Tyreek Hill’s detainment by the Miami-Dade Police Department before Sunday’s Week 1 opener has created shockwaves within the Dolphins organization.
Hill, who was pulled from his car and handcuffed after allegedly driving an estimated 60 mph in a 40 mph zone on Sunday, was eventually allowed to leave the scene and play in the game against the Jaguars at Hard Rock Stadium.
Hill, 30, ended up getting citations for careless driving and a seat belt violation.
After all of the chaos of the detainment — that also saw teammate Calais Campbell get handcuffed after trying to de-escalate the situation — and the subsequent body cam footage that was released on Monday, players and coaches spoke out, including star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
“It was a little emotional for me, hearing Tyreek’s voice in the footage,” Tagovailoa told reporters Tuesday.
Head coach Mike McDaniel, according to the Associated Press, said this week that the detainment was especially “triggering,” especially seeing Campbell involved.
“If I’m Calais Campbell and I’m 38 years old and you’re going to work, whatever personal innocence that you have relative to — you’re a gigantic, strong, just a miraculous man that has done right in all ways, shapes and forms. There’s just elements to that that is very triggering,” McDaniel said.
Defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver told the AP that the detainment felt almost personal to him,
“It’s unfortunate in this day and time,” Weaver said, “when I have two boys — my wife is Mexican American — and both the times that they were born and they were light-skinned, there was almost a sense of relief in that they were going to avoid some of the same issues that I’ve had to deal with throughout my life.”
In two posts on X on Monday, defensive back Jalen Ramsey called out MDPD over its handling of the situation.
“FIRE EM IMMEDIATELY! Mfs like them can’t have no type of power, they gotta go!” he wrote.
“That s–t is crazy when you look at that body cam footage more than once! I notice some new bulls–t every time smh,” Ramsey added in another post.
Offensive tackle Terron Armstead also took issue with how police handled the situation, calling it “unnecessary.”
“Tyreek walked in the locker room just moments after this!” Armstead wrote on Monday. “His eyes were red filled with anger and pain! As he’s telling me what happened, I couldn’t do nothing but feel the pain of my brother!! Seeing this s–t makes it even worse man! Completely unnecessary, completely sad!”
Officer Danny Torres was placed on administrative duties this week following the detainment, the MDPD told CBS News Miami on Tuesday.
“As the Internal Affairs investigation is still ongoing. We will provide further information once it becomes available pending the outcome of the investigation,” it said in the statement.
Ignacio Alvarez, one of the attorneys for Torres, told ESPN that he hoped all people involved would not make further statements in regard to what happened.
