{"id":19658,"date":"2021-07-06T21:08:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T21:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoklahomaeagle.net\/?p=19658"},"modified":"2021-07-06T21:08:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T21:08:25","slug":"half-million-people-sign-petition-to-reinstate-shacarri-richardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/2021\/07\/06\/half-million-people-sign-petition-to-reinstate-shacarri-richardson\/","title":{"rendered":"Half-Million People Sign Petition To Reinstate Sha\u2019Carri Richardson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>www.rollingout.com<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rollingout.com\/author\/terry-shropshire-2\/\">By Terry Shropshire<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19659 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/theoklahomaeagle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/210703-drake-shacarri-richardson-snoop-dogg-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fl-post-content clearfix\">\nA petition to reinstate <a href=\"https:\/\/rollingout.com\/2021\/07\/04\/shacarri-richardson-suspension-agency-now-facing-congressional-investigation\/\">Olympic track hopeful Sha\u2019Carri Richardson<\/a> after she was disqualified on Friday, July 2, 2021, is quickly approaching 500K signatures.<br \/>\nMore than 499K are supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/rollingout.com\/2021\/07\/02\/shacarri-richardson-tests-positive-for-cannabis-possibly-out-of-tokyo-olympics\/\">Change.org petition<\/a> started by the group Move On after the flamboyant and charismatic track favorite tested positive for THC, the chemical agent found in marijuana. She has been suspended for 30 days, which will most likely make it impossible for her to run in the 100-meter race in Tokyo, which she was expected to win.<br \/>\nRichardson\u2019s magnetism has captured the imagination of the sports world and she boasts advocates in entertainment as evidenced by support from \u201cMarried to Medicine\u201d star Dr. Heavenly Kimes.<br \/>\nThe issue was amplified exponentially because Richardson has emerged as the highest-profile track star since the initial explosion of Jamaica\u2019s Usain Bolt during the 2008 Beijing Olympic games.<br \/>\nRichardson immediately admitted that she smoked the substance that is banned federally and by the International Olympic Committee, even though it is legal in 18 states and Washington, D.C. Moreover, 36 states decriminalized weed for medicinal purposes only.<br \/>\nThe 22-year-old juggernaut admitted that she used marijuana as a coping mechanism after the death of her biological mother produced nearly unbearable emotional pain.<br \/>\nEven Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, and Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, pleaded with the USADA to reverse the suspension in a letter written on Friday, July 2, 2021. According to <em>Newsweek<\/em>, the representatives said the rule on marijuana is based on \u201cantiquated prohibition on the use of cannabis\u201d and that \u201cthe divergent treatment of recreational alcohol and marijuana use reflects obsolete stereotypes about cannabis products.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_ccIOUB\">\n<div id=\"vid_vfyys7\" class=\"rumble_ccIOUB-Rumble-cls\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.rollingout.com By Terry Shropshire &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A petition to reinstate Olympic track hopeful Sha\u2019Carri Richardson after she was disqualified on Friday, July 2, 2021, is quickly approaching 500K signatures. More than 499K are supporting the Change.org petition started by the group Move On after the flamboyant and charismatic track favorite tested positive for THC,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,105,110,114],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-19658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-national","category-sports","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19658"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=19658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}