{"id":3594,"date":"2024-09-24T03:09:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=3594"},"modified":"2024-09-24T03:09:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:09:37","slug":"tyreek-hill-hires-george-floyd-lawyer-to-help-get-miami-cop-fired-as-dolphins-star-demands-police-reform-in-wake-of-shocking-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=3594","title":{"rendered":"Tyreek Hill hires George Floyd lawyer to help get Miami cop fired – as Dolphins star demands police reform in wake of shocking traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyreek Hill<\/span>\u00a0has hired a new A-list cast of lawyers as he continues to fight Miami Police in the wake of his shocking traffic stop earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Miami Dolphins<\/span>\u00a0wide receiver was dragged from his car and pinned to the ground on his way to a game on September 8, and he has since called for the cop in question to be fired for his heavy-handedness.<\/p>\n

Now, Hill has taken his case to the next level by hiring a slew of new attorneys, including one who represented\u00a0George Floyd<\/a><\/span>‘s family back in 2020.<\/p>\n

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Jeffrey A. Neiman, Stephen B. Kelly Jr. and Devon M Jacob – the latter of which working on the Floyd case – have all joined original lawyer Julius B. Collins on the case, as Hill also demands police reform after the incident.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Collins said: ‘Tyreek intends to continue the national movement for necessary police reform that\u00a0George Floyd<\/span>‘s death started. Tyreek is demanding that\u00a0Congress<\/span>\u00a0finally pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.’<\/p>\n

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    Dolphins star Tyreek Hill was dragged from his car and placed in handcuffs earlier this month<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      Hill is attempting to get officer Danny Torres fired for his part in the shocking traffic stop<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      Additionally, he again called for Danny Torres – the officer who put his knee into Hill’s back during the incident – to be fired.<\/p>\n

      ‘It is already clear that well before this incident, Miami-Dade County should have fired Officer Torres. Instead, the County repeatedly returned Officer Torres to the street permitting him to use his police authority to terrorize people.<\/p>\n

      ‘Had officers not realized that they were interacting with Tyreek Hill \u2013 a well-known, beloved, educated, and seemingly wealthy black man \u2013 this traffic stop would likely have ended with the driver in jail, in the hospital, or like George Floyd, dead.’<\/p>\n

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      In the wake of the incident, Hill admitted that he could have acted differently during the incident, but he has received wide public support – and is adamant that police were overly rough with him.<\/p>\n

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      In shocking bodycam footage, Hill was pinned to the ground and handcuffed by police while\u00a0making his way to the team’s game against the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars<\/span>.<\/p>\n

      Footage shows Hill struggling to follow instructions when an officer \u2013 later identified as Torres \u2013 opened the receiver’s car door and violently handcuffed him before forcing him to the ground.<\/p>\n

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