CNN's Brianna Keilar and journalist Cari Champion discuss the media's coverage of and public opinion toward Brittney Griner's detention and trial in Russia. #CNN #News
Brittney Griner’s coach: ‘If it was Lebron, he’d be home’
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They really are reaching, Brittany should have never had those drugs in her possession, in a country where it illegal….nuff said!
I just want to tell one person this The Difference between Lebron and Britney Grinner is There Net worth. Lebron James is a Billionaire and Britney Grinner isn’t even a Millionaire thats The Difference money. Yes if Lebron was in Russia he be Home Because he’s got The Money. M
@Robert Manos it’s federally illegal. I grant you your contradiction in the 10th amendment though.
@Lenny Felix They better start shirts and skins games for that bag, queen!
@I Am Dean it’s literally not it depends on the state. If you can buy it from the government it’s legal. So no it’s not a federal offense to smoke weed anywhere in the US, depends on the state.
If her flight occasionally diverted to Singapore, wow, she would be 💀
“If it was Lebron, he’d be home”
Followed by “It’s a statement about the value of a black person”. 🥴
Isn’t LeBron black? Y’all can’t even figure out what narrative to use.
She broke the law. Thought her status as a star basketball player would get her some kind of exemption. Talk about privilege.
If it was an average person, would they be able to speak to the president to get them released? I feel bad for her, but she made the choice to bring cannabis on a plane to Russia. What kind of idiot does that, and thinks she won’t have to suffer the consequences if she’s caught? Accountability is a concept none of these idiots want to acknowledge anymore.
And stop with the narrative that she’s been “falsely incarcerated”. She broke the law. She doesn’t deserve to be treated different just cause she plays basketball.
He is a super rich black person. Maybe LJ can grease the proper officials via back channels to secure BG’s release.
@Jack LNU u do realize the u.s. is supplying there adversary in war?….at the very least she is putins pawn lol
Hmmm what is it your not getting….
@Rose City Sports your last sentence was funny as hell 🤣 I laughed for that one…good one
Anyone willing to accept the claim that she broke the law is too gullible to have a valid opinion.
My perception is Lebron wouldn’t have put himself in that situation. There are Consequences for your own actions. Also you’re in a foreign hostile country. Totally different laws and values.
@Inez Smalls You are gullible if you think the Russians didn’t frame her.
@Michael Morningstar and you r if you believe she was. 🤣🤣
@Inez Smalls Get literate. I’m not deciphering that.
@Michael Morningstar 👍🏿
Maybe if the NBA paid like the WNBA he would have.
I think it’s about Drug’s, and she was caught… if she tried this in Thailand, she would be looking at a death sentence….
It is also illegal to import cannabis into the US. Never travel internationally with drugs, always support local dealers, take a break from drugs, or don’t travel.
The death penalty for some weed??
And if she wasn’t a WNBA player, no one would be talking about her.
She’s benefitting from her name.
Maybe she’s not getting what a LeBron would get. But she’s definitely getting more attention than the average prisoner.
yooo your statement just made me realize this is a girl lmfao
this whole time I thought it was a dude lmaooo
@Flygod Frosty what man do you know with the name ‘Brittney’ sir 🙇🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️?
@Flygod Frosty oh wow.. same
@Flygod Frosty 😂😂Bret Griner
Last fight https://youtu.be/7Gf6-IgljyE
The effort spent to return Britney should be equal to the amount of effort to return any random unknown American citizen, which is to say, absolutely none.
@Janet Collester Right, so in a month or so, this will all be over.
#LetHerStay
Last fight https://youtu.be/7Gf6-IgljyE
Last fight https://youtu.be/3RVEXAp6PuU
You are grossly unaware of what the state department does.
Hey I think Brittany has found something that both dems and reps can agree on.
Good job .
Yea, no one cares about her being in jail in Russia
These folks should be required to watch 20 or so episodes of “Locked Up Abroad” before going – well – abroad!
Interesting, I would watch that.
Last fight https://youtu.be/7Gf6-IgljyE
When someone doesn’t get their way. Why do they have to play the race, gender & 🌈 card? Can’t they be accountable for what they’ve done?
@Alvan jus too bad none of the bs is gonna work over there jus in the u.s. lol
@hondamoto1234 LOL I don’t care. That’s not even my point. Read the thread. I just don’t like hypocrites. If you were stuck or your family, would use any “card” you had RIGHT? LOL Tell me I’m wrong and you”ll look like a liar.
