Law & Crime network host Brian Buckmire explains how Brittney Griner’s drug trial in Russia is tied up in a larger geopolitical conflict – and whether the WNBA star could return home any time soon.
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We have American Pows in russia from Ukraine right now and griner think she a priority? A fucking drug addict over American POW's? Sounds about right for the biden admin though. They'll get the druggy out and leave the American POW's, watch and see. If we are trading with terrorists in russia, we trading for the vets first. Honestly, be better off to leave griner in russia since she hates America, thinks everyone racist.
It means she's gonna stay there for a while,plain and simple!
The cases adjourned until February 14th!?!?!?! WTF!!!!!!
So glad this street thug is behind bars.
Griner will serve her time in jail in Siberia. Her wife will join her and they will be happy Afro Siberian couple.
Good choice!
Anything but going back to the racist, right wing, rulled by white supremacists evil America!
If a libtard hater break's the law is that really a crime? Leave her alone she hates the USA more than Putin.
You do the crime you do the time. Don’t smuggle prescription drugs you don’t have a prescription for into Russia. Now you have to deal with the consequences. This is one of the woke sports stars who won’t even come onto the court during the national anthem then writes Biden a letter on July 4 lol.
You cannot tell me that she was unaware of the laws in Russia, she's played basketball there for years to supplement her WNBA income. Yes, it may have been an accident to pack those cartridges in her luggage but with the Russian Military exercises going on at the time, she should have realized that she was an open target.
I’m waiting for the complaints about Russian jails being full of white people.
Funny, we never hear complaints about China being “full of Chinese people” or complaints about the racial make up of the Middle East, Africa, South America, etc.
Trump would have had her out 139 days ago.
Slow Joe can’t stand up to Putin because Putin has too much dirt
on Joe, Hunter and CornPop
Thank you for this story, prayers for Brittney hoping she gets home soon.
The fact people are joking about this is draconian.
The media is making it a political issue by saying she was "wrongfully detained" You think their President likes what he is hearing? She is going to do some serious time in Russia.
Some Black people love lawbreakers. Keep ass over there to pay for he/her crime.
to the news reporters who lie, and have a agenda that is based on false narratives how's it feel to be. a sell out ? shouldn't even be able to call yourself americans you guys are embarrassment all are fallen soldiers didn't lay their life on the line or die for this disgusting agenda
I'm tired of seeing unlawfully detained it's not unlawful if you committed a crime and the picture y'all are painting is if your "famous " the law shouldn't apply to you she committed a crime now you should do the time the same as I would have too the government wouldn't take a second look and the thought they would even consider doing a prisoner exchange with a arma dealer is beyond comprehension doesn't make any sense if they do it and he sells guns to terrorists who kills kids women it is on the government and her
America has a lot more to concern themselves with than basketball player.
"I had no idea it was a vape stick….I thought it was my penis"
We should just learn that there is no point to travel to fascist Russia
I hope she stays locked in Russia until their entire mountain range is gone 😊❤😍😎😂
Couldnt have happened to a better anti-American!
"Packed in a hurry' MY ASS – that crap only flies in the West lool
They will not trade a Russia spy for a basketball player. She’s toast.
Why should she return home? She is super guilty, so, she must serve her time now.
Also, i heard, she doesn't like USA that much, so, everything cool.
Don't drop the soap.
You don’t have to knowing have something in your possession in the United States. You will be charged with it no matter what.
Black Lives Matter should visit Russia and protest
Will joe biden free inmates that are prosecuted on drug charges too?
10 years 🤷🏽♀️
She’s probably done this many times she goes to Russia every year so this isn’t the first time but. It’s the first time she got caught. Now she knows she’s not above the law. Do your time Brittney you errand it. Good luck
TO MANY BLACKS IN PRISON.. SEND THEM TO RUSSIA.. DIVERSIFY
Wrongfully detained! She’s rightfully arrested! And she hates America! So she can stay there and serve her sentence. Also doesn’t mater if there was a drop of THC, it’s illegal substance in a foreign country! And another lie being told by the media, she was caught with 10 carts of THC (10 grams or maybe 5 grams) 10 years for Smuggling illegal substances is a federal crime specially in Russia