Ekaterina Kalugina, a member of the Moscow-based Public Monitoring Commission group that observes the treatment of prisoners, claimed that US Consulate officials had not visited Griner in the pre-trial detention center. She also said that Griner is sharing a cell with two other woman with no previous convictions.
The exact date of her arrest and the full circumstances surrounding it haven’t been made clear, although Griner has not posted to Instagram since Feb. 5.
Griner, who plays for the Phoenix Mercury, does not believe the National Anthem should be played before WNBA games and will not be on the floor if it is, Arizona Central reported in 2020.
Griner made her comments two days after the Mercury’s opening game that year when players were absent from the floor during the pre-game tradition.
“I honestly feel we should not play the National Anthem during our season,” said Griner. “I think we should take that much of a stand.
“I’m going to protest regardless. I’m not going to be out there for the national anthem,” she said, according to outsports.com. “If the league continues to want to play it, that’s fine. It will be all season long, I’ll not be out there. I feel like more are going to probably do the same thing. I can only speak for myself.”
Notice how the weak and ineffective Biden Administration has let her rot in jail without lifting a finger.
Link: So sad
international play doesn’t happen maybe the dumbest sports rite ever. I’m not opposed to it, but it really is an inane passage, mind you, copied the world over. Like she pointed out, it’s needless and can easily be seen as hypocritical especially in times of protest of citizens rights. It creates a political air that if were not there, there would be less consternation. We might just get along better if that wasn’t there to ignite political speech.
The National Anthem is non-partisan. It's for all of us, liberal/conservative, Democrat/Republican, all of the above or none of the above.
It is woke athletes selfishly using it to call attention to themselves that created this. Rewarding their selfishness by axing the Anthem is the wrong thing to do.
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I say yes! We gotta have some gym rats on here. If a U15 squad can beat the women's soccer team, we've got some schlubs that could run with those....ladies?
Just stop.
The issue is cannabis. So silly to incarcerate people because of possession.
Here in the US, I wish we had a president who would finally address this. Oh wait.....
We're still waiting, Joe.
Ironic.
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The US sets the tone for the world. Promoting one position as a candidate, and then abandoning that very position once in office, sets the table.
It is inevitable that cannabis will be legal everywhere in the US, just like gambling. Stand up and do what you say you were going to do.
Just make it happen. It has broad, bipartisan support.
It is far less damaging than alcohol. This is irrefutable.
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What is the fastest growing sector in the US, in terms of employment?
The cannabis industry.
Due to our puritanical laws, we can't even count cannabis employment figures. So silly.
Did you know that in both Illinois and Massachusetts, that state cannabis tax revenue is greater than alcohol tax revenue?
It is coming. It can't be stopped. It is FAR les destructive than alcohol.
The luddites once destroyed candle, mill and textile factories. What side are you on?
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You guys have been complaining about how Biden didn’t get her released yet. Now you’re happy because she was on the other side of your culture wars.
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Typical entitled jock mentality
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Out via email this morning?
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