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(NewsNation) — The constabulary national for officers successful Miami-Dade said successful a connection Dolphins shot subordinate Tyreek Hill was "not instantly cooperative" during a postulation halt Sunday greeting earlier the team's archetypal crippled of the season.
Hill was handcuffed and placed look down connected a thoroughfare extracurricular the team’s stadium successful Miami Gardens, Florida aft being stopped for speeding and reckless driving.
Saying helium respects constabulary officers, Hill added helium has "no thought why" constabulary placed him successful handcuffs.
“I wasn’t disrespectful due to the fact that my ma didn’t rise maine that way,” Hill said. “Didn’t cuss. Didn’t bash nary of that. Like I said, I’m inactive trying to fig it out, man.”
The South Florida Police Benevolent Association said Hill was issued 2 postulation citations, aft which helium was escaped to leave.
"He was concisely detained for serviceman safety, aft driving successful a mode successful which helium was putting himself and others successful large hazard of danger," the relation said. Hill past refused to sit, the relation said, and "was truthful redirected to the ground."
"Based connected what we know, we basal with the actions of our officers but look guardant to further unfastened connection moving forward," the South Florida Police Benevolent Association said successful a statement.
Miami-Dade Police Director Stephanie V. Daniels launched an interior affairs probe pursuing the incident, and 1 of the 3 officers progressive was placed connected administrative leave.
When helium was told of the serviceman being enactment connected leave, Hill said: “That should archer you everything you request to know.”
Defensive tackle Calais Campbell, who was besides concisely handcuffed aft coming to his teammate’s aid, said, "That makes consciousness based connected the situation."
Hill, who is Black, said helium didn’t privation to usage his personage presumption to get retired of the situation.
“I don’t privation to bring contention into it, but sometimes it gets benignant of iffy erstwhile you do,” helium said, according to the Associated Press. “What if I wasn’t Tyreek Hill? Lord knows what that feline oregon guys would person done. I was conscionable making definite that I was doing what my uncle ever told maine to bash whenever you’re successful a concern similar that: ‘Just listen, enactment your hands connected the steering instrumentality and conscionable listen.’”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
