Tyreek Hill, a wide receiver with the Miami Dolphins, was unceremoniously sacked for traffic infractions that resulted in a heated police altercation captured on camera two months ago. Records showed that police did not appear in court on Monday.
Patricia Henrys, the Miami-Dade County Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer, rejected Hill’s claims of reckless driving and not wearing a seat belt, stating “lack of prosecution officer/witness.”
“Where all the internet cops now,” Hill wrote on X in response to a post by Andy Slater, a WMEN radio presenter who initially reported the dismissal, seemingly spiking the football on Tuesday.
Miami-Dade police seemed taken aback by the case’s dismissal. On Tuesday, a representative referred to it as “an oversight.”
“The Miami-Dade Police Department is aware that a docket of citations issued to multiple individuals, including the non-criminal citations issued to Mr. Tyreek Hill, have been dismissed because the officer did not attend the hearing,” Detective Luis Sierra, a spokesperson for the department, revealed in a statement.
“A reference that is rejected for this reason does not always mean that it was without merit. An internal investigation of the officer’s absence from court has shown that he made a mistake. Administrative action will be taken in this case.
On September 8, Hill was traveling to the Dolphins game when Miami-Dade police stopped him outside Hard Rock Stadium, placed him face down on the sidewalk, and detained him.
As officers put Hill’s hands behind his back and seemed to cuff him, bystanders captured footage of him lying face down on the ground.
When Hill pulled over, at least two Dolphins teammates, defensive tackle Calais Campbell and tight end Jonnu Smith, who were passing by, stopped to assist.
Even though he was standing off to the side, Campbell, the former Walter Payton Man of the Year recipient, was also shackled, according to Hill.
All of those Dolphins advanced to the season opener on September 8, which Miami won 20–17 over the Jacksonville Jaguars. That day, Hill had a fantastic game, hauling in seven passes for 130 yards and a touchdown.
Tyreek Hill told NBC News a day after the event that if he hadn’t been Tyreek, “God knows, I probably would have been, like, worst-case scenario, I would have been shot or were locked up and put behind bars, you know, for a simple speeding ticket.”
It’s absurd that officers would go to that extent, you know.”
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