Sunday’s 20-17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars is a sport Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill will doubtless not quickly overlook, however not for his on-field efficiency however due to what transpired earlier than.
As he was on his option to Laborious Rock Stadium, Hill was stopped for a minor site visitors violation and subsequently detained by officers after being taken to the bottom and positioned in handcuffs.
Hill was launched with citations for careless driving and a seatbelt violation, and although he made it to the stadium in loads of time to play in opposition to the Jags, Hill’s legal professional Julius Collins said on Monday the star wideout is contemplating taking authorized motion in opposition to the Miami-Dade PD.
“We imagine that the officers’ actions on [Sunday], had been extreme,” Collins said, through Professional Soccer Speak. “As Mr. Hill is appreciative of his standing as a ‘movie star,’ it’s not misplaced upon him how so many others in related conditions have met a unique destiny and the way lucky all events concerned had been capable of stroll away from this matter.”
In accordance with Collins, Hill’s recollection of occasions concerned police escalating issues after he gave them his driver’s license and rolled his window up.
An officer allegedly suggested Hill to maintain his window down or he could be faraway from the automobile. Hill rolled his window again down however one other officer “aggressively approached” the WR and allegedly said “if we’ve to interrupt that [expletive] window, we’ll.”
“At no cut-off date did Mr. Hill pose a menace to those officers,” Collins added. “We imagine that this matter was escalated as a consequence of overzealous officers making an attempt to impose their authority on Mr. Hill as a result of they weren’t happy with how briskly he complied with their request and that Mr. Hill didn’t roll down his window far sufficient to their liking.”
Miami-Dade PD launched body-cam footage from the incident within the curiosity of transparency.