NFL Star Tyreek Hill Mimics Being Handcuffed After Touchdown Catch, Agent 'Very Troubled' by Pre-Game Traffic Stop
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During the Dolphins’ season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, Sept. 8, the NFL star, 30, earned a touchdown with an 80-yard pass, which he then marked with an unusual end-zone celebration: pretending to be handcuffed.
Along with teammate Jaylen Waddle, who pretended to be a police officer cuffing him, Hill walked along the wall of fans in the end zone with his hands behind his back, mimicking the situation he had experienced earlier that morning.
Tyreek Hill plays in the Dolphins' first game of the 2024-2025 NFL season on Sept. 8, 2024.Carmen Mandato/Getty
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The atypical end-zone celebration came in the third quarter of the home game, which the Miami team went on to win 20-17 at the Dolphins' Hard Rock Stadium — a block from where Hill was detained earlier in the day.
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“We will be looking into it,” Rosenhaus continued. “We will be investigating this. We will look out for Tyreek, but I’m not going to make any allegations at this time. The most important thing is Tyreek is OK physically.”
“Mentally,” however, the wide receiver “was very distraught about what happened,” the agent added.
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Tyreek Hill in 2023.Perry Knotts/Getty
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In a statement to PEOPLE, Miami-Dade Police Department Director Stephanie V. Daniels said that she has “initiated an Internal Affairs investigation to ensure a thorough review of the matter.”
“One of the officers involved in the incident has been placed on administrative duties while the investigation is being conducted,” Daniels’ statement continued. “I’m committed to transparency and accountability to the community with any situation involving my officers.”
In an earlier statement, the director also told PEOPLE that she was reviewing “all details surrounding the incident,” as well as available body camera footage.”
source: people.com
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