Stephen A. Smith Accuses Cops of “Dehumanizing” Tyreek Hill [Video]

Stephen A. Smith on Monday accused Miami-Dade Police officers of dehumanizing Tyreek Hill when they placed him in handcuffs the day before.

Hours before the Miami Dolphins’ season opener, Hill was pulled over for speeding outside Hard Rock Stadium. During the stop, Hill reportedly got into a verbal altercation with the officers that resulted in him being handcuffed. Dolphins defensive tackle Calais Campbell noticed the scene on his way to the game and stopped to try to de-escalate the situation. He was also placed in handcuffs.

As the news broke Sunday, Smith took to social media to call the officers’ actions “wrong” and “excessive.” On Monday’s episode of First Take, he called it an example of the “dehumanization” of Black men at the hands of police.

“I didn’t see what they all did when he was laying face-down on the ground,” Smith said. “You just saw officers surrounding him and putting him in cuffs; but when he was stood up thereafter — …