December 23, 2024

Dolphins receiver Hill was stopped by Miami-Dade police officers for a traffic violation before being dragged out of his car and pinned to the ground while on the way to Sunday’s season-opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars

Police bodycam footage has since displayed officers swearing at Hill, who did not strike them or resist their physical force.

“I will say I could have been better,” Hill said. “I could have let down my window in that instant. But the thing about me is, I don’t want attention. I don’t want to be cameras-out, phones-on-you in that moment. But at the end of the day, I’m human. I’ve got to follow rules. I’ve got to do what everyone else would do.

“Now, does that give them the right to literally beat the dog out of me? Absolutely not,” Hill continued. “But at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and do things a bit differently.”

Hill, who celebrated his 80-yard touchdown against the Jags by pretending to be in handcuffs, called for the officer involved in his incident, who has been placed on administrative leave, to be fired. Sky Sports News has contacted Miami-Dade police for a stat. He reiterated this during a news conference on Wednesday: “Gone. Gone. Gone. Gone. Gone. He’s gotta go, man,” Hill explained. “In that instant right there, not only did he treat me bad, but he also treated my team-mates with disrespect. He had some crazy words towards them and they didn’t even do nothing. Like, what did they do to you? They’re just walking on the sidewalk. He’s got to go, man.”

Calais Campbell was also placed in handcuffs after stopping at the scene to try and diffuse the situation. Hill noted he was in a movie theatre when the police footage was released on Monday night.

“It’s shell-shocking, man,” Hill said. “It’s really crazy to know that you have officers in this world that would literally do that with bodycams on. It’s sad. It’s really sad. Which brings up another conversation and leads into What would they do if they didn’t have bodycams?,’ which is even crazier.”

Hill and his team-mates will now turn their attention towards Thursday night’s clash with the Buffalo Bills, with the Dolphins star saying he will not take a knee in protest against policy brutality.

“Right now, what I’m focused on is my job and that’s to play football,” Hill continued. “That’s all I can be, the best football player I can be.”

Tagovailoa insists the police bodycam footage was reflective of “real life”, with he and teammates planning to come together to discuss ways of creating change.

“It was a little emotional for me, hearing Tyreek’s voice in the footage, just knowing Tyreek,” said Tagovailoa. “For me, a lot of the instances that I see are of people that I don’t know and it’s happening to those people, so for it to have happened to somebody that I knew, and then hearing Tyreek’s voice throughout that – and we talked about it, it was a little emotional.

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