After his traffic stop in Miami on Sunday, Tyreek Hill said that as a youngster he received ‘the talk’ about what to do when pulled over by police. He knew to heed the instructions passed down in Black families for generations. Keep your hands in sight. Avoid sudden movements. Don’t talk back. And follow instructions without error or delay.
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill holds his hands behind his back as if he is handcuffed as Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle unlocks them after Hill scores against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second half during an NFL football game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill speaks during an NFL football post game news conference, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla.
On Sunday, other Black Dolphins players said they were used to seeing the kind of police conduct that Hill experienced.“I won’t say it was scary. It’s something I’m used to seeing,” linebacker David Long Jr. said. “Excessive force on a Black man, that’s not uncommon. It’s a very common thing in America,” Holland said. “So I think that needs to be addressed at a country-wide level.”“Obviously we all see the police brutality that goes on in this country, and when you see your teammate possibly being part of that, you’re doing everything in your power to help him,” he said.
Less than a quarter of Americans age 16 and older reported having any contact with police, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ most recent police-public contact survey. In its special report released in 2022, Black people and Hispanic people were more likely than white people to experience the threat or use of force in 2020. Black people were also more likely to be shouted at by police than white people.
“What’s astonishing to me — although it shouldn’t be — is how many people immediately began to speculate in ways that were really in terms that were unfavorable to him,” Grant-Thomas said. “Because of who he was or who they supposed him to be, that for many people seems to justify the police treatment in a way that actually doesn’t make any sense.”Police brutality in the spotlight, as it concerns NFL players, is far from new.
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