Tyreek Hill citations make police behavior look worse as WR pulled over for ‘visual estimation’ of 60 mph

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Tyreek Hill’s arrest before the Dolphins win over the Jaguars on Sunday — a game flipped on its head thanks to Hill scoring an 80-yard touchdown in the second half — has taken on a life of its own, going from simply a breaking NFL news story on a wild first Sunday of 2024 to a broader cultural debate on the nature of police behavior. The actual citations written for Hill on Sunday will likely fan the flames on that discussion, because the charges are pretty tame. 

Jeff Darlington of ESPN (who spends way too much time accidentally ending up near arrested athletes) obtained the citation, which shows the officers involved in pulling Hill over and arresting him got a “visual estimation” of Hill traveling 60 miles per hour in a 45 mile per hour zone and also not wearing a seatbelt. 

Both violations, as noted by the citations themselves, qualify as an “infraction that does not require an appearance in court.” 

Yes, Tyreek was driving too fast in an area with a decent amount of foot traffic. As the Miami-Dade police union noted, Hill’s rate of speed put other pedestrians at risk. 

But this is an instance of someone being yanked out of their car and thrown on the ground, then being aggressively placed in handcuffs, with multiple police officers assisting despite Hill not resisting their efforts at all outside of yelling on his phone to Dolphins head of security Drew Brooks. Meanwhile, Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has since said the wide receiver is contemplating litigation against the Miami-Dade Police Department.

Watch the body-cam footage and it’s pretty easy to understand why. Hill said later he wasn’t being “disrespectful” — I think reasonable minds can disagree on whether rolling up a window in a police…

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Author : Will Brinson

Publish date : 2024-09-10 20:09:51

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