Tyreek Hill is staying calm! On September 8, 2024, Hill was detained by three police officers just before the Miami Dolphins game. He was stopped by them and asked to get out of his black car without delay, or they would arrest him and break his car window. As a result, the athlete cooperated, per him, got out of his car, and reportedly followed their instructions.

Despite that, Hill was detained and arrested. This Sunday morning incident left the NFL world outraged. Now, a day after it, the star wide receiver came up to give his first interview after the Hard Rock Stadium incident. As soon as Tyreek Hill’s arrest video and body cam footage went viral, the police department allegedly tried to justify his arrest by saying Hill wasn’t cooperating.

Hence, while speaking to Jesse Kirsch at NBC Nightly News, the WR expressed honestly, “I mean everybody has their own sides, their own version, and I feel like they do that, the kind of protect. And the officer which is right, you got to have your teammate back.” Experiencing the incident himself, Hill didn’t shy away from acknowledging that everyone has their version of events, but he felt the officers were simply protecting one another.

Explaining the incident, Hill emphasized that when they approached his car and knocked on the window, he had already provided his ID. The Cheetah also revealed that he didn’t refuse to cooperate, saying it wasn’t a situation where he withheld his ID. As the body cam video footage explains, Hill too repeated the same saying that he followed all the instructions like rolling down the window when asked, but in no time, things escalated quickly.

But why did the police officers detain him? Well, according to the reports, ahead of the Week 1 game, as per the body cam-video footage shows, Hill can be seen detained and arrested by the three police officers for allegedly speeding and reckless driving. This incident has caused chaos in the NFL community, and everyone is criticizing the officials on the matter.

However, recent footage uploaded by the police officials reveals a slightly different story of cooperation.

Tyreek Hill describes the horrifying possible scenario of his traumatic experience

Tyreek Hill’s day took a shocking turn just hours before the Dolphins’ season opener. He was stopped by Miami-Dade police, during a routine traffic stop that escalated quickly. After a day the incident, the police released bodycam footage, where an officer is seen knocking on Hill’s window, questioning his seatbelt. Hill, who reportedly was seen frustrated, responds with, “Don’t knock on my window like that.” And this was the time when it only got worse from there.

The officer then could be heard demanding Hill to lower his window, and when he didn’t comply fast enough, things turned ugly from there. Soon after, Hill could be seen dragged out of his car, pushed to the ground, and restrained. Although Hill then tried to cooperate, he was treated harshly by the three police officers present at the incident.

While recalling this traumatic incident, Hill, who joined ESPN, shared his honest feelings. He said, “If I wasn’t Tyreek Hill, lord knows, I probably would have been like, worst-case scenario, I would have been shot or would have been locked up and put behind bars, you know, for a simple speeding ticket. And that’s crazy that officers would take it, you know, to that level.”

Nevertheless, in his case, Hill was arrested and booked. And he was able to return to the game, scoring an 80-yard touchdown in Miami’s 20-17 victory against the Jaguars. But what caught fans’ attention after this touchdown was Hill’s “celebrating by putting his arms behind his back with his wrists together – perhaps alluding to being in handcuffs earlier Sunday.”