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NFL star wide receiver Tyreek Hill called for more accountability after Miami-Dade Police detained him ahead of the Miami Dolphins opening game on Sunday, saying bodycam video showing the incident could be used as a "learning tool."
Hill spoke to the media Wednesday, after Miami-Dade Police identified one of the officers involved in the incident and after Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, called for the termination of all officers involved.
Hill agreed that an officer who was placed on administrative duties should be fired.
"He got to go because in that instance right there, not only did he treat me bad, he also treated my teammates with disrespect," Hill said.
"There’s not too many times that Cheetah says people got to go, but you out. Gone," he added.
Before the formal press conference, Hill took a moment to recognize Wednesday as the observance of 23 years since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, honoring those who died during the attacks and those who went to battle in the Middle East in the following years.
"My prayers are with you and your family always," he said, giving them thanks before turning back to why he came before the press again.
When questioned about his previous and unrelated actions off the gridiron, one reporter asked how the star wide receiver has grown over the years. Hill said the incident happened "at the right time" because he had matured in the way he has handled himself in the past.
"I have done all that [and] now see how important it is to be a father, be a husband, be a son, to be that family man that my grandparents raised me to be," he said.
Hill added that he is now handling himself with "a lot of dignity and a lot of respect."
"My whole life has been about accountability, like ‘How can I get better?’" he said.
While sharing how he believed he could have handled the traffic stop better, such as keeping his window down, Hill said it does not excuse the officers’ actions during the incident.
"Does that give them the right to literally beat the dog out of me? Absolutely not," he said. "But at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and do things a bit differently."
When the bodycam video was released, Hill said he was "unphased" by the images because he said he’s "not the only one that goes through that," and acknowledged that not everyone who had similar experiences as him also shared the same resources he does as a professional athlete.
"That’s why I was able to go out [and] play the way I did because I’m known to it, it’s kind of expected," he said.
When asked what he would say to others to help them handle themselves better if they were caught in the same situation, Hill said he didn’t have a "message" to share at this time as he’s in the process of "putting together a good plan" to work together with them.
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