After his traffic stop in Miami, Tyreek Hill talked about “the talk” — instructions passed down in Black families for generations about what to do when pulled over by police. But heeding that advice in the heat of the moment can be hard, as Hill’s own experience showed Sunday. CBC | Sports News
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Grim history of police brutality tells us Tyreek Hill was lucky to walk away unscathed
Eight years after Colin Kapernick first skipped the pre-game anthems to protest police brutality against Black folks, and four years after George Floyd’s death focused global attention on the issue, it feels like a regression to the mean for the sports world. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill says he could have handled some elements of traffic stop better
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill acknowledged Wednesday that he could have handled himself better in the initial moments of a weekend traffic stop that left him handcuffed and pulled out of his car by police officers near the team’s stadium. CBC | Sports News
Read More »NFLer Tyreek Hill not ‘immediately co-operative’ with officers during stop: police union
The president of South Florida’s police union said Miami Dolphins player Tyreek Hill was handcuffed and placed face down on the ground during a traffic stop because he was not “immediately co-operative” with officers, while Hill said he was respectful throughout the interaction. CBC | Sports News
Read More »If thirst for attention were an Olympic event, there’d be a photo finish between Tyreek Hill and Noah Lyles
In claiming he could beat reigning 100-metre Olympic champion Noah Lyles in a race, NFL receiver Tyreek Hill decided to ride the rising tide of Lyles’ mainstream popularity, choosing the Olympic afterglow to issue a bogus claim that he could have made last week, last month, or last year. CBC | Sports News
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