Brittney Griner Is a Political Prisoner

Fresno CA

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Brittney Griner, one of the most recognizable basketball players on earth, is in a Russian prison on marijuana possession charges. But anyone who thinks she is there solely because of the racist war on drugs is living in a fantasy land. Already, Russia has said that it will take “months” before Griner sees a judge. Already, it has made it clear that being caught with hashish oil should be punished with 20 years behind bars. Already, her mugshot has been paraded on Russian state TV—as if she were the prize catch of an overzealous hunter. Given Russia’s war on Ukraine and the world’s economic war on Russia, to not see Brittney Griner as a political prisoner is frankly not to see her at all. That’s why we hear no updates about her from Russian officials. They are dangling her like some kind of bargaining chip, while largely maintaining a disturbing silence. (Fuck Putin)