she went to Russia? Folks are saying that she was forced because the WNBA doesn't pay enough lol. She makes $250K for playing around 30 games a year plus its subsidized by the NBA. Still shouldn't cost her 9 years.
Russia "ready to discuss" prisoner swap now that Brittney Griner sentenced
The White House has urged Russia to accept its offer of a deal for the release of Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan
www.cbsnews.com
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