WNBA star Brittney Griner is currently imprisoned in Russia and faces up to 10 years in a foreign prison after she pleaded guilty to drug charges earlier this week.
Many celebrities in the U.S. are speaking out to spread awareness about her situation and pressure the Biden administration into making a prisoner swap deal with Russia so Griner can come back home free.
Chris Brown took to his Instagram Story on Thursday (July 7) voicing his support for Griner and frustrations with the harsh judicial system in Russia. He believes if a male athlete of the same caliber was locked up overseas, America would be doing everything in its power to free him.
“It’s not my business but…. it’s fucked up what they doing to Brittney Griner,” he wrote. “If this was a male star athlete yall would be way more vocal and helpful. That shit lame as fuck. I wish I could really help her out.”
According to Fox News, a prisoner swap for dangerous Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is on the table. Nicknamed the “Merchant of Death,” Bout is currently serving a 25-year sentence in America after being convicted of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and providing aid to a terrorist organization.
Questlove Calls Attention To Detained WNBA Star Brittney Griner After Russian Court Appearance
As for other news in Chris Brown’s world, CB returned two weeks after the release of his Breezy LP to deliver his loaded Breezy deluxe album, which boasts nine new tracks with features from Anderson .Paak and Davido.
Well, this is a dumb statement because male star basketball players don’t need to play in Russia to get paid more, so a male athlete would never be in this situation. Also, I feel like many people have been very vocal about this issue. I mean… this has been headline news for a while now. Chris Brown accusing other people of not being vocal when he’s the one that doesn’t know what’s going on in the world lol.
were not trading high ranking spies of russia for brittany boxmuncher
She should get her lgbt “allies” since she identifies more with them than she does being a black person.
What an idiotic comment! Smh. And you this how? You don’t! Your assumption is uneducated. I’d assume you identify with heterosexual more than you do black. ?
I identify with what I see in the mirror: a BLACK man. Im sorry you and your band of pronoun weirdos think its a badge of honor to announce your sexuality, but I dont. Get a career and a life.
Well, anyone could have that argument. I’m not a public figure and if I got caught doing something in another country it wouldn’t even make the news.
…trade an arms dealing potential terrorist, who was plotting a terrorist attack in America, for a drug smuggling basketball player who was smuggling drugs. This sounds fair.
But she brought in drugs to Russia AND plead guilty!!! I mean…
That’s what they told us! Her guilty plea was Russian lawyers recommendation to set her up to be exchanged for the man Russia wants freed, it’s all bullshit!
GRINER: I hate America. America is so racist. Let me kneel during the National Anthem. Go BLM.
GRINER after getting arrested in Russia: Why won’t America help me? I love America!
I hope she rots in a Russian prison.
J-ay: Anyone who holds America accountable hates America. American abolitionist hated America, they should have never spoken truth to power.
J-ay: I love my country more than Brittney. Everything leaders have done in the past have been good for American even if it has hurt people if color. They should shut up and play sports for our entertainment. Get American medals and be quiet. By the way, despite all of their sacrifices for America, this country owes them nothing.
America owes people of color half the land of America. The other half should go to the Native Americans who trusted those pale demons in the first place
That will accomplish what? Your racist and being used as a tool. If you had it your way there would be zero order, raping killing stealing and human kind would just be so much better off I suppose? Mabey stop feeling pity for yourself and get off your ass and go be successful, you won’t have time to worry about the conditioning from the media/government/athletes/musicians..
People always way you to be vocal and out up some lame ass tweet..why don’t u go talk to the politicians and people w power and money not us poor folk
Broke another country’s law, is what it is she feels intitled to do as she pleases and this one has got her in ****.
She will learn after doing her time
i agree…i feel the same way about otto warmbier…dont think that you can use ur cultural latitude to break another countries rules…
she either gonna chief all day every day when she get home or never smoke again thats 4 sho
And they want to keep an elderly man Leonard Peltier in prison for life? This is bullshit. Lucky she’s not Native American