Tyreek Hill recruits George Floyd attorney to seek dismissal of Miami cop following traffic stop arrest

MIAMI, FLORIDA: It seems Miami Dolphins’ star wide receiver Tyreek Hill is reportedly bringing out the big guns following his traffic stop arrest earlier this month.

Hill was on his way to a game when he was pulled over by Miami police, dragged from his car, and pinned to the ground for not immediately complying with the officer's directions.

Tyreek Hill brings in legal dream team

It all went down on September 8, when Tyreek Hill was on his way to a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. According to the reports, Hill was stopped by Miami Police and the situation escalated pretty quickly.

Bodycam footage shows Hill struggling to follow police instructions, leading officer Danny Torres to take matters into his own hands—quite literally. Torres opened Hill's car door, slapped handcuffs on him, and forcefully pinned him to the ground.

Hill was furious about how the situation was handled and has been vocal about the officer's heavy-handedness. He even went as far as calling for Torres to be fired, insisting that the whole encounter was far too aggressive.

Considering, the Dolphins star has reportedly brought in some serious legal firepower. He recently hired a high-profile group of attorneys to take on his case. Headlining the team is Devon M Jacob, a name you might recognize because he was one of the lawyers representing George Floyd’s family in 2020.

Alongside him are top attorneys Jeffrey A Neiman and Stephen B Kelly Jr, who’ve teamed up with Hill’s original lawyer Julius B Collins to tackle the Miami Police head-on.

Collins said in a statement, "Tyreek intends to continue the national movement for necessary police reform that George Floyd's death started. Tyreek is demanding that Congress finally pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act."

Tyreek Hill's call for accountability

The lawyers didn’t just stop at police reform, though. They went after Officer Torres directly, saying he should have been removed from the force long ago.

"It is already clear that well before this incident, Miami-Dade County should have fired Officer Torres. Instead, the County repeatedly returned Officer Torres to the street permitting him to use his police authority to terrorize people," Collins said.

The statement went on to suggest that if the officers hadn’t recognized Hill—a famous, affluent Black man—the situation might have turned out even worse.

"Had officers not realized that they were interacting with Tyreek Hill – a well-known, beloved, educated, and seemingly wealthy Black man – this traffic stop would likely have ended with the driver in jail, in the hospital, or like George Floyd, dead," they added.

In the days following the incident, Hill did some self-reflecting. He admitted in a recent interview that maybe he could have handled things differently. 

"I have (thought about if he could have acted differently). My whole life is all about accountability. How can I get better? 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 instant," he said.

"The thing about me is I don't want attention. I don't want to be cameras out, phones on you in that moment. But at the end of the day I am human, I have got to follow rules and do what everyone else would do," he added. "Now, does that give them the right to literally beat the dog out of me? Absolutely not. But at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and do things a bit differently."