@Alvan You ARE supporting and excusing her with: “she’s stuck in a russian prison, during war” YOU ARE WRONG
She says if it was Lebron, he would be home. Two seconds later she says, “It’s the statement of the value of a black person” as an excuse as to why she is still held there. She of course, just by looking at her, makes no sense.
I guess when one has a whole deck of victim cards to choose from, deciding which one to draw gets confusing.
@Marie Lucas I unfortunately do not know what you are saying, but I assume with the winky face you posted, you agree 100%, so thank you Marie Lucas for agreeing with me 🙂
Last fight https://youtu.be/7Gf6-IgljyE
100% agree and I’m black
If it was Joe Smith, fork lift driver for amazon, we wouldn’t even know he was there. Just saying
Leave joe outta of this
@heymisterderp thanks for being a labor worker. It’s not respected or acknowledged enough. Preople like you are the spine of this country. ❤
@Sir1626 lol
@Jimmie Jackson Jr thanks sweetneart ❤
@EhhYo Mikey #fightforjoe
When you enter a foreign country respect their laws, and if you’re not going to do that then be prepared for their justice system.
simple as that 👌
“We’re not looking at it that way.” Here’s the way I’m looking at it. Nations have laws. Break them at your own peril. What am I missing here? I don’t understand why I should support her on this.
Women and black people need to be protected
Last fight https://youtu.be/u244gu7o5ys
People seem to be forgetting one very important thing: Lebron wouldn’t put himself in this kind of situation to begin with.
@tibirius maximus so you trust the KGB. Seems legit….
@WeIT 1) She wasn’t starving without that Russian money, she’s a female athlete, not a Victorian era chimney sweep. 2) If she had to make some extra money, she could have worked in America. 3) If she absolutely had to work abroad, she should have chosen a country that isn’t a dictatorship with terrible diplomatic relations with her home country. 4) She shouldn’t have broken the law. Because if a Russian government agency was planning to frame her for further use as a bargaining chip, they would have saddled her with something like “espionage”. That way she can be officially exchanged for a Russian spy or diplomatic concession. There’s no such thing as US-Russian pothead swaps, the last I checked.
@WeIT Please go to bed…and dream about the shiny, functional, new brain cells that you’re going to have after a good night’s sleep.
Last fight https://youtu.be/7Gf6-IgljyE
Just because he doesn’t have to work the off season. It’s not like he has some great principled stand.
What a lame statement from the coach and the guest. Both of these individuals are what’s wrong with the situation. The coach is supposed to be the leader not the lead butt kisser. The coach should have known she was a user and made sure this person, a key player, under her watch wasn’t going to get in trouble.
What about Paul Whelan, an American still held in Russia for over three years and sentenced to 16 years on false espionage charges? Is he any less worthy than Ms. Griner? It took years to bring back Trevor Reed, a Marine Corps veteran, from Russia. Is he any less worthy than Ms. Griner?
I hope for Brittany Griner’s return as expeditiously as any American held overseas, but to claim she is being neglected due to her race, gender, or sexual preference is wrong. In fact, her notoriety probably makes it more difficult to bring her home because Putin knows he has a prize. He is not impressed by a lot of noise made about her captivity. It probably encourages him to not release her because of her status and how it disturbs us. Be assured, the real effort is being done through typical quiet diplomatic channels, as it is for Paul Whelan, Trevor Reed, or any American.
Well said
As far back as August 2021 – the US Government issued traveling warnings to US Citizens telling them NOT TO TRAVEL TO RUSSIA due to pending hostilities unless they had a family emergency or worked for the US Government.
BG decided to travel anyway in early 2022.
Actions has consequences. Being rebellious and ignoring warnings has consequences. I don’t know what else to say…..
1 John Kamoche Fuk what you saying it here 😠 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zrfSK6pnpQ
Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 😠
5:25 Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😠😠
Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖
los mortales abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer
Thank you for the comment. The word was out loud and clear and she decided to stay. Only Putin can release her. There is nothing Biden can do.
When she does finally get out, she can be on National Geographic’s show “Locked Up Abroad”. They always show smugglers getting caught and consequences.
1 Mike N Fuk what you saying it here 😠 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zrfSK6pnpQ
Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 😠
5:25 Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😠😠
Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖
los mortales abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer
She’s innocent.
It took two years of negotiation with Russia for Trevor Reed to be release. I hope she and other Americans being detained in Russia get release but expecting a POTUS to magically make the process of your release quick is a fool’s hope.
2:56 y’all literally just played the if game. It’s in the title!!! 😂😂
1 Toxic Dating Coach – Mindful Attraction Fuk what you saying it here 😠 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zrfSK6pnpQ
Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 😠
5:25 Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😠😠
Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖
los mortales abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer