Video of Tyreek Hill detainment released, Miami Dolphins blast 'despicable behavior' of officers

Body camera video released Monday showed how a dispute over a raised car window led officers to handcuff Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill, a confrontation that the team lambasted as a “despicable” police action.

Body camera video released Monday showed how a dispute over a raised car window led officers to handcuff Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill, a confrontation that the team lambasted as a “despicable” police action. 

In an unusually harsh statement issued late Monday night,  the Dolphins came down squarely on the side of their wide receiver and blamed Miami-Dade Police Department officers for allegedly violating the public’s “trust  to protect our community” with “such unnecessary force.”

While the Dolphins said they have a “strong and positive relationship with the Miami-Dade Police Department,” the team strongly objected to the officers’ treatment of Hill, who was pulled over near Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, hours ahead of the Miami-Jacksonville Jaguars game.

“However, as is on full display in the videos released tonight, there are some officers who mistake their responsibility and commitment to serve with misguided power,” the team said. 

“While we commend MDPD for taking the right and necessary action to quickly release footage, we also urge them to take equally swift and strong action against the officers who engaged in such despicable behavior.” 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/miami-dade-police-release-video-tyreek-hill-detained-rcna170335

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