Brittney Griner's WNBA team, the Phoenix Mercury, shared messages of support for Griner on social media Thursday in the hours following her sentencing to nine years in a Russian prison.
Video footage shows the moment WNBA player Brittney Griner learned of the verdict reached in her drug trial in Russia.of drug trafficking with criminal intent and sentenced on Thursday to nine years in a Russian prison.
Women's National Basketball Association player Brittney Griner leaves the courtroom after the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow on August 4, 2022.Several WNBA players reacted to Brittney Griner's sentence Thursday, calling on her release and on the U.S. to bring her home.Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale tweeted,"Can't just play with people's lives like that. Sickening. Lord, cover Brittney & her family.
"Thinking of BG and how much light she relentlessly brought to everyone around her," Turned tweeted Thursday."Even after sentencing is complete I hope POTUS and [the] White House will continue to do everything in their power to bring Brittney Griner & all other Americans detained abroad home." "I don't have the capacity to respond to every hateful message about Brittney Griner," Turner said." I think it's easy to be an outsider and wish the worst. It's easy to not know all the facts. It's easy to spread hate on social media. I know many Americans lack compassion due to all the chaos that happens regularly in our country. BG is my friend and teammate and one of the kindest people I know.
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