Tyreek Hill (Photo via MLFootball/Twtter)
Miami-Dade police have released a body cam video of their incident with Tyreek Hill, and they don’t look good in front of millions of people in the country.
The body cam video shows how a dispute over how far Hill needed to open his window quickly escalated into them pulling the Miami Dolphins receiver from his car by his head.
As Hill tried his best to reason with the police, they still cuffed him while he was facedown on the street as he was speaking to his agent, Drew Rosenhaus.
One of the officers could even be heard talking trash to Tyreek Hill, telling him to “stop crying.”
The entire situation started as cops approached his vehicle.
Hill would roll down his window, and immediately, the exchange became heated.
The officer asks why Hill doesn’t have his seatbelt on, and Hill asks why police knocked on his window “like that.”
Following him giving his license and registration, Tyreek Hill rolls his window back up.
DISTURBING: #NFL star Tyreek Hill in new body cam footage, being ripped out of his car and slammed to the ground by police officers.
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Add this to the many videos of extremely disturbing footage we have already seen from this incident.
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The police officer instructs him to roll it back down, but he does not do it all the way.
Cops then take it a step further and instruct him to get out of his car. Hill was slow to get out, so they proceeded to grab him and drag him out by his head.
While restraining him, a cop yells at him, “When we tell you to do something, you do it. You’re a little f—ing confused.”
After getting Hill to his feet, they move him to the curb and instruct him to sit down.
“Hold on. I just had surgery on my knee,” Tyreek Hill screams as they snatch him down.
One officer could be seen with his hands around his neck.
Police Union Defends Officers Arresting Tyreek Hill
Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill was handcuffed on the ground outside of Hard Rock Stadium Sunday over a traffic stop.
The regional police union has defended the officers involved, saying in a Monday statement that Hill put others “in great risk of danger” with his driving, then was repeatedly “uncooperative” with law enforcement.
“To be clear, at no time was [Hill] ever under arrest,” said Steadman Stahl, president of the South Florida Police Benevolent Association, per CBS Sports.
“He was briefly detained for officer safety, after driving in a manner in which he was putting himself and others in great risk of danger. Upon being stopped, Mr. Hill was not immediately cooperative with the officers on scene who, pursuant to policy and for their immediate safety, placed Mr. Hill in handcuffs. Mr. Hill, still uncooperative, refused to sit on the ground and was therefore redirected to the ground. Once the situation was sorted out within a few minutes, Mr. Hill was issued two traffic citations and was free to leave.
“We would like to … use this as an opportunity to remember that it is always best to obey lawful police commands first, and complain later,” the statement continues. “We have worked hard across all communities to bridge the gap between what people believe law enforcement should and can do, and will continue to do so. In this case, while we wait for the investigation to run its course, based on what we know, we stand with the actions of our officers but look forward to further open communication moving forward. While we are confident in the actions that led to the stop of Mr. Hill, as with any investigation, we will wait for all of the facts to come out, along with any explanation Mr. Hill may have for his actions that initiated this unfortunate incident.”
