A police officer is seeking reinstatement from administrative duty after his involvement in the now-viral interaction with Tyreek Hill, while the wide receiver’s agent has called for the officers in the incident to be fired.
MIAMI — A police officer is seeking reinstatement from administrative duty after his involvement in the now-viral interaction with Tyreek Hill, while the Miami Dolphins star’s agent has called for the officers in the incident to be fired.
Attorneys Ignacio Alvarez of ALGO Law Firm and Israel Reyes of The Reyes Law Firm, who are representing the Miami-Dade Police Department officer, issued a statement Monday calling for their client’s „immediate reinstatement.“ They also referred to the decision to place their client on administrative duties as „premature“, although they „fully support“ Miami-Dade PD director Stephanie Daniels‘ call for a thorough review.
Neither Alvarez nor Reyes immediately responded when asked if their statement was crafted before or after the body camera footage from the incident was made public Monday.
„We urge all parties to refrain from making public statements that may misrepresent our client’s actions and mislead the public about Mr. Hill’s detainment“, Alvarez said in the statement.
The statement said their client would not make any comment until after the investigation into the matter is finished; Alvarez and Reyes did not immediately respond to an inquiry as to how long their client has worked with the Miami-Dade PD and whether their client had any previous disciplinary actions, incidents or investigations on their record.
