In the aftermath of his frightening encounter with Miami-Dade police officers, Tyreek Hill is taking action and speaking out against the physical assault he suffered during a traffic check.
Hill was handcuffed during a traffic check on his way to the Miami Dolphins' season opener.
Teammates Calais Campbell and Jonnu Smith were there to encourage their teammate, who was subsequently released.
Footage from one of the officer's body cameras shows Hillt getting dragged out of his car after rolling his window back up and lowering it partly. Looking back on it now, Hill wishes he had acted differently.
I could have let down my window in that instant,” he said. “The thing about me is, man, I don’t want attention. I don’t want to be cameras out, phones on you in that moment. At the end of the day,
, I'm human. I gotta follow rules. I gotta do what everyone else would do. Now, does it give them the right to nearly beat the dog out of me? Absolutely not. But, at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and do things a bit differently.”
Tyreek Hill discusses the police encounter before the Dolphins' opening-week match.
Although Hill may have been more cooperative with the officers, the issue as a whole is illustrated by the reality that police officers are incentivized and taught to use force whenever their authority is challenged.