This is ridiculous.
Brittney Griner, an American basketball superstar and Olympic gold medalist, learned her fate in a Russian court after she pleaded guilty to a drug charge last month.
A Russian judge convicted Griner of drug possession and drug smuggling and sentenced her to 9 years in prison. She was also fined one million rubles, the equivalent of about $16,400.
Griner, 31, appeared in a courtroom in Khimki, just outside Moscow. She issued an apology ahead of her verdict and sentencing as prosecutors pushed for a 9.5-year sentence.
“I want to apologize to my teammates, my club, my fans and the city of (Yekaterinburg) for my mistake that I made and the embarrassment that I brought on them,” she said. “I want to also apologize to my parents, my siblings, the Phoenix Mercury organization back at home, the amazing women of the WNBA, and my amazing spouse back at home.”
Griner contended she made “an honest mistake” when she brought vape cartridges containing oils derived from cannabis into a Moscow airport back in February, adding “I hope in your ruling it does not end my life.”
Griner was returning to her Russian basketball team, UMMC Ekaterinburg, after there was a pause in the season for international play. She called Yekaterinburg her “second home.”
“I had no idea that the team, the cities, the fans, my teammates would make such a great impression on me over the 6 1/2 years that I spent here. I remember vividly coming out of the gym and all the little girls that were in the stands there waiting on me, and that’s what kept making me come back here,” she said.
Russian prosecutors argued Griner purposely packed the cannabis oil. Griner’s lawyers argued that Griner was using marijuana to treat pain, but Russian officials said the U.S. laws regarding the legality of the drug had no bearing on the Russian judicial system.
ht/ woody
I heard her(?) on the radio.
That’s a dude I think.
Ha Ha!
Enjoy yer gulag!
The USA is looking pretty good now, uh?
Wait, you can’t put me in jail for pot. I apologized!! They would never treat me like that in America!!
And, after sentence served, repatriate her back to Africa!
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes – no matter how privileged you think you are.
Griner being black, basketball superstar and Olympic gold medalist makes her release well before all the American citizens in Afghanistan and every other nation holding Americans (guilty or not).
Biden needs to shore up his ever supportive black vote before November.
Looks like we’ll buy more oil from Russia and/or throw Ukraine under the bus.
We, the taxpayers, will pay for her release and the Biden Administration and media will applaud the release of another anti-American mouth piece.
Plenty of time to add some Russian Jail Tatts to up her cred.
Oh my, she’s checked all the boxes, she’s a lesbian !
Biden’s efforts will be 4 fold.
dindu-privilege momentarily ineffective outside of US
inquiring minds wonder if he’ll get hormone treatments while in the big house
I saw it suggested that the long sentence may be due to the Biden administration’s willingness to do a trade. Making Griner’s release ‘more valuable’.
Where’s the intent? I’m not seeing it.
In Soviet Russia, vape pen smokes you.
I sure hope she gets to mail in her ballots for the 2022 and 2024 Elections. I wouldn’t want to see her deprived of any of her Constitutional Rights while Griner learns to appreciate the Country she denigrated at every opportunity before her arrest in Russia. Welcome to Putin’s Gulag, baby!
The vape cartridges ‘accidentally’ fell into her suitcase while she was packing.
Typical lame ass excuse from every teenager in America.
“The dog ate my homework.”
“Gee, I don’t know how it got there, officer. It’s not mine.”
Russian prisons are extremely harsh still Brittany who prefers the pronouns he, she, it will do well with all that Russian snatch while serving he, she, it, whatever’s sentence.
No Sympathy for this ungrateful racist, America hating humanoid.
“…U.S. laws regarding the legality of the drug had no bearing on the Russian judicial system…”
That says it all right there! Keep kneeling, Griner in a Russian Prison where hating America might mean something!
More good news for the time being anyway…
Yes, please keep her.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2022/08/04/griner-n2611287
“Black Lives Matter” will be covered up in favor of “Free Brittney”. Where will the “100% off” shopping sprees kick off at first?
Playing political games for media optics is not limited to the United States and our main stream media.
Chicken has an Adam’s apple. What’s up with that?
Do the crime, do the time.
Darwin Award for bringing illegal drugs into a country where she/he/it’s BLM card has no privileges…….
That’s a man, baby! Check TGP for pics.
CORRECTION! Check TBP for pics.
“Russian officials said the U.S. laws regarding the legality of the drug had no bearing on the Russian judicial system.”
No fecal matter, Mr. Holmes.
But let’s hear about how racist the US is. Then again, there is that person who was the Attorney General of California who bragged about the people she put in prison for pot.
” I remember vividly coming out of the gym and all the little girls that were in the stands there waiting on me, and that’s what kept making me come back here.”
I know the feeling, sweetheart.
We should get rid of that Russian arms dealer — after all, what value is he now as a pawn of exchange ??
This is a perfect example of my phrase “pick a letter”. With all the LGB…..blablabla going on I look at that picture and say to myself “Who knows, who cares. Just pick a letter and move on.”
Alternate headline: “Tall basketball player gets a long stretch”.
Haven’t heard from The Worm lately…
She got 9 years for substantially less than Hunter will walk for having.
Communists do what they do. Civil rights? That’s for weak-minded Westerners.
Russians probably consider 9 years for drug possession lenient. Griner will survive and not mistreated. Russians take good care of pawns.
However, Griner won’t learn from her experience. She still won’t have any allegiance to her country, The United States of America. She’s bought and paid for by the Deep State. It would be great if she remains in Russia – one less traitor.
Griner complained she wasn’t read her “Miranda Rights”.
Bish look around, you do know you be in Russia, right?