What is the definition of smuggling? Secreting a drug into the country? If so, that seems like what she did.
Britney Griner - What is your Opinion?
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No it’s because half the country is split on whether they even want to protect an American so why would the Russians think they have anything other than the upper hand?
It's your fault man.
And the system. We got to change the system.
Free Kid Rick.
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Can't you do any better? You blame Americans for Britney Griner? This thread exceeds your capabilities.
I think I did. All the articles admit she was trying to take an illegal drug into the country. On its face, not knowing all of the elements of the Russian crime, would seem consistent with smuggling.
smuggling
[ˈsməɡliNG]
NOUN
- the illegal movement of goods into or out of a country:
All this arguing back and forth accomplishes nothing. Russia is going to do whatever Russia wants to do with Griner and there is nothing Uncle Joe USA version can do about it.
I apologize to the real Uncle Joe Stalin's ghost for insulting him by giving Uncle Joe Biden the same nickname.
I apologize to the real Uncle Joe Stalin's ghost for insulting him by giving Uncle Joe Biden the same nickname.
For one, she was leaving the country when she was arrested so by default that means she wasn't "secreting a drug INTO the country". Second, it has been reported she bought the cartridges in Russia so if those reports are true, she brought nothing into the country. Her By definition, that means your statement was false.
Either way, I'm back to K or False as the only response to you. You struggle with larger multi syllable words and phrases.
Now people who disagree with Ryan are Russian empathizers. That is some prime commie logic.
Was she? It’s wild how she can be trying to take something in to a place that she’s already at. Entering while exiting. Should be it’s own sport.
Link to a source that says she bought them in Russia. Her own attorney said they were in her bags because she was in a rush packing to go to Russia.
You are back to being schooled and having no argument. Gotcha, K.
Ask for any link you want. The fact is you said she was secreting a drug into the country. Her attorney said they were in her bag because she was in a rush to leave Russia. She was leaving the country when she was arrested to come home. Your statement is false and you continue to be wrong. So I will repeat what I said earlier...False.
“We are not arguing that Brittney took it here as a medicine. We are still saying that she involuntarily brought it here because she was in a rush,” defense attorney Alexander Boykov said after the hearing.
Sorry, TCurt, you’re just wrong, again.
Brought it to the airport when she was leaving the country you Dolt. She meant to just leave it in Russia.
She also has 0.702 grams in 2 vape cartridges. That sure is a smuggling criminal mastermind. She should be drawn and quartered according to people like Caveman.
Nice for you to acknowledge you were wrong. That’s a big step for a narcissist like you.K
You said she bought the drug in Russia and meant to keep it in Russia and that she was leaving Russia when she was arrested in the airport. Wrong on all counts.
TCurt resorts to panicked name calling when he posts something utterly false or ridiculous and is called on it.
Russians reportedly found four cartridges containing hash oil during a customs search, according to Time, as Griner attempted to enter Russia after a flight from NYC.
TCurt could not be more wrong about the facts of this case, but wants to call others names. A demonstration of his lack of character.
Let’s just build a giant saw and saw off Florida and let it float away. Bugs Bunny was a genius.
“ast week, she pleaded guilty to carrying 0.702 grams of cannabis oil in two vape cartridges, which authorities found in her luggage before a flight”
so again you continue to post false information. Nice try pumpkin. It’s cute when you try.
https://time.com/6193324/brittney-griner-timeline-russia/
On Feb. 17, Griner, who plays for the Phoenix Mercury, was taken into custody at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow after her arrival to play in the off-season with UMMC Ekaterinburg, a Russian women’s basketball team where Griner has been a star for the past seven years. Airport authorities allegedly found four vape cartridges containing hash oil, a concentrated form of cannabis that is illegal in Russia, in Griner’s luggage. Russian Federal Customs Service said an airport security dog prompted customs officials to search her possessions. Griner was charged with violating Article 229.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia, a law criminalizing illegal drug trafficking and smuggling.
https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2022/07/21/62d9146d46163f94838b45e1.html
Griner was detained at the Heremetyevo International Airport near Moscow after she arrived to play during the WNBA off-season for Russian side UMMC Ekaterinburg.This is something many women basketball players do to supplement there income. Shortly after her detention, videos surfaced on social media of her passing through security at the airport, in which security officers can be seen inspecting her bags.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/spo...-and-detainment-in-russia-a-timeline/3757413/
Jan. 23: The State Department issues a Level 4 Travel Advisory – Do Not Travel for Russia as a result of the tension along the country’s border with Ukraine.
