Tyreek Hill’s unsettling question should bother us all - The Miami Dolphins wide receiver asked a piercing question after he was detained by police on his way to work: What if he wasn’t Tyreek Hill? (www.washingtonpost.com)

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[-] dhork@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

but the second he was asked to roll it back down and refused, he entered a whole different level of traffic violation, hence the escalation.

Really? The cop gets to escalate that to shoving someone to the ground literally 1 second later? It seems to me the cop was itching for a fight, and wanted to make an example of someone. Hill wasn't acting as angelic as he claimed to, but that in no way justified the cop's behavior.

That cop is lucky he didn't injure Tyreek in the process. I don't think he wants to go to the barracks and be known as the guy whose temper tantrum tanked the Dolphin's season.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Bodycam videos are one of my guilty pleasures and in almost all that I've seen the cops will give people a ton of chances to comply even if they're being assholes.

But in this one the cops went from 0-100 almost instantly, and IMHO behaved really unprofessionally.

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Never said that the cop acted properly or that the same thing would've happened even if Hill did everything right, but JFC he did nothing for himself in that traffic stop.

Cops are bastards. Getting pulled over sucks. But everyone with a brain knows that when it happens you keep your hands on the steering wheel, say "yes/no, officer," and follow any reasonable request they make for you to get things done as smoothly and stress-free as possible, and then you take the ticket straight to an attorney and fight it in court.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

You're white dogg that's why that works. Stop talking as if you know a goddamn thing. Now.

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Learn 2 type b4 u reply 2 me. Now. Lmao

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

"Now" was the most effective part? Noted for future.

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