Tyreek Hill said after the Dolphins’ victory over the Jaguars that he was still trying to process his pregame detainment by police for an alleged speeding violation.
— Multiple Dolphins players were detained by Miami-Dade Police Department officers before Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, including All-Pro wide receiver Tyreek Hill.
Hill said he was pulled over for allegedly speeding while driving to Hard Rock Stadium, roughly three hours before the game kicked off. He was ultimately placed in handcuffs after a « verbal altercation » occurred, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Darlington. Hill was cited for reckless driving, sources told Darlington.
He was released after several minutes but the incident was filmed by nearby fans and quickly went viral on social media. Hill said he didn’t know why the situation escalated the way it did.
« Right now, I’m still trying to put it all together . I still don’t know what happened », he said after the game. « But I do want to use this platform to say, ‘What if I wasn’t Tyreek Hill?’ Worst-case scenario, you know? . Everybody has bad apples in every situation, but I want to be able to use this platform to figure out a way to flip this and make it a positive on my end and Miami-Dade and do something positive for the community.
« It’s hard. I don’t want to bring race into it, but sometimes it gets kind of iffy when you do. What if I wasn’t Tyreek Hill? Lord knows what those guys would have done. I just wanted to make sure I was doing what my uncle always told me to do whenever you’re in a situation like that — put your hands on the steering wheel and just listen.
