A Baylor University professor is gaining attention on social media for an article he published about Baylor grad and women's basketball standout Brittney Griner.
Carole McDaniel Hanks Professor of Literature and Culture Greg Garrett said the university should be leading the charge to raise awareness about Griner's wrongful imprisonment, but it's not happening. A Russian court found Griner guilty of smuggling and storing narcotics after prosecutors requested a sentence of nine and a half years in jail for the athlete."She had this habit of riding down the avenue on her longboard and it is one of my favorite memories of Baylor," he said.
"When she was sentenced and sent to prison this week, I was like 'oh my God I can't believe that this is happening,'"he said. "It feels like a failure to me and I don't want to indict any single person, but it's there from the regents all the way down except for Baylor's current head coach," he said."It seems nobody seems to be speaking out for her and that disturbs me."
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