Tyreek Hill says he could have handled some aspects of traffic incident better | National Sports

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill acknowledged Wednesday that he could have handled himself better in the opening moments of a weekend traffic stop in which he was handcuffed and dragged from his car by police officers near the team's stadium.

Hill said he wished he had done some things “a little differently” on Sunday, such as leaving his car window closed when officers asked him to do so. Instead, he rolled the window up. From there, the incident quickly escalated.

“I have to say, I could have done better,” Hill said. “I could have rolled down my window at that moment. But I don't want attention. I don't want to be standing there with cameras and cell phones out at that moment. But at the end of the day, I'm only human. I have to follow the rules. I have to do what everyone else would do.”

“Does that give them the right to literally beat me up? Absolutely not,” Hill continued. “But at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and do things a little differently.”

Hill was pulled from his car during a traffic stop near the team's stadium less than three hours before kickoff of the Week 1 game. He was placed on the ground and handcuffed, and teammate Calais Campbell — who drove past the scene of the accident and stopped to play peacemaker — was also handcuffed by police during the incident.

Hill was charged with reckless driving and failure to wear a seatbelt.

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