Miami Dolphins pass receiver Tyreek Hill was apprehended by authorities in Florida on Sunday, outdoors Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, hours ahead of the group's season opener versus the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The 30-year-old NFL gamer was pulled over for a traffic event, according to The New York Times, and video footage of his arrest was rapidly shared on social networks, revealing Hill handcuffed and put face-down on the ground by a group of officers.
“This early morning, WR Tyreek Hill was pulled over for a traffic occurrence about one block from the arena and briefly apprehended by cops,” the Dolphins group account composed on X/Twitter on Sunday. “He has actually because been launched. Numerous colleagues saw the occurrence and stopped to provide assistance. Tyreek and all other gamers included have actually securely shown up to the arena and will be offered for today's video game.”
At a postgame interview, Hill mentioned that he had actually been pulled over for speeding, however did not elaborate even more, as kept in mind by NBC. He included that he wasn't sure why the authorities had actually apprehended him, declaring he “wasn't ill-mannered” to the authorities and was “still attempting to figure it out.”
“I do not wish to bring race into it, however in some cases it gets type of undecided when you do,” Hill stated. “What if I wasn't Tyreek Hill? Lord understands what that guy or guys would have done. I was simply making certain that I was doing what my uncle constantly informed me to do whenever you're in a circumstance like that: ‘Just listen, put your hands on the guiding wheel and simply listen.'”
Hill's representative, Drew Rosenhaus, informed CNN on Monday that the gamer's arrest was “heartbreaking, distressing and uncalled for,” including that he was “in shock” over the circumstance.
“Tyreek was simply attempting to get to work, attempting to play a video game, simply attempting to do his task,” Rosenhaus stated, talking to CNN's Sara Sidner. “For law enforcement officers to apprehend him, to put him on the ground like that, to put their knee on him, to strike him– it's simply ravaging.”
Rosenhaus likewise informed NBC that Hill had actually been pulled over for negligent driving and driving without a license. “I do not wish to promote him however it definitely seemed like he wasn't dealt with relatively,” Rosenhaus stated to NBC South Florida. “Things intensified out of control.”
Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department, Stephanie V. Daniels, stated in a declaration on Sunday that she had “asked for an instant evaluation of all information surrounding the event,” including that she was “evaluating offered body-camera video.” In a follow-up declaration, Daniels shared that the department had actually positioned among the officers on administrative leave pending an internal examination.
Dolphins protective lineman Calais Campbell informed press reporters he had actually likewise been jailed after stopping to attempt and de-escalate the interaction. NBC reported that an agent from the authorities department verified that Campbell had actually likewise been apprehended, however decreased to talk about more information,
