Drew Rosenhaus, the agent for Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, is calling for the police officers who arrested his client to be fired following his shocking arrest on Sunday.
According to official citations, Hill was cited for reckless driving and failure to wear a seat belt. The two penalties do not require a court appearance and carry combined fines of $308.
Those documents say Hill was traveling at a high rate of speed, visually estimated at 60 mph, in a heavily trafficked area with pedestrians and other vehicles.
Once officers stopped Hill’s McLaren, they pulled him out of the car and forced him to the ground while one officer placed his knee on the wide receiver’s back.
Rosenhaus, who appeared on “The Dan Le Batard Show” on Tuesday, was asked what the department should do after the body camera footage was released Monday night.
Drew Rosenhaus, Tyreek Hill’s agent, is calling for the firing of the Miami police officers who arrested the Miami Dolphins wide receiver on Sunday while he was heading to Hard Rock Stadium.
Citations have been issued against Hill for reckless driving and driving without a seat belt.
“For me, personally, I think the police officers that did that to Tyreek should not be in that position,” Rosenhaus said, as body camera video played.
‘They should let them go. Look at the guy who just kicked him right there. That guy should be fired. That’s out of control.
“The guy who jumped out and put him in a chokehold? There’s no place for a cop to have a badge that works like that when Tyreek wasn’t being aggressive or violent or defending himself in any way.
“It was horrible how they treated him. They didn’t treat him like a human being.”
Rosenhaus declined to share whether Hill believes the officers should be fired, saying, “I’ll let Tyreek speak on that. That’s my opinion. He and I haven’t had that specific discussion.”
“But I would certainly recommend to Tyreek and the legal team that that is something we should do.
‘You know, I think he deserves an apology from each and every police officer involved.
“And those who abused their authority and power should not remain in power, in my opinion, in the future.”
Fallout continues from Miami Dolphins star receiver Tyreek Hill’s arrest
Hill was cited for reckless driving and operating without a license on Sunday before a game.
The wide receiver claims he was mistreated by Miami Dade police because he is black and has amplified those claims to other media outlets such as CNN and NBC, where he shared his take on the situation.
Police were criticized by the Miami Dolphins, who called the video “maddening and heartbreaking.”
The team pledged to support Hill and called for “swift and forceful action” against officers found guilty of “overly aggressive,” “violent” and “despicable” behavior.
Social media reaction to the incident was overwhelmingly in Hill’s favor, with most posts criticizing Miami-Dade police’s handling of the situation and accusing them of racism.
Former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III reposted the video, saying: “This level of aggression and demeaning behavior was not necessary. This is an excessive use of power.”
FOX Sports analyst and former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho also shared the video, calling it “as disgusting as you’d expect.”
In a separate post, Acho called the police officers “disgusting” and said: “If the images don’t make you furious, you should check your pulse.”
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.”
The social media reaction to the incident was overwhelmingly on the side of the Dolphins receiver.
Greg Cote, a Miami Herald writer and guest on Dan Le Batard’s show, said: “Tyreek Hill was caught driving while black. That was his crime. It was an overreaction by the police. I thought it was a clear abuse of power.”
Body camera footage released Monday night captured the moment police chased Hill and stopped his McLaren 720S outside Hard Rock Stadium.
Hill rolled down his window and then handed his license to the police while telling them not to knock on his windows and to “just give me my ticket, bro, I’m going to be late, homies, just do what you gotta do.”
At that point, Hill rolled his window back up, and officers ordered him to roll it down.
Officers then tell Hill to get out of the car, and one officer is heard saying, “I’m going to break that damn window.”
The wide receiver responded, “I’m going out,” but before Hill had a chance to open the door, officers swung it open and pulled him out of his car.
Hill later told CNN that the reason he rolled his window back up was so that passersby wouldn’t recognize him while it was all happening.
Police officers slammed open Hill’s car door and dragged him out in the footage.
“I’m not trying to cause a scene because if I roll down my window, people walking or driving by will know it’s me and start taking pictures,” he said.
“I didn’t want to make a fuss. I just wanted to get the ticket and then go on my way and have a great Sunday.”
Hill added: “It was crazy, me being a father, me being a husband. I was just putting myself in that situation.”Situation (thought): Hey, I have to be smart. That’s why I wasn’t in that kind of energy. I was relaxed, I followed the rules.
After pulling Hill out of the car and throwing him to the ground, he was heard speaking to Rosenhaus on the phone and saying, “I’m going to be arrested, Drew.”
“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.
Officers were heard telling the NFL star to “stop crying” after pulling him out of his car and placing him face down in the road.
Hill was eventually released and played Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
At least one officer who stopped Hill did not know who the wide receiver was; another officer had to inform him.
“Why is he acting like that?” one officer asked as Hill could be heard yelling in the background. “You know who he is, right?”
His colleague, believed to have been the first officer to approach Hill’s car after he was stopped, replied: “No?”
They were then informed that he was “one of the Dolphins’ star players,” to which they responded, “Oh yeah?”
Minutes earlier, the wide receiver was handcuffed near Hard Rock Stadium as he headed to the Dolphins’ season opener against Jacksonville. “Take me to jail … do whatever you have to do,” Hill told officers.
Instead, he was released, but the 30-year-old had previously speculated about what might have happened to him if he were not a high-profile NFL star.
He told NBC: “If I wasn’t Tyreek Hill, God knows… worst case scenario, I would have been shot or locked up.”
A Florida police union said Hill was driving dangerously when he was stopped Sunday and was handcuffed after refusing to cooperate. Hill said He has no idea what led to his arrest.
Officers were heard telling the NFL star to “stop crying” after pulling him from his car.
“Do you know who this is?” one police officer asked his partner, who simply replied, “No?”
Hill was released a few minutes later, but not before teammate Calais Campbell was also placed in handcuffs.
After the game, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel was nearly in tears as he told reporters: “What pisses me off, honestly, to be frank, is knowing that I don’t know exactly… I don’t know what that feels like.”
Over the weekend, Miami-Dade Police revealed that one officer has been placed on administrative duty pending an internal investigation.
Hill had previously been convicted of domestic battery, was investigated for another assault in 2023, and was also investigated for possible child abuse.
He also admitted to having ten children and facing two paternity suits in 2023, but claims he is taking care of all of them.
