Dolphins star Tyreek Hill calls for Miami police officer who pushed him on ground to be fired

Miami superstar Tyreek Hill -]who was handcuffed and placed face down outside the team’s stadium after he was stopped for allegedly speeding and reckless driving - has called for the officer who restrained him to be sacked.

Monday’s incident left the star wide receiver baffled and resulted in a police officer being placed on administrative leave.

The officer, who was not identified, was one of at least three involved in detaining Hill. Some fans saw Hill being handcuffed and captured video on their way to the game, and it quickly went viral on social media.

Miami-Dade Police director Stephanie V. Daniels said she had launched an internal affairs investigation.

Bodycam footage shows the officers dragging Hill out of his high-priced sportscar after he refused to wind down his window. He said he did this as he was conscious of bystanders filming him being questioned.

“Gone. Gone. Gone. He gotta go, man. In that instance right there, not only did he treat me bad, he also treated my teammates with disrespect, you know?” Hill said.

“He had some crazy words towards them, and they didn’t even do nothing. Like, what did they do to you? They were just walking on the sidewalk.”

Hill admitted he should have complied with the officer’s request to wind his window down so he could issue him with a speeding ticket.

“I will say I could have been better. I could have let down my window in that instance. But the thing about me is, I don’t want attention, I don’t want to be – cameras out, phones on you, in that moment,” he said.

“At the end of the day, I’m human, I’ve got to follow rules, I’ve got to do what everyone else would do. Now, does that give them the right to literally beat the dog out of me? Absolutely not. But at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and do things a bit differently.”

Defensive tackle Calais Campbell was also briefly handcuffed after coming to his teammate’s aid.

Hill starred on the field for the Dolphins in their opening game, catching seven passes for 130 yards — including an 80-yard touchdown that helped Miami rally for a 20-17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Hill celebrated the score by mimicking being handcuffed.

Hill said he didn’t want to use his celebrity to get out of the situation but wondered what would’ve happened if he wasn’t an NFL star.

“What if I wasn’t Tyreek Hill?, he said after the game.

“Lord knows what that guy or guys would have done. I was just making sure that I was doing what my uncle always told me to do whenever you’re in a situation like that: ‘Just listen, put your hands on the steering wheel and just listen.’

“I’m just glad that my teammates were there to support me in that situation because I felt alone.”

Campbell said he was driving into Hard Rock Stadium when he saw Hill handcuffed, and he stopped to help. The 17-year NFL veteran ended up in handcuffs as well, saying officers told him it was because he disobeyed their direct orders.

“I’d seen, I feel like excessive force, so I get out of the car to kind of just try to de-escalate the situation,” Campbell said, also calling the incident “a bit extreme.”

Hill, who led the NFL in receiving yards in 2023, said he spoke to his wife and family after he was detained and before the game kicked off.