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It’s been an eventful few days for Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill, who was detained by police ahead of his team’s opening game of the season on Sunday.
Hill was detained just hours before taking to the field against the Jacksonville Jaguars for a what his agent called a moving violation. Police released footage of the incident on Monday night.
The wide receiver, who went on to score an 80-yard touchdown in the 20-17 comeback win against the Jaguars, later said that he was still confused by his pregame encounter with police.
After his touchdown against the Jaguars, Hill put his arms behind his back with his wrists together – a nod to being placed in handcuffs earlier in the day.
Here’s what we know about Hill’s detention before the game on Sunday:
Body camera footage shows Hill being pulled from his carThe Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) released body-worn camera footage from the incident unexpectedly on Monday night.
“While standard protocol is to release body cam footage after the internal review has concluded, the available body cam footage – a combined 105 minutes 33 seconds – is being released the day following the incident to reinforce the Department’s commitment to keeping the public informed,” Director Stephanie V. Daniels of the police department said in a statement.
The footage shows a police officer approaching Hill’s car and knocking on the window after he signaled for Hill to pull over. Hill rolls down the window when the officer knocks and replies, “Hey, don’t knock on my window like that.” The officer asks Hill why he doesn’t have a seatbelt on. Hill doesn’t answer and repeatedly says, “Don’t knock on my window like that.”
The officer asks why Hill had his window up and says he had to knock to let Hill know he was there.
“Give me my ticket bro so I can go, I’m going to be late. Do what you got to do,” Hill said before rolling up the window.
The officer tells him to keep his window down and knocks again, but Hill doesn’t appear to respond. The officer knocks again and tells Hill to keep his window down. Hill rolls down his window slightly and responds, “Don’t tell me what to do.”
The officer threatens to make Hill get out of the car if he doesn’t keep the window down, and then immediately after orders him out. Another officer opens Hill’s car door and starts to pull him out of the car, saying, “Get out!” while Hill responds, “I’m getting out.”
Two officers are seen pushing Hill to the ground while another officer stands over. Hill is heard saying, “I’m getting arrested” multiple times, and the one officer physically restraining him says, “When we tell you to do something, you do it. You understand? You understand? Not what you want, but what we tell you. You’re a little f**cking confused.”
Hill is heard saying, “I’m getting out, I’m getting out,” and the same officer says, “Too late.”
“Alright bro, take me to jail, bro do what you gotta do,” Hill says. “We will,” the officer responds.
The time from when the officer first knocks on Hill’s window to when he is fully handcuffed on the ground is around a minute and a half. The officers then move Hill to his feet and have him sit on the sidewalk. As an officer slowly leads him to sit on the ground, Hill says “Hold on, bro. I just had surgery on my knee.” As he is speaking, another officer comes behind him and puts an arm around his chest. He begins to pull Hill toward the ground as Hill repeats, “I just had surgery on my knee.”
The restraining officer says, “Really, what a coincidence. Did you have surgery on your ears when we told you to put the window down?”
“Bro, chill!” Hill yells.
