Traffic tickets against Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill have been dismissed after officers failed to show up for the hearing

On November 27, 2024By Pranco

MIAMI (AP) – Traffic tickets issued to Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill afterward an argument in September with the police were dismissed after the prosecutor failed to attend the hearing.

Hill’s tickets for reckless driving and failure to wear a seat belt were dismissed after Miami-Dade police officers failed to appear for a hearing Monday. The tickets were issued after Hill was stopped outside Hard Rock Stadium for suspected speeding before the Dolphins’ season opener on September 8. The stop escalated and an officer pulled Hill out of the car, forced him to the ground and handcuffed him.

Hill said Tuesday in a post on the social platform“Where all the internet police are now.”

FILE - Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) walks onto the field during the second half... — FILE – Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) walks on the field during the second half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)(AP)

Miami-Dade police said the officers’ failure to appear was “a mistake” and that “the matter will be handled administratively.” Still, the department defended issuing the tickets to Hill.

“A citation being rejected for this reason does not mean that the citation has no value,” the agency said in a statement.

Police CCTV footage from the September stop showed Hill driving past two motorcycle officers monitoring traffic on a road outside the stadium. They stopped his McLaren sports car and one tapped on his window. Hill, 30, handed the officer his driver’s license but repeatedly told the officer, “Don’t knock on my window like that.” Then he raised his window again.

Their verbal altercation escalated and the officers soon pulled him out of the car, forcing Hill to face the ground. The officers swore at Hill, but he did not resist their physical force or hit them in the video. He told an officer, “Don’t tell me what to do.”

Hill was eventually stood up, but then an officer dragged him into a sitting position on the curb after he said a knee injury made that difficult.

After about 30 minutes, Hill was given tickets and allowed to enter the stadium.

One officer was given an administrative task and an internal affairs investigation was launched. No results have been released.