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NFL star admits he could've handled police stop better

Miami wide receiver Tyreek Hill has acknowledged 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.

Hill also said he wants one of the officers involved in the incident dismissed from the force.

The Dolphins star said he wishes he did some things "a bit differently" on Sunday morning, including leaving the window of his car down when officers instructed him to do so. He rolled up the window instead and the incident escalated quickly from there.

"I will say I could have been better," Hill said on Wednesday.

"I could have let down my window in that instant. But the thing about me is, I don't want attention. I don't want to be cameras-out, phones-on-you in that moment. But at the end of the day, I'm human. I've got to follow rules. I've got to do what everyone else would do.

"Now, does that give them the right to literally beat the dog out of me? Absolutely not. But at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and do things a bit differently."

Miami-Dade Police Director Stephanie Daniels launched an internal affairs investigation and one officer was transferred to administrative duties. That officer, Danny Torres, wants to be immediately reinstated, his attorney said this week.

Hill did not mince words when detailing what action he thinks should be taken against the officer.

"Gone. Gone. Gone. Gone. Gone. He's gotta go, man," Hill said.

"In that instant right there, not only did he treat me bad, but he also treated my teammates with disrespect. He had some crazy words towards them and they didn't even do nothing. Like, what did they do to you?"

Tua Tagovailoa and Tyreek Hill.
Tyreek Hill (R) greets Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (L) at Dolphins training. (AP PHOTO)

Hill was pulled from his car near the team's stadium less than three hours before kick-off of Miami's Week 1 win over Jacksonville. He was placed on the ground and handcuffed, and teammate Calais Campbell — who drove by the scene and stopped in an effort to play peacemaker — also was handcuffed by police during the incident.

Hill was cited for careless driving and failing to wear a seatbelt.

Body camera footage of the incident, released by the Miami-Dade Police Department on Monday evening, showed that the traffic stop escalated quickly after Hill put up the window of his car.

"It's shell-shocking, man," Hill, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection who led the NFL with 1799 receiving yards last season, said.

"It's really crazy to know that you have officers in this world that would literally do that with bodycams on. It's sad. It's really sad. Which brings up another conversation and leads into 'What would they do if they didn't have bodycams?' Which is even crazier."

NBA player Bam Adebayo said he believes Hill should have adhered to the officers' demands and left his window down when instructed. He also said it was difficult to watch what happened next.

"For me, it's the yanking him out of the car, throwing him on the ground, the knee on the back and you can kind of hear him speak but because the officer has such weight on his back he can barely speak," the Miami Heat captain said.

"It's a reminder that they don't care who you are. Some of it escalated to a point where it could have gotten ugly for him. We've seen this story a lot, countless times."