It's RUSSIA, fer cryinoutloud.
"Rights? We don't need no steenkin' rights!"
Posted on 07/27/2022 9:34:39 AM PDT by TigerClaws
KHIMKI, Russia -- American basketball star Brittney Griner testified Wednesday at her drug trial in Russia that a language interpreter provided during her questioning translated only a fraction of what was said and officials instructed her to sign documents without providing an explanation.
Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February. She acknowledged in court earlier this month that she had vape canisters containing cannabis oil when she arrived in Russia but contends she had no criminal intent and the canisters ended up in her luggage inadvertently.
During her testimony, the Phoenix Mercury standout described making a grueling 13-hour flight to Moscow from Arizona while recovering from COVID-19. Griner said she still does not know how the cannabis oil for which she had a doctor's recommendation ended up in her bag but explained she had packed in haste while under great stress.
Maybe they don’t speak Miranda in Russia.
WTF? She expected to be Miranda-ized? In Russia?!
Yeah, that whole Miranda Rights crap doesn’t apply in Russia, get ready for a long prison sentence in a Russian Gulag, when Putin gets tired of dealing with you and gets sufficient value in a trade you will be released, claiming US Constitutional Rights will get nowhere in Russia.
It's RUSSIA, fer cryinoutloud.
"Rights? We don't need no steenkin' rights!"
Anyone has Rights in Russia? She got caught breaking the law there. She hates America. Let her rot in jail there.
You know, for most people just going to an international
event in a foreign nation would be enough excitement. Nah,
you need to have drugs with you...
I don’t like seeing anyone have to pay the penalty for what
they did, but she did it. She chose to do it. She knew it
was wrong and could result in her having a tough time.
Well, it has. I hope she gets through it safely and lives
a long happy life.
>>Lol. Hope she kisses the ground of the USA when she gets back.
I hope she doesn’t come back - give here 20 years in a siberian work camp and then see if she still hates America.
Can we start on online petition asking Putin to keep her?
But in the USA, everyone told me I’m beautiful, smart and special!!
You are in Russia, not the oh so racist and repressive USA
Nitwit.
The irony is if Trump were in office, she would have been released and would be taking the knee and krapping all over the US by now
"Ingrate" is a word that needs to come back into fashion imho.
I really thought this was the Babylon Bee.
Biden will probably offer to close Guantanamo and halt all aid to Ukraine in exchange for her freedom.
She’ll be a spiteful bitch because “we” didn’t help enough.
Gee, maybe the justice system here ain’t so bad after all.
No doubt there’ll be a Lifetime movie on Griner. Or, an ESPN 30 on 30.
..she still does not know how the cannabis oil for which she had a doctor’s recommendation ended up in her bag but explained she had packed in haste while under great stress.
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Sure. Haste. Stress. next thing you know she packs the cannabis oil instead of an extra pair of socks.
It’s evabody else’s fault but MINE! I Dindu Nuffins...
Agreed—but if the Russians hold her incommunicado for ten years they will have to wait a while...
;-)
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