MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami-Dade police mentioned Sunday they’ll examine why Dolphins large receiver Tyreek Hill was handcuffed and positioned facedown on a avenue by their officers after he was stopped for a visitors violation close to Exhausting Rock Stadium on Sunday, hours earlier than his staff opened the NFL season.
Hill was seen on video posted to the social media web site X laying face down on the bottom as officers positioned his arms behind his again and put handcuffs on him.
Hill, who led the NFL in receiving yards in 2023, had 4 catches for 32 yards at halftime in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Miami-Dade Police director Stephanie V. Daniels mentioned in an announcement Sunday afternoon that she has requested an “quick evaluation” of the small print surrounding the incident.
“We’re additionally reviewing obtainable physique digicam footage,” Daniels mentioned. “We are going to present updates as additional info turns into obtainable.”
Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, known as it a “heartbreaking state of affairs” Sunday morning on ESPN.
“Clearly I like Tyreek. I hated to see him within the state of affairs he was in with the police,” Rosenhaus mentioned. ” … Apparently he acquired a ticket for a transferring violation coming into the stadium.
“How issues escalated into the state of affairs that they have been in, in handcuffs and being held on the bottom with police, is mindboggling to me. I’m deeply involved by that. Very troubled. We shall be wanting into it. We shall be investigating this. We are going to look out for Tyreek, however I’m not going to make any allegations at the moment. A very powerful factor is Tyreek is OK bodily, mentally he was very distraught about what occurred.”
The Dolphins, in an announcement launched shortly after the incident, mentioned a number of of Hill’s teammates noticed the incident and “stopped for help.”
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy mentioned the league has been in touch with the Dolphins, however declined to remark additional.
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