Police bodycam footage shows the moment Tyreek Hill whizzed past a Miami cop before he was pulled over and pinned to the ground by officers on Sunday.
Hill, the Miami Dolphins‘ star wide receiver, was handcuffed by cops in dramatic scenes after being cited for two traffic violations while making his way to Hard Rock Stadium for the team’s opening NFL game of the season.
Shocking videos showed the 30-year-old being handcuffed and restrained on the floor after he was stopped for speeding, while one officer even appeared to strike him on the sidewalk.
As he was violently apprehended by police, several of Hill’s teammates pulled over to try to deescalate the situation, only for defensive tackle Calais Campbell to briefly be placed in handcuffs himself.
One of the officers involved in the incident has been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation by the Miami-Dade Police Department, who have released bodycam footage of Hill’s detainment.
Police bodycam footage shows the moment Tyreek Hill whizzed past a Miami cop before he was pulled over and pinned to the ground by officers
Hill, the Miami Dolphins’ star wide receiver, was handcuffed by cops in dramatic scenes while making his way to their opening NFL game
At the start of the footage, Hill can be seen speeding past the cop who eventually stopped him and then dragged him to the ground.
The NFL star flies down the road in his black sports car to alert the officer’s attention before he is asked to pull over.
After doing so, the altercation begins when Hill seemingly refuses to wind down his window when instructed to.
Police initially approached his car before he appeared to hand over his license while telling a cop to ‘do what you got to do.’
Hill then put his window up, which prompted officers to tap on the car and tell him: ‘Hey, keep that window down!’
‘Keep your window down or I’m going to get you out of the car. As a matter of fact, get out of the car,’ one officer told him before another warned the football player: ‘We’ll break that freaking window.’
He was dragged out of his luxury sports car by police after refusing to wind down his window
After being pulled out of the car Hill was pinned to the ground in astonishing scenes
He still made his way to Hard Rock Stadium to play for Dolphins after being released
A few seconds later, Hill was told: ‘We’re not playing this car, get out!’ An officer then opened the driver-side door and grabbed him.
He was then pulled out of the car and placed in handcuffs before he could be heard saying: ‘Take me to jail, brother. Do what you have to do.’
Cops were heard telling Hill to ‘stop crying’ after dragging him out of his car and forcing him face down on to the road.
‘When we tell you to do something, you do it. You understand? Not what you want, what we tell you. You’re a little f****** confused,’ an officer told him.
A Florida police union claimed that Hill was driving dangerously when he was pulled over in Miami on Sunday and that he was cuffed after refusing to cooperate. Hill said he has ‘no idea’ what sparked his detainment.
Hill celebrated his 80-yard touchdown on Sunday by reenacting being put in handcuffs
His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, claims he was cited for reckless driving and driving without a license.
On Monday, a remarkable three-minute clip of the scene appeared, with Hill claiming ‘it went from 0 to 60 immediately’. He told NBC: ‘If I wasn’t Tyreek Hill, Lord knows… worst-case scenario, I would have been shot or would have been locked up’.
The Dolphins described the video as ‘both maddening and heartbreaking’. The team vowed to stand with Hill and called for ‘swift and strong action’ against the officers guilty of ‘overly aggressive’, ‘violent’ and ‘despicable’ behavior.
