“The New York City college student arrested in Russia for possession of medical marijuana was released from jail after being sentenced to time served and fined more than $200, reports say.
Audrey Lorber, a 19-year-old resident from Staten Island, was found guilty Monday of “attempting to import marijuana purchased in the U.S. into Russia” after she was arrested at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg with 19 grams of medical marijuana, the New York Post reported citing the Moscow District Court.
Lorber was fined 15,000 rubles ($235), according to a statement released by the press service of St. Petersburg's courts, but was credited for time served, released and exempted from paying the fine.
Lorber will have to stay in Russia for 10 days following her release during which time she, or the government, have the right to appeal the ruling, CBS reported.” (source)
Hm, I wonder what the difference was between Audrey Lorber’s medicinal cannabis from 3 years ago, and Brittney Griner’s medicinal cannabis? I mean, besides the fact that Brittney had less on her? I can’t qwhite figure it out.
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As shown by these last few weeks (or since the beginning of time) this country obviously hates women, add in the fact that she’s black and gay and she can just be detained in Russia for months with actually little to no urgency to do anything about it from people outside of her communities … a mfin joke 🙄
I’m under the impression that Brittney had to plead guilty in order to do a prisoner swap but it’s crazy that it took this long AND she wasn’t able to have a phone conversation with her wife this ENTIRE TIME ! WHAT THE HELL !?
and to all the dudes who are saying shit like “if it were lebron I’d break him out myself” and all that other shit … he’s not gonna f*ck you babes 🖤
God, my heart goes out to BG. It’s heartbreaking to see her caged like an animal.
And it’s not like Russia hasn’t recently caught white people doing worse than Griner, and let them off with a gentle slap on the wrist.
Remember chirren, Vladimir Putin is as bad as, if not worse, than any American President you might rightfully hate.
And Russia is as racist against Black people as any other predominantly white country (not to mention, Putin has all but outlawed LGBTQ people with harsh anti-gay legislation).
LOL. I might lose bets on many things, and I may still get surprised sometimes, but never ever will I be surprised at, or lose a bet on white people’s inexhaustible capacity, regardless of all historical evidence, to always formulate the thought and utter the words, “this had nothing to do with race.”
At any rate… unless Griner is traded for a Russian arms dealer held in America, they’re planning on sending her to a fucking Russian penal colony for hard labor. For 9 years.
*sigh*
Brittney Griner and other WNBA players wouldn’t even need to play for foreign teams if they were paid more equitably here at home, but that’s a post for another time.
The most important takeaway here, for me anyway, is that nobody anywhere should ever be arrested for hashish oil or cannabis—including here in the United States. My heart also breaks at the thought of all the Black people languishing and rotting away in American prisons. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that Biden and Harris are finally fighting for Griner’s release, but it feels hella hypocritical considering how hard Biden and Harris fought for the mass incarceration of Black and Brown people, for so much of their careers. Yeah, it’s fucked.
And if you’re one of those, “she shoulda just followed the rules” trolls, please know that I genuinely and truly despise you with every fiber of my being.
“News organizations should be sensitive to reporting that, if done in real-time, could jeopardize lives or sensitive and ongoing operations and negotiations. There was no journalistic advantage in breaking the story early if it would have endangered Griner’s release.”
—Frank Sesno on CBS News's decision to hold the "BG Free" story
Germany hit rewind on ultra speed, "From the River to the C" is officially, legally banned, Bavaria wants to treat it the same way as showing SS flag and you can get up to 3 years of jailtime for saying it, so; fun times alltogether. Germans continuously seem to be unable to stop projecting their genocidal feelings towards Jewish people on Palestinians. No matter our demand, the echo of their grandparents voice seems to be reverberating in their head. In the midst of an ongoing Gen0cide against US they are still trying to blame us for Antisemitism altogether, even the fucking Hol0caust itself. All while committing Antisemitism and Hol0caust revisionism left and right, not to speak of the statements that would put HitIer to shame.
Our minds are not like yours, clouded with greed, imperialism and fascism, From Ras al Naqoura to Sinai, P4lestine will be free. From the northern most point to the South; historic P4lestine WILL be free from settlercolonialism, Ap@rtheid, military occupation and siege, Zi0nism and any and all injustice and pain you have imposed on us. Freedom, justice and dignity for all inhabitants of this land. And in case any fuckers wanna impose their genocidal worldview on this slogan, forget about it. I'm like 99% sure I coined it, so I hereby Explicitly state, that it has one meaning, and one meaning only. No room for your vile misinterpretations!