Tyreek Hill’s traffic violations dismissed after Miami police officers no-show

Tyreek Hill was acquitted of a confrontation with police in Miami in September.

The Dolphins wide receiver received a traffic ticket for careless driving, which was later dismissed by Miami-Dade police for a seatbelt violation after he was absent from Monday's court hearing.

Miami-Dade police defended issuing the citation, saying the failure to appear was an “oversight.”

“Just because a citation is rejected for this reason does not mean the citation was without merit,” the agency said in a statement.

Hill, 30, was stopped outside Hard Rock Stadium before the Dolphins' season opener on Sept. 8.

After a back-and-forth, Hill was asked to exit the vehicle, then pulled from his seat, handcuffed and placed face down.

At the time, he was in custody for “driving in a manner that placed himself and others at great risk.”

Hill was cited and released in time for the game, where he had seven receptions on 12 targets for 130 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown catch, and a handcuffed celebration in the end zone. It was closed.

The case was retried that Sunday, and Danny Torres, a 27-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department, was placed in administration because of the ordeal.

Hill, who has been playing through a left wrist injury that he claims was aggravated during the incident, took to social media Tuesday to troll those who criticized his role in the ordeal.

“Where are the internet police now?” he wrote to x.

Days after the incident, Hill asked the department to fire Torres for using “excessive” force.

“We have carefully and thoroughly reviewed multiple body camera and concerned citizen videos that captured the unfortunate incident between several Miami-Dade Police Department officers and Tyreek Hill on Sunday, September 8, 2024. As a result, we are requesting that the officers on administrative leave be immediately terminated,'' Hill said through his attorney, Julius B. Collins.