Miami-Dade Police stopped and arrested Miami Dolphins star wideout Tyreek Hill on the way to Hard Rock Stadium to face the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Miami Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill stopped and arrested by Miami-Dade Police on his way to Hard Rock Stadium (Image via Imago/X)
When anyone starts from home to go to their respective place of work, traffic, possible breakdown of the vehicle, etc., are some of the problems they could expect in their wildest dreams. For Miami Dolphins superstar wideout Tyreek Hill, on his way to his first big day at the office this season, turned out a lot worse than that.
A little while before facing the Jacksonville Jaguars, the 30-year-old was stopped by Miami-Dade police. Many passerby on their way to the stadium saw the commotion unfolding and shared pictures and videos of the incident. He was pictured first being cuffed away from his McLaren 720S supercar.
In the aftermath of that stop, police were seen cuffing the eight-time Pro Bowler. One officer allegedly kicked him to force him onto the pavement, and three others stood over him to keep him subdued.
Another set of fan photos shows Tyreek Hill sitting on the pavement, still cuffed with one officer standing over him. Early reports coming from the scene was that the Miami-Dade police detained him due to an apparent ‘driving violation’.
Defensive lineman and teammate Calais Campbell stopped by to help him. He later claimed that law enforcement put him in cuffs for stopping to help his running mate. Police released Hill after a while, just in time to get to the Hard Rock Stadium to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Fans tear into Miami-Dade police for Tyreek Hill arrest
Football fans know a driving violation generally leads to a citation. Unless the violator in question did something egregious to warrant an arrest. This is why fans could not understand what led police to arrest and supposedly use force against a driver who was driving through crawling traffic.
They took to social media to call out the police for their actions. A traffic stop can agitate anyone, especially while on their way to work. That situation aggravates when the person is an African American, such has been the trend in the USA. They voiced their concerns on social, examples of which are below;