Jan. 29: Griner plays her last game for Russia’s UMMC Ekaterinburg before the league’s two-week break for FIBA World Cup qualifying tournament. She leaves the country.
Feb. 10-14: Team USA hosts the Group D qualifying tournament which includes Russia, Belguim and Puerto Rico. Those four countries compete against one another over five days. The United States does not play Russia but collects wins over Belgium on Feb. 11 and Puerto Rico on Feb. 12. Griner does not play in either contest.
Feb. 17: Griner returns to Russia and is arrested in the Moscow airport on drug charges.
The problem is you had a lot of the media (and leftists) making demands, accusations, and doing a lot of virtue signaling... sort of acting like this is the first time a professional athlete had been detained for breaking a law in another country. That's the wild thing a lot of people don't realize: this happens almost every year.
It seemed because she was a female, AND playing for the WNBA (which the media is trying SO hard to build up), AND *****... that this became more important than if it was someone else. You had people saying "if this was a man.." or "if this was Lebron".. "if she was straight ".. almost like who she was more deserving to be set free and we should all be trying harder.
I think that sparked a lot of the "patriotic" side to take pause, especially with her past comments on the US.
I do agree, I think.. like always.. the loudest on both sides turned this into a bigger debacle than it already was.
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I can’t believe you’re still caping for the Russian government after being wrong on all counts. Moving to Russia is an option you know?
Not sure I was wrong about any of it. Do you know how many WNBA players traveled to Russia at the same time as Griner?
I don't have an opinion of her, not knowing her personally.
Her situation, however, is an indictment of our entire education and social system as it has devolved. She is as clueless as probably 60% or more of Americans how anything works anywhere much less in foreign countries. We're raising entire generations that are relatively idiots compared to their peers worldwide. They have no intelligence or common sense, and no self control nor accountability.
Her situation is symbolic of where the USA stands right now. We've put our country in the hands of foreign governments and the country that gave us the freedom to make such stupid decisions doesn't exist to bail us out. (Of course, this admin may do it for her, because it's all political theater anymore.)
I just see you and Ed dragging your knuckles across each other's posts. Is that what you call a festival?
And, yet, US women play basketball in Russia every year. Somehow, those other women navigate the distinctions in the laws. Seems Griner admits that she knew the law, but that she rushed and was careless when she traveled TO Russia. That is the argument of her attorney. I hope the tribunal has leniency.
Ol Curtis died on that hill that she didn’t bring it with her
Not only was she in a rush to pack to leave the US, she was also recovering from Covid. A decade ago, she would’ve claimed fibromyalgia.
She also wasn’t read her rights. I’m not sure the Russians got the Miranda memo.
I get it that her attorneys don’t have much to work with here. She’s guilty and there’s not a lot that they can do to free her. She's not coming home until Biden decides to swap her with someone held here.
They even threw out, “back in the us, lots of docs recommend dope.”
Lead ballooned.
Russian Foreign Ministry said last week that the legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use in parts of the U.S. had no bearing on what happens in Russia.
KOl Curtis died on that hill that she didn’t bring it with her
Not only was she in a rush to pack to leave the US, she was also recovering from Covid. A decade ago, she would’ve claimed fibromyalgia.
She also wasn’t read her rights. I’m not sure the Russians got the Miranda memo.
I get it that her attorneys don’t have much to work with here. She’s guilty and there’s not a lot that they can do to free her. She's not coming home until Biden decides to swap her with someone held here.
They even threw out, “back in the us, lots of docs recommend dope.”
Lead ballooned.
Russian Foreign Ministry said last week that the legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use in parts of the U.S. had no bearing on what happens in Russia.
We found Caveman's burner account.
Sounds like you think burner accounts are the norm here. How many accounts do you have, Ed?
ESPN and Griner should have contacted you to get the real story.
“She has pleaded guilty to the charges but says she had no criminal intent in bringing them into the country and packed in haste for her return to play in a Russian basketball league during the WNBA's offseason.”
There are a lot of people in the USA in jail and prison for similar types of offenses. Is the USA government ready to release them? I mean put your money where your mouth is and stop focusing on one person. There are Americans in jails around the world for similar offenses? Where the outrage for them?