charges of smuggling cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. britney griner pleaded guilty last month to cartridges in her possession, which arrived i airport in february. but she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, unemotional britney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your ruling, that it doesn t lose [inaudible] my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignore
cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. when she arrived in moscow s airport in february. she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, on emotional brittney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your willing, that it doesn t end my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignored the defense is defenses evidence. she was very upset. very upset, very stressed. and she can har
brought it to the surface and made it okay for people to say, you know what, i don t want people of color in my high schools, neighborhoods, i don t want women as leaders. there are so many mediocre people who have been able to excel in this country for centuries and now that there s a modicum of competition now all of a sudden it seems like an equity. donald trump has made it such that this is the party of victimhood, the party of people who feel as though they are grieved and as he has people marching in charlottesville and saying they re fine people, we need to remember this is a man that came down a goal plate of escalators and said that mexicans are rapists, and they are 75 million people who say that they are tax breaks, and the racism isn t real, it is real, we have enough years and instances of donald trump and his ilk doubling down on racism and white supremacy. if you are a republican you can no longer hide behind the tax breaks, you are in for opinion in four-pound and now c
don t forget, we founded on kept always told us. so it don t trump has done is just brought it to the service and made it okay for people to say, you know what, actually, i don t want actually people of color in my i don t want women as leaders. and there are so many people who have been able to excel in this country for centuries. now there is a modicum of competition, now with all of a sudden seems like a [inaudible] uncertain time has made it such that this is the party of victimhood, this is the party of people who feel as though they are aggrieved. and so as he has people marching in charlottesville, we must remember that this is a man who came to nickel plated escalator and said that mexicans rapists. and they were, what, 75 million people who are just trying to vote for him, to say, oh, it s a tax breaks. i really think that racism is real. well it s actually real. and we see that time and time again, we ve got a number of years and enough instances of donald trump and his