The timeline of Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia | ESPN

ESPN’s T.J. Quinn details the timeline of events from Brittney Griner's arrest in Russia until her release from prison on Thursday.
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[@certifiedyaminspector-dadd6224]

I don't think those ppl know what wrongfully detained means. She committed a crime, was charged and plead guilty. Maybe an inflated sentence but definitely not a wrongful arrest.

[@Anidoesstuff]

Facts

[@emhapz]

She was turned into a pawn due to her status.

[@Ghostedfaet]

@@emhapz she’s in a communist country. What do y’all not understand that these countries don’t eff around

[@Deedlit007]

It's not "inflated". Our country is just very lenient. You break the law of the country you stay in, you pay the price. In the meantime, Paul Whelan still in Russia's jail 4 years and counting.

[@BudzzableRides]

Emma: she didn’t even receive the maximum sentence for her crime. Look at your teacher, he’s still there and got more time than her for the same crime. However he doesn’t bounce a ball for a living! He simply TEACHES CHILDREN.

[@Nbafanla03]

If this was a normal person nobody would have bat an eye

[@larryjonnson8093]

Stop being afraid to say to what you really mean! Yes, If it was a *"White Caucasian",* nobody would have bat an eye! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@EonSlumber]

You got a ghost reply. I’m here to say I agree.

[@devinflaker9392]

I thought the Russel Wilson trade was bad 😂

[@Deedlit007]

Didn't you see the Lakers trading their 3 and D's for a 3rd star?

[@jbnoneya386]

😂😂😂 W comment

[@BH-xp8ic]

Traded John Wick for Juwanna Mann

[@ReyO0]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@staysolid19]

Facts

[@djabroni_brochacho4644]

😂😂😂 Bruhhh

[@MyOwnBossPR]

Lol

[@dustyvaughn528]

Lol good one

[@echo7sierra-interviews]

How about we get a timeline for Marine Paul Whelan? Espionage is just justification for him to be released - that's an American hero. Could we also get a timeline for the "Merchant of Death"? Let's get the full story out there. Also, if they're going to let her go for "weed" possession... might as well get everyone out of our jails for the same offense. She better be saluting the flag every game. Sadly, she'll be on tour soon enough, telling her sad sob story. Make your bed, sleep in it.

[@kamlahari5369]

Paul Whelan was discharged from the Marines for bad conduct in 2008 after being convicted of charges related to larceny, according to military and court records. Studs are the new male. Men lose, Studs win. BG is the Woman King 🇺🇸💪🏽

[@ladyspirit2493]

Here: Whelan-he’s no “hero Marine”-he got booted out of the Marines for bad conduct and received a BAD CONDUCT DISCHARGE, for criminal behaviors! FYI not saying we shouldn’t get all our people out of that fascist Russian country! Brittney Griner is a good American citizen and two time USA Olympic winner! World Championship 2018-gold 2014-gold! FOUR GOLD USA 🇺🇸 She represents our country very well. AND it was bringing home one American or NONE. Bout served over 14 years in prison before his release in December 2022.

[@jameshamilton3348]

Why do we use "wrongfully detained" like she didn't commit a felony? If she trafficked weed into Florida from abroad she probably would have been detained too!

[@BERNARDO712]

"Trafficked"? It was a small possession quantity. Stop lying.

[@MariaMaria-uj2cl]

And why would we trust her to come back after 2 years there when we know how much she hates the US AND trade her for the merchant of death ….

[@davepilsner2269]

@@BERNARDO712 Yes. Are you unfamiliar with the US justice system? See the thing is weed is still illegal federally. If anything Garner should be put in prison here too. Unless they federally make weed legal which they won't because states are dependent on prison/slave labor done by low level drug offenders.

[@user-vi5vd3ty9d]

Bro, they would arrest you from doing this within the US borders for interstate trafficking.

