One Miami-Dade police officer is on administrative leave and 3 other cops are under investigation for an incident involving Miami Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill.
The Miami-Dade Police Department released body cam footage that shows 2 police officers drag Hill out of his car and force him face-first to the ground.
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The incident happened outside Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, about 3 hours before the Dolphins vs Jacksonville Jaguars kickoff.
The Dolphins star wide receiver was on his way to work when 3 motorcycle cops pulled him over for going 65 in a 60 mph zone. One cop approached Hill’s luxury sports car and asked him “Why don’t you have your seatbelt on?”
“Don’t knock on my window like that,” Hill responded. “Do what you gotta do,” Hill said before putting his window back up.
This angered the cop who demanded that Hill put the window back down. “Keep your window down or I’m gonna get you out of the car!” the cop told Hill. “As a matter of fact, get out of the car,” the cop said.
Two motorcycle cops dragged Hill out of the car, forced him down on the ground and handcuffed him.
When Hill’s teammate Calais Campbell stopped to assist Hill, he too was handcuffed.
Both Dolphins players were eventually released and allowed to continue on to work.
Hill caught an 80-yard TD reception in the Dolphins’ 20-17 win over the Jaguars. He celebrated the TD by pretending to get handcuffed in the end zone.
Miami-Dade Police director Stephanie V. Daniels agreed that the use of force by the cops was unjustified. The cops violated Hill’s rights by dragging him out of the car and detaining him for simply putting his window up.
Daniels said on Sunday that one officer has been placed on administrative leave while the investigation into the officers’ actions is ongoing.
Watch the video below.
SLATER SCOOP: Tyreek Hill body-cam video from Miami-Dade Police. pic.twitter.com/aJvD4SamZk
— Andy Slater (@AndySlater) September 9, 2024
