Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill said Wednesday that he wishes he “could go back and do things a bit differently” during his encounter with police over the weekend, during which officers forcefully removed him from his car, took him to the ground and handcuffed him outside Hard Rock Stadium.
After watching the body-worn camera footage of the encounter, which was released Monday evening, Hill said he feels like “I handled myself well in that situation” but also that he “could’ve been better.” He said he has spoken with family members who are police officers and reflected on his actions during the traffic stop, when he rolled up his window after being asked by police to keep it rolled down.
“Yes, I will say, I could’ve been better. I could’ve let down my window in that instance,” Hill said in a news conference. “… I don’t want attention, I don’t want to be cameras out, phones on you in that moment. But at the end of the day, I’m human. I’ve got to follow rules. I’ve got to do what everyone else would do.
“Now, does that give them the right to literally beat the dog out of me? Absolutely not. But at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and do things a bit differently.”
Hill, 30, was detained for about 15 minutes after a Miami-Dade Police Department officer pulled him over for careless driving and driving without a seat belt. Police estimated that the Dolphins star was going 60 mph – 20 mph over the posted speed limit – in a heavily-trafficked stretch of road…
