Tyreek Hill body cam footage released; Dolphins release statement calling incident ‘overly aggressive and violent’

The Miami-Dade Police released the body cam footage from the detainment of Tyreek Hill, Calais Campbell, and Jonnu Smith on Sunday.

The Miami-Dade Police Department released the body-cam footage from when Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was detained for a traffic violation on Sunday. Hill was on his way to the team’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars and was stopped about a block away from the stadium. He was forced out of his car and forced onto his stomach on the street, where he was placed in handcuffs.

After being handcuffed, he was lifted back up and moved to the sidewalk. There, he was forced back down to the ground with a cop using force to get him onto the ground. In the body-cam footage, Hill is heard trying to tell the police that he recently had surgery on his knee.

Also seen in the released footage, obtained by multiple media outlets, were Dolphins tight end Jonnu Smith and defensive tackle Cailas Campbell, both of whom stopped to try to assist in the situation. Both players were put into hadcuffs, with Campbell being told he was being placed under arrest. All three players were eventually released and played in the Dolphins victory over the Jaguars.

Update: The Dolphins released a statement Monday night addressing the situation and the release of the videos.

The video footage is collected below.

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport’s analysis of the footage was pretty straight forward:

Hill tweeted shortly after the videos were release with a simple statement: