USAToday- Brooklyn Nets All-Star point guard D'Angelo Russell was cited at a New York airport Wednesday night for marijuana possession, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey told USA TODAY Sports.
Russell, who was flying from LaGuardia Airport to Louisville International Airport, was questioned by police after a routine search by TSA workers flagged what at first glance appeared to be a can of Arizona Iced Tea in a checked bag, a person with knowledge of the incident told USA TODAY Sports. Upon further inspection, the can had a hidden compartment where marijuana was discovered. Russell received a summons to appear in court for marijuana possession of less than 50 grams, according to the Port Authority spokesperson. The citation Russell received is a violation under New York law and is punishable by a fine of $100 or less. -------- Excuse me, what? Am I reading this right? TSA went through a checked back thoroughly enough to find a little greenery inconspicuously concealed in a fake Arizona Iced Tea can, presumably making a scene and causing a commotion that disrupted hundreds of others traveling, only to hand out a citation that maxes out at $100? I personally think he's played his way out of pesky pot citations, but I suppose the angle I should take is that weed is readily available everywhere, especially to connected professional athletes, so D'Angelo Russell is dumb for packing it while trying to travel out of a city in which it's still illegal. However, if the punishment for doing so is basically that of a parking ticket then I am not so sure he was all that dumb. Hell, considering his financial standing and the NBA's general willingness to join the proverbial smoke circle, who's to say the risk of getting caught wasn't worth the potential reward of conveniently having his recreational drugs delivered to him on a conveyor belt upon arrival. Honestly, the price D'Angelo Russell will reportedly end up paying is probably nothing more than equal to the wages attached to the man hours that were wasted going through all his crap. I guess my point is that the facade that people still give a shit about misdemeanor marijuana possession isn't even profitable anymore, so why in the hell is anyone - much less professionally detached TSA workers and airport cops - still trying to keep it up? I'm going to need to speak to their manager, and I say that being 89% sure that's he/she is, in some form or fashion, related to Roger Goodell.
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