[@TheVinceboss]

Because they used her little amount of weed as a pawn to secure her in the country as a piece of property

[@justineebourgeois3420]

She smokin a fat blunt right now preparing to write her tell-all book 😤

[@thelifeofyb]

lol foreal

[@cobrakaineverdies4589]

Congratulations to Russia ❤🇷🇺on yet another victory and making the US look like the weak joke that it is

[@user-ry4dy7qj1m]

up yours

[@jamesjones999]

The 3 reason why Biden didn't ask for Paul Whelan. 1. White 2. Male 3. Heterosexual

[@926paaja]

He left a US marine and brought home a criminal for a guns dealer.!!!!!! IMPEACH

[@jasond6215]

Kneel for the flag and get treated like a f****** hero how Despicable

[@staysolid19]

Sad times indeed

[@CCPCrusher]

Breaking Breaking Paul whelan now identifies as trans. Paul whelan identifies as a woman. He will be released and put on a plan first thing tomorrow morning.

[@bostonsucks310]

Send her back now

[@emhapz]

What a terrible thing to say. Imagine somebody saying this about your own loved one.

[@bostonsucks310]

@@emhapz my loved ones wouldn’t take drugs into Russia

[@bostonsucks310]

@@emhapz and I guarantee you my loved ones wouldn’t be traded for a Russian weapon dealer / bomb maker

[@debbie5728]

A big congratulations to the Lenape natives of Manhattan.. now famous for only making the second worst trade in all human history..

[@djabroni_brochacho4644]

😂😂😂🎉 10/10 comment

[@Dildobagginses]

dude i just did 9 months for a weed charge right here

[@AgentSmith-sb1gk]

What a joke

[@seeker.8785]

Not the same as 10 years in a Russian prison.

[@AgentSmith-sb1gk]

@@seeker.8785 russians prisons are easy

[@Dildobagginses]

@@seeker.8785 obviously. Not sure why this is popping off now.

[@michaellong9214]

If Putin could grab the entire cast of ESPN First Take and The View he could probably trade them for Ukraine.

[@quantum273]

Let’s not talk about this dude anymore

[@bryanangeloperez959]

This is the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals.

[@debbie5728]

The merchant of debt releases the merchant of death?

[@lrq7927]

This is the first time anyone has ever noticed a WNBA trade.

[@danlebron2610]

Send her back.

[@michaelfarkas2257]

now do a timeline on the merchant of death

[@NeganSmash420]

Disgraceful

[@dazzle1933]

What about Paul Whelan? Did Biden meet with the whelen family?

[@user-vi5vd3ty9d]

I’m glad she is back home but would we have made this trade for a random citizen not named BG? This was a lopsided trade in terms of geo politics.

[@seeker.8785]

Strongly agree. She is a victim of Russia's twisted justice system, but when you go abroad and break the law in foreign countries, how can you expect the U.S. government to protect you? That's really the risk you take travelling to a place like Russia, unfortunately.

[@angusdog22]

I wonder if she’ll stand for the anthem NOW ??? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@elgum9868]

What a waste you break the law deal with it

[@yvnggoat4739]

She did her time

[@DiggidyD]

@@yvnggoat4739 bruh not at all😂 are you dumb?

[@elgum9868]

9 years its what she got

[@AgentSmith-sb1gk]

@@elgum9868u should only get a fine for that 9 years is absurd and crazy.

[@elgum9868]

@AgentSmith-sb1gk foreign laws, bro

[@carlzobel513]

Hey Joe, Brittney could have just mail, in her ballot. And you could have traded for someone who was serving his country? The Russians didn't make us look bad. We made ourselves look bad , by taking that offer!

[@jameshamilton3348]

Trafficking weed is a serious issue in many countries. if she was in Singapore there would be no trial. Trafficking weed into Singapore is immediate execution on the spot.

[@Superbad22]

Idk why they let him go. He broke the law in another country and he should pay the price. And yes I’m calling griner a man cause that’s what he sounds like

[@30rdmaga]

It would have been a better deal for America if we just gave Russia Victor Bout and they kept Brittany Griner.

