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Originally Posted by emaw1979
Reckless driving, with no bodily contact, is a 2nd-degree misdemeanor in Florida and not a small traffic infraction put out by Hill's agent. It is an arrestable offense, and they had every right to pull him out of his vehicle and detain him. Depending on the circumstances of the crime and stop, the officers likely have some leeway. I IMAGINE his attitude was the reason for being cuffed on the ground and not a more respectful way.
I can't wait for the body cam footage, but I imagine they were going to arrest him due to the severity of the reckless driving or his attitude during the stop on top of the crime. Then someone realized who it was and where he was going and ultimately decided to cite him and let him go.
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According to Jeff Darlington, tyreek was hit with careless driving (which is less serious than reckless driving) and a seat belt violation. We already know it's highly unlikely he was under the influence. So it looks like this was a traffic stop. Even if it was it doesn't mean you need to cuff him and detain him instead of dealing with it later. For them to pull him out of the car, take the extra step to throw him to the ground, cuff him, then detain him... It's possible he did enough to provoke it but it would have to be a loit.
Just issue the citation and send him on his way. He's an athlete and you know he's not gonna skip practice to dodge a ticket.
Yeah this really matters because we've already seen two athletes almost miss out on games for this, one was already found to be blatantly innocent. And I'm sure none of us want to see a chiefs player get caught up on this.