Tyreek Hill says he could have done better; outraged by alleged police choke, kick

MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill said Wednesday that the most aggressive police officer from Sunday’s police stop outside Hard Rock Stadium should be terminated.

“Gone,” Hill said. “He gotta go, man. Because in that instant right there, not only did he treat me bad, he also treated my teammates with disrespect. He had some crazy words towards them and they ain't even do nothing, like what do they do to you? They just walking on the sidewalk.

“I don't know bro. Like, gotta go, man. Like, it’s not too many times that Cheetah say people gotta go. But you out.”

Hill says he was roughed up by police after he was stopped for a traffic violation.

After the release of some police bodycam footage, the Dolphins slammed police actions .

“It was crazy,” Hill said. "I thought I was in a movie… I'm like, damn, is this really happening? But man, I don't, I don't know, bro. Like choked, pinched, kicked, all that man. But you know what, like I said, man, what I, what I said Sunday, um, I'm just glad to be here so I can just tell this story with y'all, man. Because this is like, truly like shocking to me. Um, it's embarrassing because I got kids.”

Hill acknowledged he could have been more cooperative by keeping his window rolled down during the early part of the stop.

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”My whole life is all about accountability, like how can I get better?” Hill said. “So right now I have family members who are cops, we've had conversations. Yes, I will say I could have been better, I could have let down my window in that moment. But at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and do things a bit differently.”

Hill added that the knee surgery he alluded to during the stop was an offseason stem cell treatment in Antigua.

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