Why arrogant Tyreek Hill is to blame for his run-in with police…

Why arrogant Tyreek Hill is to blame for his run-in with police…
Tyreek Hill says he should have been more cooperative with police
Travis Kelce speaks out on Miami Dolphins star’s detainment
My initial reaction when I saw the bodycam footage of Tyreek Hill’s detainment by Miami-Dade Police was simple: here we go again. There are certain players who can’t get out of their own way. They are always in trouble. And it’s always someone else’s fault.

Let’s be clear: this whole incident was brought on by Tyreek. If you break the law, if you do something dumb, have a little bit of respect and humility.

If you screw up, if you drive recklessly without your seatbelt on, then – at a bare minimum – approach the officer with courtesy and roll your window down. If you don’t do that? If you resist? Problems happen.

But that’s Tyreek Hill. Not enough humility, too much arrogance. That’s what got him into this position in the first place. He should have acted completely differently. Thankfully, he has admitted that now.

The Dolphins star has been on a charm offensive ever since the incident. Of course he is going to do everything to sensationalize this story. But what is really interesting? The Miami Dolphins and NFL players have said they stand with Hill.
Tyreek Hill was dragged out of his car and handcuffed by police officers in Miami on Sunday

Tyreek Hill was dragged out of his car and handcuffed by police officers in Miami on Sunday
DailyMail.com columnist Tim Howard offered his thoughts on the Dolphins star’s run-in

Shock police bodycam footage shows Tyreek Hill pleading with cops as they wrestle him to the ground during his detainment and tell him to ‘stop crying

We are hearing that same message after Hill was handcuffed. Apparently it’s now okay to protect the players. But still not Colin Kaepernick.

I support the fight to end police brutality against the African-American community.

I like good cops and I hate bad cops. Some of my childhood friends ended up being in the police – and ended up being corrupt. I don’t like them, they’re bad people.

I like good cops, though. And the fact of the matter is: they are in a position of authority. Sure they abuse that position at times. But I do respect good police and good law enforcement.

I have never been a victim of brutality myself. But I am a parent of a wonderful young man who’s a free thinker and who questions a lot of things in our society – authority, his mom, his teachers, anybody.

Hill was pulled over by cops shortly before the Dolphins’ season opener against the Jaguars
That’s what teenagers do. I like that about him I think it will serve him well. But not when a police officer pulls you over.

I tell him all the time: If you get pulled over, the most important thing is to come home alive. You are mixed race, you wear your hair natural. So keep your hands at 10 and two, roll all the windows down, put the interior lights on, don’t make any sudden movements.

Why? Because I can’t trust that, on any given night, the good cop will show up. I have to make sure that my son shows respect. This is America and – as the father of a newly-adult young man – this is my reality.

I have never had the chance to meet Kaepernick but I would love to. There are not many people who would have the courage to take a stand like he did.

Kaepernick is a very strong-willed character and he will have his day. But the former 49ers quarterback has been exiled from the NFL since 2016. Tyreek Hill will return to the field on Thursday night. I hope he has learnt some important lessons.