Dolphins rally around Tyreek Hill as agent calls for officers to be fired

Tyreek Hill’s teammates and coaches used words like “triggering” and a “shame” to describe body camera footage showing police officers yanking the Miami Dolphins receiver out of his sports car and forcing him face-first onto the ground during a traffic stop, while Hill’s agent called for the officers involved to be fired in an interview Tuesday.

The Miami-Dade Police Department also publicly released the traffic citations that Hill received, including one stating that his car was “visually estimated” to be driving around 60 mph before he was stopped.

The road near Hard Rock Stadium where Hill was driving reportedly has a posted speed limit of 40 mph. Hill’s teammate Calais Campbell, who was also briefly detained after stopping near the scene to offer support to Hill, said on FS1’s “The Facility” on Monday that Hill told him he was going roughly 10 mph over the speed limit when pulled over.

Hill, 30, was pushed onto the ground face-first, handcuffed and then was again forced to the ground despite his complaint that sitting on the curb caused pain in his surgically repaired knee. He was eventually released after receiving citations for careless driving and failing to wear his seat belt. Hours later, he caught an 80-yard touchdown pass that sparked the Dolphins’ comeback win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Police Department Director Stephanie Davis put one officer on administrative leave, and an internal affairs investigation is underway.

Drew Rosenhaus, who represents Hill as well as several other high-profile NFL players, said on the Dan Le Batard show Tuesday that the officers involved should be “let go” after bodycam footage of the incident was released Monday night.

“Personally, I think that the police officers who did that to Tyreek shouldn’t be in that position,” Rosenhaus said. “The guy who [pushed Hill to the ground], that guy should be fired. The guy who put him in a chokehold, there’s no place for a police officer to have a badge that operates like that…

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Publish date : 2024-09-10 22:18:47

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