If we stay on brand here we should see footage of Tua jumping a speed boat off of a wake by Wednesday.
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I hope all the details come out on this. Thereās a lot of rumorsā¦ā¦ Like he was doing 65 in a 60 mph zone.
However video shows 4 cops detain him and handcuff him. Then it appears one cop actually kicked him while he was down in handcuffs.
This could turn into another Scotty Scheffler type of situation.
Interested to see this video. He is well within his rights to get in a verbal altercation with cops. Now if he failed to ID, thats another matter. But if a normal traffic stop ends in cuffs, somebody screwed up.
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Has he not seen the rights and good ideas venn diagram?
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2 1/2 is the Over/under on how many times Tyreek used the phrase āDo you know who I am?ā
- At least 3, Cāmon now
- Under, Probably didnāt even say it once . . . Angel
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No, you really donāt. Especially not if youāre a young Black man.
Iām not saying Hill or the cops are at fault here. I have zero idea. But given all we know about the abuses young men of color suffer at the hands of cops (not ALL cops, but too many cops), to insist that you have to seriously misbehave to wind up in cuffs is just counterfactual. If somehow you doubt this, a million videos on YouTube - and any number of reputable studies on policing in the US - can set you straight, if youāre open to what they have to say.
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Iāve read a few articles on this incident now and itās striking to me how many times this āDo you know who I am?ā thing comes up. The reason it comes up is that people think itās obnoxious (if he said it) AND, more to the point, think itās relevant.
Can we agree that if Hill asked the cops a THOUSAND damn times if they know who he is, that alone shouldnāt come close to landing him on the ground, face-down, in cuffs?
Iāve seen many of them. And youāve gotten the impression Iām ignorant about all of that sort of thing. Iām not. There are loads of bad cops, racism is alive and well, and Iāve seen enough incidents of cops trying to pull people out of cars without cause to know itās real. But this is Tyreek Hill, so excuse me for thinking he might have been an ass with the cops.
Iāve also had enough personal experience and seen stories of jackasses driving upscale cars recklessly, famous or not, Iām happy to see them pulled over and dealt with.
No idea what happenedā¦ But I sure donāt feel sorry for Tyreek ever. Any dude that strangles a pregnant lady is a piece of trash and should be in prison.
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Ok. But what you said was: āTo wind up in cuffs after a traffic stop, you have to be a real dick.ā From what youāre saying now, you obviously know thatās not true. Regardless of what Hill did/didnāt do.
And even rich, entitled jerks driving recklessly can be treated badly by cops.
I also elsewhere said I donāt know if he was obstructing or not. I guess weāll hear more details.
If someone is a rich entitled jerk, and is behaving that way toward cops, I have exactly zero ā ā ā ā ā to give for them.
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Broad daylight on the side of the road in front of hundreds of passers-by.
The simplest and most likely answer is that his being detained is a direct result of failing to comply. We can all chime in with our own prejudices, but the bodycam footage will most likely vindicate the police on this. I donāt care if itās Tyreek Hill or Travis Kelce, this thing goes down the way it did because the dude is uncooperative and escalates the situation due to his own impatience and lack of respect.
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Most likely. I worked in front line law enforcement for many years, and while some of my coworkers were dicks, most commonly itās on idiots behaving like idiots. In this case, Hill will most likely get a fine and a bump in insurance rates and that will be it. Nobody ended up in a car wreck, thatās the good news.
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So 1st, 4th and 5th amandment rights dont count for rich people?
Good night, folks. LOL
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Oh boy. Only if they identify themselves as sovereign citizens.
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That depends 100% on what you say. You cannot threaten harm. You can threaten to Sue or file a complaint or anything else. Threatening physical harm will get you put in cuffs. Iām really interested to see if thereās bodycam footage. If they kicked him while he was down (or at all really) that cop needs to face severe consequences. No excuse for that.
No excuse for any abuse of power. Should be dealt with severely.
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Exactly.
āMouthing offā is not a reason to be handcuffed, if indeed Hill did that.
Again, I see a lot of people wondering whether/how many times Hill asked if the cops knew who he was.
Iāve seen/heard no one wonder whether they had legit reason to handcuff him in the first place given that they saw fit to take the cuffs off soon thereafter.