Tyreek Hill can’t be let ‘completely off the hook’ in detainment: Stephen A. Smith

Stephen A. Smith spoke at length Tuesday about the fallout of Tyreek Hill’s detainment in Miami before the Dolphins’ season opener, particularly accountability for parties involved, including the NFL star.

The ESPN personality made the comments on the latest installment of “First Take” after bodycam footage of Sunday’s incident outside of Hard Rock Stadium was released, in which Hill, 30, was stopped for speeding by Miami-Dade County police officers before the situation intensified.

“When it comes to Tyreek Hill, we also can’t let him completely off the hook based on the statement that was made by the police department,” Smith began, referencing a statement from the South Florida Police Benevolent Association that alleged the eight-time Pro Bowler was “uncooperative” during the incident.

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“… We have a responsibility on this show and any kind of platform that we have to make sure we’re doing what we can to save lives. To make sure that we’re doing what we can to ensure that somehow, some way, you get to live another day and fight that battle. We know how wrong they were. The police were excessive, no excuses, they should be ashamed of themselves, the way they acted, they just went overboard, totally true.”

Smith then delved into the footage of how the scene unfolded, with authorities knocking on the window of Hill’s car and the NFL pro appearing to say, “Don’t knock on my window like that.”

“Here’s the problem, we all came on the air seeing the initial footage in complete, unadulterated support for Tyreek Hill. You pull over, they tell you to roll down your window, what’s the first thing Shannon [Sharpe] just talked about? The first thing they do when they pull us over, when they pull me over, all my windows are down, my hand’s on the steering wheel, that is not what Tyreek Hill did,” Smith said.

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“Tyreek Hill had his window up, the officer knocks on his window, he didn’t bang on his window he knocked on his window, you hesitated to pull it down, the first thing you say is, ‘Don’t bang on my window like that.’… he asks you for your driver’s license, you hesitated to give him your driver’s license. You said in the postgame conference, ‘Hey, y’all, what if I wasn’t Tyreek Hill?’ What if you aren’t Tyreek Hill? What would have happened to you if somebody that wasn’t Tyreek Hill kept the windows rolled up, hesitated to roll it down, didn’t give you the license immediately when you asked for it, and then hesitated to get out the car when they told you to get out the car?

“See, we got to be responsible. The point I’m trying to make is this, in no way should the officers be excused for what they did… I also am saying, yo, Tyreek, yo, bro, you didn’t deserve that, I’m not implying that you did. But the police officers do have the power. When they pull up on you and they tell you to roll down that window, and they tell you to give you your driver’s license, and they tell you to get out that car, that’s what you got to do.”

In the footage released Monday, Hill was instructed to get out of the car by cops.

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One cop could then be seen opening the door to Hill’s vehicle and pulling him out as the receiver stated he was getting out. Hill was then brought to the ground, laying on his stomach as he was cuffed.

Some of Hill’s Dolphins teammates stopped as the ordeal unfolded, including defensive end Calais Campbell, who was also detained .

The Dolphins, who defeated the Jaguars 20-17 on Sunday, released a statement Monday condemning the “overly aggressive and violent conduct directed towards” Hill, Campbell and tight end Jonnu Smith.

Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has called for the officers involved in Sunday’s incident to be fired.

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