The fallout from Tyreek Hill’s confrontation with Miami-Dade police has taken a bizarre turn after an officer denied trying to apologize to the Dolphins star.
During a news conference on Wednesday, the wide receiver said representatives of the officer at his detention center had reached out to apologize.
Hill was dragged from his car, pinned to the ground and handcuffed before the Dolphins’ season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
“They’ve tried to apologize, but we refused,” Hill said after body camera footage of the incident surfaced.
‘It is up to each person to have their own opinion on what they feel about the video.’
Dolphins star Tyreek Hill was pulled from his car and handcuffed on Sunday.
Danny Torres was the police officer assigned to administrative duties after Tyreek Hill was arrested
Reports claimed it was Officer Danny Torres’ attorneys who contacted Hill in an attempt to clear things up.
Torres was identified this week as the officer assigned to administrative duties following the dramatic traffic stop.
But his representatives have now contradicted Hill, insisting: “Neither Officer Torres, nor his legal representatives, attorneys or anyone speaking on his behalf has had any communication with Mr. Hill, his attorney or his representatives,” they said. Kickoff.
Hill called for the officer to be fired for what he called “excessive” force against him.
“After a careful and thorough review of multiple body cameras and videos from concerned citizens that captured the unfortunate events that occurred on Sunday, September 8, 2024, between several Miami Dade Police Department officers and Tyreek Hill, we demand the immediate termination of the officer who has been placed on administrative leave,” Hill said in a statement through attorney Julius B. Collins.
But the Dolphins star also He accepted that he should have behaved differently.
Asked if he could have been more cooperative with police, the 30-year-old said: “I have family members who are police officers. We’ve had conversations. Yes, I will say I could have been better. I could have rolled down my window at that point.
Hill called for the officer to be fired for what he called “excessive” force against him.
“My thing is that I don’t want to draw attention to myself. I don’t want cameras or phones pointing at me at that moment.
‘But at the end of the day I’m human, I have to follow the rules and do what everyone else would do.
“Now, does that give them the right to beat the shit out of me? Absolutely not. But at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and do things a little differently.”
The Dolphins wide receiver returns to the field Thursday night when Miami faces the Buffalo Bills.
On Sunday, Hill was released in time to face the Jaguars. scored An 80-yard touchdown that helped Miami come back and take the victory by 20 to 17. The receiver celebrated the goal by imitating being handcuffed.
After the Dolphins wide receiver was placed in handcuffs, he told officers: ‘Take me to jail.’
NFL star Hill was pictured alongside his wife Keeta Vaccaro in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Meanwhile, police citations, released earlier this week, stated that Hill was pulled over because he was believed to be driving 60 mph and not wearing a seatbelt. The two violations carried a combined fine of $308.
After handcuffing the receiver, he told officers: “Take me to jail… do what you have to do.”
The officers were then heard telling Hill to “stop crying.” One of them said: “When we tell you to do something, you do it. Do you understand? Not what you want, but what we tell you. You’re a little confused.”
News of Hill’s arrest sparked outrage online. ESPN host Stephen A. Smith criticized the “unnecessary” incident Sunday morning. He also drew comparisons to the infamous arrest of golf star Scottie Scheffler in Kentucky earlier this year.
Hill was soon pinned to the ground and warned: “When we tell you to do something, you do it.”
“This is totally unnecessary nonsense,” Smith said. “And by the way… I know that the Scottie Scheffler incident occurred in Georgia, not Florida, and that he was arrested, detained, prosecuted. I also know that we don’t know all the details, blah… blah… blah!”
—But didn’t they throw him face down on the ground in handcuffs? And then the officers forced him to sit down a second time. No! This story is not going away, and it doesn’t have to.
Emmy Award-winning journalist and SportsCenter host Michael Eaves wrote: “For those of you who are a little shocked by the bodycam footage of the Tyreek Hill situation, they have clearly never been guilty of driving while black.”
Meanwhile, one social media user wrote: “Why are they treating him like this? That’s my question because he’s black.” Another added: “Racist police officers tried to arrest Tyreek Hill… that’s stupid.”
Former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick (c) protested against police brutality
After the body camera footage surfaced, Hill tweeted: “Let’s make a change.” He also referenced when NFL players, led by former quarterback Colin Kaepernick, took a knee in protest against police brutality.
Hill told CNN: “I believe in bringing people together. That’s my purpose in life… We’re in this together, we’re on this earth together, we have to live together. So when I say, ‘Let’s make a change, let’s make a change together.'”
‘The Miami Police Department, really all the officers in the world. Because one officer doesn’t make the whole group look bad. Every team has bad people. My job is to use my platform and my resources to be able to align myself with these different stations.
“We even got down on our knees, we walked, and now what? Right now, my wife (Keeta Vaccaro) and I are thinking about how we can be a part of this change. It’s important to us because we want to be able to change lives all over the world, not just in Miami.”