Some background: “I honestly feel we should not play the national anthem during our
season. I think we should take that much of a stand,” Ms Griner told the press at the time. “I’m going to protest regardless. I’m not going to
be out there for the national anthem. 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.”
MOSCOW — WNBA star Brittney Griner has been found guilty of drug
trafficking charges in Russia. The judge has sentenced Griner to 9 years in a Russian penal colony where she will never have to hear America's
national anthem being played.
"I'm thrilled with this ruling," said Griner to reporters. "For 9 years I will be free from the systemic
racism of America and will never have to hear that awful national anthem being played. I look forward to living out the next decade far away in
beautiful Russia."
Sources
close to Griner say she is also thrilled that she got the exact same
sentence a man would have gotten for the exact same crime. "In Russia,
they really seem to care about closing the sentencing gap between men
and women," she said.
Russian authorities say Griner will be
given special tasks around the penal colony, such as reaching things on
high shelves, pruning the tops of trees, and breaking large rocks into
little rocks.
"I just want to say thank you to Vladimir Putin for
saving me from the racist hellhole that is the United States, if only
for 9 years," said Griner.
At publishing time, President Biden proposed bringing Griner back home by exchanging her for Hunter Biden.
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It's hard to tell what is parody. :-)
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