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PoliticAverse

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3. "as they need to supplement their income, an injustice in and of itself."

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 06:28 PM

Mar 2022

Griner makes $ 227,000 a year in the WNBA, she doesn't "need to supplement" her income. She plays in Russia because she makes a reported $ 1 million/season there.

"and we don’t know whether she or those close to her know anything.” - because the writer didn't ask those close to her if they know anything?

From: https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/33429212/basketball-player-brittney-griner-reportedly-detained-russia-wnba-representatives-working-get-home

“"We are aware of the situation with Brittney Griner in Russia and are in close contact with her, her legal representation in Russia, her family, her teams, and the WNBA and NBA," Lindsay Kagawa Colas, Griner's agent with Wasserman Group, told ESPN via a statement Saturday.

"we need to understand Griner as a political prisoner." - a "political prisoner" is someone "imprisoned for their political activity".

"she has become a chit, a leverage point, in a larger political war." - a situation articles like this are fomenting.

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Free Brittney Griner [View all] AZProgressive Mar 2022 OP

I have a bad feeling about this. putin is gonna use her as a bargaining chip and if it does not work mitch96 Mar 2022 #1

Sorry WA-03 Democrat Mar 2022 #2

She was arrested as she was leaving Russia, not going to Russia. FuzzyRabbit Mar 2022 #5

"as they need to supplement their income, an injustice in and of itself." PoliticAverse Mar 2022 #3

"imprisoned for their political activity". She is not putins kind of woman.. mitch96 Mar 2022 #4