[@JPest91]

Will she take a knee on her first game back?

[@real_r.y.a.n]

We’re always being made an example for other people’s insecurities

[@justmyopinion8395]

Don’t blame you for your bias views, it was ingrained in you by the powers that be. How many prisoners were detained for years without charges or on questionable intelligence in Guantanamo Bay?

[@isislaz]

I hope yall start covering the WNBA when they're in season. When there are controversial topics, then yall are all over it. But yall won't say a peep abt their playoffs or anything during your sports talk shows.

[@wisdomfox857]

No cares about tge wnba or this dude that plays basket ball we shouldnt have traded him and let one the biggest arms dealer free

[@staysolid19]

Women's basketball sucks bro tried watching it one day being bored and couldn't watch more than 5 minutes

[@queenslinejones5309]

@@wisdomfox857 But we did. Cry more

[@dshepherd107]

@@wisdomfox857 It was actually a pretty good trade, & I’m no Biden fan. That Russian arms dealer has been out of the game over 14yrs. Things have completely changed. All his knowledge & old connections are outdated & useless now. He’s also so well known via Interpol, he’d be useless to Russia anyway. You likely heard this take from some big corporate “news” talking head or politician, & assumed you were being given correct information, instead of misinformation & propaganda to make you angry. Then they give you someone to blame, typically on the opposite end of the political spectrum, all to cause further division & keep people distracted from who’s really responsible for so many of our problems.

[@djabroni_brochacho4644]

@@queenslinejones5309 do you wear your build back better hat out in public?

[@justmyopinion8395]

We are still arresting people for marijuana in America but when another country does it, it’s considered “wrongfully detained. Make it make sense. 😮

[@jusrobby5829]

Stop trying to make her some hero. No matter how dumb the law is she still broke the law of another country .. she wasnt captured in the middle of the gym n thrown in some death camp .. its good shes back but stop trying to make her some kind of martyr .. theres people still locked up IN AMERICA for those same kinds of weed charges nobody says anything bout that .. just come home n do ur thing like liangelo did when he stole those glasses . . .and pray for that marine that DIDNT come home

[@kamlahari5369]

Paul Whelan was discharged from the Marines for bad conduct in 2008 after being convicted of charges related to larceny, according to military and court records. Studs are the new male. Men lose, Studs win. BG is the Woman King 🇺🇸💪🏽

[@kratos2408]

Send her back

[@mikehunt6179]

Everybody's reporting on this as a she's some kind of hero.

[@antinapay]

That's it. Keep milking this story for viewa until the teat dries up.

[@fps886797d]

I hope Will Smith gets to play Britney in the Lord of War 2

[@Lazar.7299]

🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀

[@DineseBeckert]

I cried happy tears, and dear James Hamilton, she was not trafficking, she was bringing home the vape pens she brought with her, that was fine then, but now? A tool to take her. Russia does this all the time. She brought those same pens with her for years, no issue. Ask yourself, why was it now an issue? She also carried with her, a doctor's note. Oh and CBD is not THC...

[@Lazar.7299]

It's illegal in Russian, what part you don't understand???

[@KingSebastian10]

We have ppl wrongly detained & sentenced everyday! I don’t see no urgency to get them release from the president or his good for nth side kick 🤷🏾‍♂️ I’m happy she’s out and home after only serval MONTHS but that sucks for all the ppl here in the US who don’t get to see this day till 25+yrs later who didn’t get to live their life or accomplish dreams because they’ve been locked up since 18/19/20… Ig you have to be rich and famous to get any good outcome now days

[@barrymcockiner976]

L trade

[@kikaye38]

How many more American GI's, servicemen and civilians will die because the merchant of death was put back in circulation? US didn't hold him for so long because he was just selling little handguns. There is a reason Russia requested for him, especially where they are right now.

[@burnaboyz5932]

Maybe she will appreciate The country she's from & Lives In Now after Bashing the U.S SO many Times this should be a live & learn situation for her

[@gregoryjudie7704]

I. Would have rather had the return of the Marine who honorably served our country

[@Dontatmebr0]

Yeah, let's celebrate a dope head! This world is truly over.

