Simply hours after he was detained by police, Miami Dolphins extensive receiver Tyreek Hill gave the impression to be in good spirits.
Through the Dolphins’ season opener towards the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, Sept. 8, the NFL star, 30, earned a landing with an 80-yard go, which he then marked with an uncommon end-zone celebration: pretending to be handcuffed.
Together with teammate Jaylen Waddle, who pretended to be a police officer cuffing him, Hill walked alongside the wall of followers ultimately zone along with his palms behind his again, mimicking the scenario he had skilled earlier that morning.
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The atypical end-zone celebration got here within the third quarter of the house sport, which the Miami staff went on to win 20-17 on the Dolphins’ Arduous Rock Stadium — a block from the place Hill was detained earlier within the day.
Followers apprehensive that the star receiver wouldn’t be capable to play within the matchup after numerous videos of his roadside detainment — which confirmed Hill mendacity face-down on the bottom, handcuffed and surrounded by 4 Miami-Dade cops — surfaced on social media.
However shortly after, the staff said that although Hill was “briefly detained by police” after being “pulled over for a site visitors incident about one block from the stadium,” he had been launched and would be a part of his teammates on the sphere later within the day.
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Talking with ESPN after the incident on Sunday morning, Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, stated, “How issues escalated into the scenario that they had been in, in handcuffs and being held on the bottom with police, is mind-boggling to me. I’m deeply involved by that. Very troubled.”
“We shall be wanting into it,” Rosenhaus continued. “We shall be investigating this. We are going to look out for Tyreek, however I’m not going to make any allegations at the moment. Crucial factor is Tyreek is OK bodily.”
“Mentally,” nonetheless, the extensive receiver “was very distraught about what occurred,” the agent added.
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In an announcement to PEOPLE, Miami-Dade Police Division Director Stephanie V. Daniels stated that she has “initiated an Inside Affairs investigation to make sure an intensive evaluation of the matter.”
“One of many officers concerned within the incident has been positioned on administrative duties whereas the investigation is being performed,” Daniels’ assertion continued. “I’m dedicated to transparency and accountability to the neighborhood with any scenario involving my officers.”
In an earlier assertion, the director additionally informed PEOPLE that she was reviewing “all particulars surrounding the incident,” in addition to accessible physique digicam footage.”
