Officer put on leave after cuffing Tyreek Hill hours before Dolphins game

Jack Aylmer

IN AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS, MIAMI DOLPHINS STAR WIDE RECEIVER, TYREEK HILL, FOUND HIMSELF IN HANDCUFFS A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE STADIUM JUST HOURS BEFORE SUNDAY’S GAME AGAINST THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS. 

THE INCIDENT LED TO ONE MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICER BEING PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. 

VIDEO FOOTAGE CIRCULATING ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS FOUR OFFICERS SURROUNDING HILL, HANDCUFFED AND LYING ON THE GROUND. 

IN ONE CLIP, AN OFFICER IS SEEN WITH HIS KNEE ON HILL’S BACK. 

ACCORDING TO THE TEAM, HE WAS CITED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING AND DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE, HIS AGENT CONFIRMED THOSE DETAILS.

IN A POSTGAME INTERVIEW, HE MENTIONED THAT EVERYBODY HAS BAD APPLES IN EVERY SITUATION, SO HE PLANS TO USE HIS PLATFORM TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FLIP THIS AND MAKE IT POSITIVE ON BOTH ENDS. 

HE WENT ON TO EXPRESS HIS RESPECT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, SAYING HE STILL HOPES TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER ONE DAY. HOWEVER, HILL ALSO MENTIONED THAT DOESN’T KNOW WHY HE WAS HANDCUFFED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THE MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOW CONDUCTING A REVIEW OF THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM THE INCIDENT. POLICE DIRECTOR STEPHANIE DANIELS POSTED ON X, STATING HER COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

HILL WASN’T THE ONLY ONE CAUGHT UP IN THE SITUATION. DEFENSIVE TACKLE CALAIS CAMPBELL TRIED TO INTERVENE. CAMPBELL SAID HE WAS HANDCUFFED AS WELL BUT DIDN’T LET THE SITUATION AFFECT HIS FOCUS. 

THE DOLPHINS DEFEATED THE JAGUARS, WINNING 20 TO 17. AFTER AN 80-YARD TOUCHDOWN, HILL MADE A STATEMENT OF HIS OWN BY CELEBRATING IN THE ENDZONE PRETENDING TO BE HANDCUFFED.

WE’LL BE WATCHING CLOSELY AS THIS STORY DEVELOPS. 

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FOR SAN, I’M JACK A.