Miami Dolphins Tyreek Hill Speaks Out After Being Detained by Police [Video]

Originally appeared on E! Online

Tyreek Hill is sharing insight into a troubling situation.

The Miami Dolphins wide receiver spoke about his experience being detained by a Miami-Dade police officer just hours before his team’s season-opening game, where they beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-17.

“It was crazy,” Tyreek explained of the arrest in the Sept. 8 press conference after the game. “I wasn’t disrespectful ’cause my mom didn’t raise me that way. I didn’t cuss. I do none of that. So, like I said, I’m still trying to figure it out.”

“They said I was speeding—reckless driving,” he noted. And he’s unsure if the officer knew his identity because he didn’t share his name.

“I wasn’t raised to name-drop,” Tyreek said. “If you say I did something, write me a ticket. I’m a normal person, too. I’m just saying, don’t be disrespectful.”

He also emphasized, “I do want to be able to use this platform to say, …