Britney Griner released 12-08-2022

If that were the only lens that it was being viewed from, then perhaps.

But in this day and age when race is always brought into question, a white guy being released (while the black woman remains locked up) would go over about as well as a turd in the punch bowl.
Sure, but there's also a gap between something not being liked and people rioting in the streets as a result.