[@alextrotman2743]

What sort of government swopes an arms dealer/ killer of 10,s of thousands for a basketball player 🎉 .

[@outsideMax]

Talk about privileged. Get special treatment from our government and the NBA supports her job that losses money.

[@taylorz7144]

Sooo she comitted a crime why isnt she in jail in the u.s? Weed is still illegal in most states. Why is a veteran still in russia prison? Merchant of death!!! Lets go Brandon

[@certifiedyaminspector-dadd6224]

He's in jail because the woke mob didn't give him a viral hashtag

[@lewiseckert9089]

SEND HER/HIM BACK!!!!

[@defendtheconstitution1776]

It*

[@BigtimeAL]

I think of that film Joanna man when I see Brittany.

[@dustyvaughn528]

All Disney platforms are making it look as if she did something heroic. She got locked of for tree? We do that here every day

[@SincereSentinel]

Don't care or feel any remorse for her whatsoever.

[@elihughes8923]

KZbin is removing comments lol!! Let's be done with this platform! !!

[@jasonsperry2293]

That’s what the shirts should have said. We are drugs. Instead of we are by. I wonder if they let her keep her vape juice thc pen when she left ??

[@lionelsheja6381]

Yeah, she's home and we're happy for her and her family. Let's not act like she was innocent. The worst part, she did when the relations between the US and Russia were not good. Them trolls on twitter acting like Brittney Griner ain't known in Russia, or the Russians had no idea who she was is simply false. They knew it and that's why they got a shitty human being to be exchanged from Prison.

[@0103zodiac]

yeah of course the government should protect their citizen. we all learn from the school. but What is cost for was too much....Griner should be shame on herself.

[@robertrobinson3788]

Griners pot card expired when she was in prison.

[@SteveSmith-br3vu]

Should have got Paul out and not this waste of space.

[@djelite07]

L

[@picklerix6162]

Did Bill O’Brien make that trade?

[@derekadams4149]

Hey there KZbin. Same Genocidevirus channel with my comments that you blocked. Really easy way around it. -ef griner

[@sulfa5506]

Cannabis OIL? All this for cannabis OILLL???

[@tylerdurden4006]

The people of ukraine will soon be feeling the consequences of this trade, good job america. 👏👏 keep being proud you got her home and wave her like a victory flag. 👏👏

[@defendtheconstitution1776]

Ukraine is nothing more than a money laundering scheme. Most of the money is coming back to the US in a crypto format for the left and was used in the mid terms. The FTX collapse exposed this.

[@12345mtb]

Please keep her in Russia

[@azneph611]

RUSSIA WON

[@DomoSkyy]

Worst trade in the history of all trades , this was a bully move by Russia

[@flyguy7825]

This situation right here would BG is sad and it really brings out the people's prejudice against women and the prejudice against this country. Clearly nobody knew the facts don't pay attention to the news and just deemed her a criminal. Russia won this and it's not because they got back one of their own

[@staysolid19]

No russia did win big cause they got back one of there own dude is a real factor for russia American is dumb for being happy about this trade

[@motosotarc5347]

Brittany is a Man not a Woman, where have you be?

[@michaellong9214]

The next time she kneels, we will all know it is on the bodies of thousands killed by Viktor Bout. That is the most expensive bail in human history. Go WNBA - Watch Me Work!

[@flyguy7825]

Yeah, clearly you didn't follow the story at all and you're just talking from a place of not being educated. She took a knee the same reason. Colin Kaepernick took a knee She didn't stand for the national anthem for the same reasons Colin Kaepernick did. Y'all made such a huge and big deal about it when we live in a country that you are free to express yourselves in any sort of way. You do know there are people out there in the world that don't stand for the national anthem in this country and there are people out there that are full of conspiracy theories about America but they have the right to do that because this is America the land of free. The national anthem does reference slavery which she stated clearly she doesn't want to stand for.

