- Miami receiver was detained before game on Sunday
- Player says he followed orders given by officers
Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill was handcuffed and placed facedown on the ground during a traffic stop because he was not “immediately cooperative” with officers, the president of the union that represents the Miami-Dade Police Department said in a statement on Monday.
A video of Hill in handcuffs with at least three officers around him quickly went viral just hours before the Dolphins kicked off their season on Sunday. Hill later said he had been respectful and didn’t know why the officers placed him in handcuffs.
“I have no idea, for real,” Hill said after Sunday’s game. “I wasn’t disrespectful because my mom didn’t raise me that way. Didn’t cuss. Didn’t do none of that. So like I said, I’m still trying to figure it out, man.”
Steadman Stahl, president of the South Florida Police Benevolent Association, said Hill was handcuffed according to the police department’s policy.
