Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa mentioned he was “just a little emotional” watching the video of huge receiver Tyreek Hill being detained by police and mentioned he is supporting his teammate after the encounter.
Hill was pulled out of his automotive, handcuffed and briefly detained throughout a site visitors cease close to Onerous Rock Stadium on Sunday simply hours earlier than the Dolphins took on the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Miami-Dade Police launched bodycamera footage Monday exhibiting the encounter, that ended with Hill being given citations for reckless driving and failure to put on a seatbelt.
Miami-Dade Police launched the physique digicam footage of Tyreek Hill getting handcuffed and detained hours earlier than the Dolphins season opener on Sunday.
The video confirmed an officer pulled Hill out of his sports activities automotive by his arm and compelled him face-first to the bottom after Hill put up the window of his automotive.
One officer concerned within the incident was positioned on administrative go away, and the division has launched an inside affairs investigation.
Tagovailoa spoke with the media Tuesday and was requested concerning the video.
“For me, like simply seeing it the primary time, it was just a little emotional for me, listening to simply Tyreek’s voice within the footage, simply realizing Tyreek. For me a whole lot of the situations that I see are simply, you understand, of folks that I do not know, it is taking place to these folks and so for it to have occurred to any person that I knew after which form of listening to Tyreek’s voice all through that. We talked about it, it was just a little emotional,” he mentioned. “I could not, I do not know like precisely how I might have handled that in that scenario and I can not communicate on one thing that I’ve by no means personally gone via myself, I’ve by no means been via any of that rising up in Hawaii.”
The incident has led to an outpouring of assist for Hill from coaches and teammates, together with Tua.
Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver discusses police detaining huge receiver Tyreek Hill.
“He is aware of that he has my assist, I might say simply with watching the movie, in my view I believe it might have been de-escalated one other method, I do not assume it was completed the appropriate method. There’s a whole lot of issues that I believe might have been completed totally different,” Tagovailoa mentioned.
Tagovailoa mentioned Hill “did not appear fazed within the lockeroom” earlier than the sport in opposition to the Jaguars and went out and carried out on the sphere, catching seven passes for 130 yards together with an 80-yard landing because the Dolphins gained 20-17.
“Proper in our yard, like that is simply what it was and for him to have stayed within the mindset to have the ability to nonetheless got here to the sport, nonetheless performed via all of that and did what he did, I imply simply consider that, like what 15, 20 minutes earlier than he got here to the stadium he simply had gone via all of that, mentally, bodily, what that does to you,” Tua mentioned. “He did not blink, he simply got here to the stadium and bought everyone turnt, and also you guys seen what he did, he did what he did, and that is simply Tyreek.”
Police physique digicam footage exhibits Miami-Dade Cops take down and handcuff Dolphins huge receiver Tyreek Hill hours earlier than the workforce’s season opener.
Tagovailoa mentioned Hill gathered a bunch of teammates collectively to “do one thing to assist change some issues, give you a pair concepts.”
He mentioned they did not give you something particular however would proceed their talks within the coming weeks.
“This is not simply one thing that Tyreek gone via, like that is one thing that individuals normally undergo, that is a life factor. Soccer, we’re blessed to do that, we’re blessed to have the ability to play this sport, we’re blessed to make all this cash to do what we love and it is for enjoyable, however that is actual life, no video games in that,” Tagovailoa mentioned.