Why Brittney Griner's Arrest Is About Much More Than Brittney Griner

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon, a Ph.D. student who focuses on Russia and the former Soviet Union, talks about Brittney Griner's role as a pawn for Vladimir Putin and the added complexity of her being a gay Black woman in a very rigid Russia under Putin.  » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

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