Police body camera footage shows the moment Tyreek Hill sped past a Miami police officer before officers detained him and pinned him to the ground on Sunday.
Miami Dolphins star receiver Hill was handcuffed by police in dramatic scenes after being cited for two traffic violations while heading to Hard Rock Stadium for the team’s NFL season opener.
Shocking videos showed the 30-year-old man handcuffed and pinned to the ground after being pulled over for speeding, while one officer even appeared to punch him on the sidewalk.
As police violently detained him, several of Hill’s teammates stopped to try to calm the situation, but defensive tackle Calais Campbell was also briefly handcuffed.
One of the officers involved in the incident has been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation by the Miami-Dade Police Department, which has released body camera footage of Hill’s arrest.
Police body camera footage shows the moment Tyreek Hill sped past a Miami police officer before officers stopped him and pinned him to the ground.
Miami Dolphins star receiver Hill was handcuffed by police in dramatic scenes as he headed to his opening NFL game.
At the beginning of the footage, Hill can be seen speeding past the officer, who eventually pulled him over and then dragged him to the ground.
The NFL star flies down the road in his black sports car to alert the officer before being asked to stop.
After doing so, the altercation begins when Hill apparently refuses to roll down his window when ordered to.
Police initially approached his car before he appeared to hand over his license while telling the officer to “do what you have to do.”
Hill then rolled up his window, prompting officers to bang on the car and tell him, “Hey, keep that window down!”
“Keep your window down or I’m going to kick you out of the car. In fact, get out of the car,” one officer told him before another warned the football player: “We’re going to break that damn window.”
Police dragged him out of his luxury sports car after he refused to roll down his window.
After being pulled from the car, Hill was left trapped on the ground in astonishing scenes.
Still, he headed to Hard Rock Stadium to play for the Dolphins after being released.
A few seconds later, Hill was told: “We’re not going to play with this car, get out of here!” An officer then opened the driver’s side door and grabbed him.
He was then pulled out of the car and handcuffed before he could be heard saying: “Take me to jail, bro. Do what you have to do.”
Officers were heard telling Hill to “stop crying” after pulling him out of his car and forcing him to fall face down on the road.
“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,” one officer told him.
A Florida police union said Hill was driving dangerously when he was stopped in Miami on Sunday and that he was handcuffed after refusing to cooperate. Hill said He has no idea what led to his arrest.
Hill celebrated his 80-yard touchdown run Sunday by reenacting being handcuffed.
His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, says he was cited for reckless driving and driving without a license.
A three-minute video of the scene surfaced on Monday, in which Hill claimed he “went from 0 to 60 immediately.” He told NBC: “If it wasn’t Tyreek Hill, God knows… worst case scenario, I would have been shot or locked up.”
The Dolphins described the video as “both maddening and heartbreaking.” The team pledged to support Hill and called for “swift and forceful action” against officials found guilty of “overly aggressive,” “violent” and “despicable” behavior.
