Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill has filed charges against one of the police officers who arrested him in Miami on Sunday.
Hill is Interview He was watching an Amazon Prime Video clip ahead of his team's Thursday Night Football game against the Buffalo Bills when one of the officers attempted to antagonize him by pinching him around the throat.
“What people don't know is that every time I had the handcuffs on my back it was like the cop was pinching me around the neck to get me to do something,” Hill said. “It's insane. It's on another level.”
Body camera footage released by Miami-Dade Police does not provide a continuous view of Hill's neck during the arrest, but it does show multiple officers placing their hands near his neck at different times.
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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill reacts after the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Hard Rock Stadium on September 8, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)
Hill did not specifically name the officers he claims tried to antagonize him. The officer who handcuffed him was Danny Torres, a 27-year veteran of the department.
Torres has since been placed on administrative duty. The Miami-Dade police chief placed her on paid administrative duty after Torres said she had reviewed the officer's body camera footage that day. Torres' lawyer told Fox News Digital they are seeking the officer's immediate reinstatement.
“As Director Daniels has argued, we seek immediate reinstatement of our clients and a full, thorough and objective investigation. Our clients will not comment until this investigation is concluded and the facts are fully known,” the lawyers said in a statement.
The video shows Hill being pulled over for speeding as he approached Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday. Hill was instructed by the officer to roll down his window, handed the officer his driver's license and repeatedly told the officer not to knock on the window. The video also shows the officer asking Hill to keep the window up. When Hill did not comply, the incident escalated.
When the officer asked Hill to get out of the car, the wide receiver said, “I'm getting out, I'm getting out.” The officer opened the door and let Hill out, and the wide receiver said, “I'm getting out!” Another officer then grabbed Hill by the back of his head and around his neck, threw him to the sidewalk and handcuffed him.
Hill was released about 25 minutes after Deputy Drew Rosenhaus arrived, after which he can be heard telling officers “I'll see you in court” before returning to his car.
Hill and his lawyers called for Torres to be fired in a statement released Tuesday, and he reinforced that position at the team's news conference on Wednesday.
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This body camera image released by Miami-Dade Police shows Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill being arrested during a traffic stop on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Miami-Dade Police Department via The Associated Press)
“Not anymore. Not anymore. Not anymore. Not anymore. He's got to go,” Hill said. “Because not only did he treat me badly then, he was disrespectful to his teammates. He said some nasty things to his teammates and they didn't do anything. What did they do to you? They were just walking down the sidewalk. He's got to go.”
The incident sparked debate over who was at fault, Hill or the police officers.
ESPN star Stephen A. Smith suggested Hill wasn't blameless, but argued police used excessive force.
“In terms of Tyreek Hill, I can't completely forgive him based on the Florida police statement,” Smith said Tuesday on ESPN's “First Take.”
“They said he was 'uncooperative.' We on this show, or any platform, have a responsibility to do everything we can to save lives. We have a responsibility to do everything we can to somehow help you live another day and fight that fight. We know how wrong they were. The police went too far. There are no excuses. They should be ashamed of their actions. They went too far. That's absolutely true.”
Former NBA star Charles Barkley appeared on Fox Sports 910 in Phoenix and criticized the media for focusing on Hill's race throughout its coverage of the incident.
“I hate the media coverage because players are going to be racist so quickly and that bothers me,” Barkley explained. “There's a lot of idiots in the media who love to play the racism card. I was like, 'Wait a minute, they did the same thing to Scottie Scheffler.'”
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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill speaks during his post-game press conference, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Hill said Wednesday that the incident will not lead to him kneeling during the anthem at Dolphins games or calling for cuts to the police budget. Kneeling during the anthem to protest police brutality and racism became a flashpoint in the NFL during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick I started exercising.
“Not really. Like I said, I'm not going to mix the two,” the star wide receiver said. “I'm not going to take a knee. I'm not going to demand that we defund the police. I'm not going to protest.”
The Miami-Dade Police Department had not responded to Fox News Digital's request for comment at the time of publication.
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