Tyreek Hill arrested?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by warpaint*

TH was a dismissive jerk at the outset.That typically never helps a situation. Who among us likes to be treated like that. Being nice to strangers is free and lubricates many interactions to your benefit including those with law enforcement.

The second officer absolutely appeared to unnecessarily escalate things. It is hard to do many times but cops have to deescalate situations not pour gasoline on them. They said TH was driving recklessly perhaps that had him worked up? Regardless of what it was the job is so hard but you have to remain in control of your emotions.

I’m long since tired of every situation like this needing to lead to a termination but 2024 is 2024.

I've given this several minutes of deep deliberation and I come to a similar conclusion. The first opportunity to de-escalate the situation was on Tyreek, who chose to speed in a construction zone. The second opportunity to deescalate was by Tyreek when he was a complete jerk to the first officer that came to the window. The third opportunity to deescalate was for Tyreek to not roll his window up. The fourth opportunity to de-escalate was by the second police officer who really overreacted pulling him out of the car and insulting him when he was on the ground. The fifth opportunity to deescalate was for the second cop to not pull Tyreek down so hard when he was standing on the curb. Tyreek certainly has experience being arrested and should know how to handle the situation, but the police officer has more experience and more of a training background in de-escalation, so his transgressions count double. That means we have three demerits against tyreke, and four demerits against the second officer. Therefore, I assign 44% blame to Tyreke and 56% to the police officer, though I feel like this is letting Tyreek off really easy. Tyreek was the guy who kept choosing to escalate the situation.