Tyreek Hill's agent calls for police officer to be fired

MIAMI – A police officer is demanding reinstatement from administrative duty after being involved in the now-viral incident involving Tyreek Hill, while the Miami Dolphins star's agent is calling for the officers involved in the incident to be fired.

Attorneys Ignacio Alvarez of the ALGO law firm and Israel Reyes of The Reyes law firm, who represent the Miami-Dade Police Department officer, called for their client's “immediate reinstatement” in a statement Monday. They called the decision to assign their client to administrative duties “premature” but “fully support” Miami-Dade PD Director Stephanie Daniels' call for a thorough review.

Neither Alvarez nor Reyes immediately responded when asked whether they wrote their statements before or after the bodycam footage of the incident was released on Monday.

“We urge all parties to refrain from making any public statements that could misrepresent our client's actions and mislead the public about Mr. Hill's incarceration,” Alvarez said in the statement.

The statement said their client would not comment until the investigation into the matter is complete. Alvarez and Reyes did not immediately respond to questions about how long their client has been with the Miami-Dade PD and whether their client has had any past disciplinary actions, incidents or investigations.

During an appearance on the “Dan Le Batard Show,” Hill’s agent Drew Rosenhaus expressed his disgust at the officials’ treatment of his client.

“I personally believe the officers who did this to Tyreek should not be in that position — they should be fired,” Rosenhaus said. “Look at the guy who kicked him — that guy should be fired. This is out of control. The guy who jumped him and put him in a chokehold? There's no reason for a police officer to have a badge that performs those functions when Tyreek was not aggressive, violent or fighting back in any way.”

“It was horrific how they treated him. They didn't treat him like a human being.”

While Rosenhaus did not say Hill agreed with his stance, he added that he would discuss it with Hill and his attorney, Julius Collins.

Hill was pulled over for speeding as he drove to Hard Rock Stadium about three hours before the Dolphins' season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The South Florida Police Benevolent Association, the police union that works with Miami-Dade police, released a statement Monday afternoon saying Hill “failed to cooperate” with officers who responded to the call, leading to an escalation of the situation.

Body camera footage released Monday night showed Hill being asked to exit his vehicle after a brief verbal altercation with the officer who stopped him, but was eventually forcibly dragged from his car by another officer and “redirected” to the ground.

The same officer who pulled Hill from his car also handcuffed him while kneeling on his back and forced him to the ground again after Hill was ordered to sit on the sidewalk about a minute later. Hill received two tickets, according to the South Florida Police Benevolent Association. Sources told ESPN's Jeff Darlington on Monday that Hill received tickets for reckless driving and failure to wear a seatbelt.

Dolphins players Jonnu Smith and Calais Campbell arrived at the scene shortly after Hill's arrest. Both players were arrested and Smith was also issued a summons.

Campbell, a former winner of the Walter Payton Man of the Year award, was briefly arrested for failing to comply with his statement. Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver expressed his disbelief at Campbell's arrest to the media on Tuesday.

“Not the man of the year? Certainly not the man of the year,” he said. “I'm actually surprised they had cuffs big enough for him. So yeah, not in my wildest dreams would I have expected this scenario to happen before this game.”

Hill made several television appearances Monday night, expressing uncertainty about why officers treated him “like a threat.” On Wednesday, he is scheduled to speak to local media for the first time since the bodycam footage was released.