[@flyguy7825]

@@motosotarc5347 okay why don't you say that to her face since you know her so well and you know who she identifies as.

[@BERNARDO712]

*I REALLY WANTED THE MARINE WHO WAS COURT MARTIALED AND GOT A DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE*

[@antibrotha]

For a weed smoking America hating basketball player I’ll take the marine ‼️

[@blazerfan2328]

How do you know they didn’t try?

[@philadelphiak9PD]

That was a good trade, they chose someone who doesnt like the country other than marine who served the country, good trade indeed, for the russians, that gun dealer can help them with their current war.

[@BERNARDO712]

Pls bring home that criminal marine who has 15 convictions and who stole from military members!

[@jenntip]

They say he received a court-martial for using someone’s social security number to write checks. I would still take him over this chick.

[@ohnonotzoey6478]

Jawannnnna man!!

[@tony_winner]

The best US womans basketball player had to work in Russia for 6 years... that tells much about womans basketball in US

[@staysolid19]

She should have stood in jail

[@thundrcat5596]

It tells us that she’s stupid

[@bostonsucks310]

Eff bg

[@roberttoocool3808]

Looking forward for Superbowl 57 Sunday February 12 Los Angeles, CA Sofi Stadium 🏟

[@dshepherd107]

Umm, our judicial system 🇺🇸 is transactional too. That said, I’m very glad she’s home. She was in a lot of danger there.

[@926paaja]

Wow. Wake up

[@nhlanhlankosi7014]

Thank God she's home and safe! love you BG and CANT WAIT to see you hoopin and doin what ya love.

[@brbjk.m.846]

You realize the terrorist that was traded for her is already selling guns on the black market. She’s got blood on her hands… cause she thought she was above the law.. this isn’t over for her.

[@Altair_Galaxis]

She should have stayed there given what we gave up to Russia in exchange.

[@djabroni_brochacho4644]

Should've sent her to Ukraine

[@cobrakaineverdies4589]

@@djabroni_brochacho4644 lmaooo Ukrainians especially the Azovs hate darks and 🚬 . They’d get rid of that thing instead of be degraded by it’s presence

[@Ghostedfaet]

@@cobrakaineverdies4589 if they hated her that bad, she would have been executed

[@debbiterwedo2744]

Yippie I am glad she is back on us soil

[@djabroni_brochacho4644]

🤡🏳️‍🌈🤡🏳️‍🌈🤡🏳️‍🌈🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢

[@EzziiG]

I heard she's the Michael Jordan of women's basketball, is this true? Those dunks were insane! 🤯

[@TheTopshottasound]

no such thing. WNBA sucks

[@DiggidyD]

Stop simpin😂🧢

[@stopcommentingshit]

You’re going to upset some betas and gays with that comment 🤣

[@yvnggoat4739]

@@DiggidyD I doubt ANYONE is skimping 💀

[@thundrcat5596]

@@yvnggoat4739 not skimping simpin you simple short bus rider learn to read

[@jennimandris3756]

Thank you president Biden! ❤

[@cptcaveman9183]

Yes thank you biden for all the death to follow the release of the merchant of death

[@staysolid19]

Your what's wrong with american can't think beyond the moment to caught up in your emotion

[@dscote78]

Forget you President Brandon!

[@jenntip]

Do you have any idea what you’re thanking him for? Because if it’s this trade?… You’re delusional. If it’s the economy?… You’re delusional. If it’s his policies?… You’re delusional. What? What are you thanking him for?

[@ShugSniper]

GOD BLESS HER AND HER FAMILY 🦇❤️‍🔥

[@SR-ro4xc]

I hope Whiner never complains about anything ever again..

[@santanam5718]

🗑

[@rickybrown8552]

Bet u don't do that EVER again especially in Russia

[@Deedlit007]

Maybe she will take heed when the US warns their citizen not to go to Russian next time. I certainly would never ever go back to Russia if I was her

[@santanam5718]

🗑