{"id":2339415,"date":"2024-09-10T20:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T00:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espns-stephen-a-smith-tells-tyreek-hill-you-gotta-listen-to-police-officers\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T20:46:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T00:46:39","slug":"espns-stephen-a-smith-tells-tyreek-hill-you-gotta-listen-to-police-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espns-stephen-a-smith-tells-tyreek-hill-you-gotta-listen-to-police-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN&#8217;s Stephen A. Smith Tells Tyreek Hill, &#8216;You Gotta&#8217; Listen to Police Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fespns-stephen-a-smith-tells-tyreek-hill-you-gotta-listen-to-police-officers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2339415&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On a recent Sunday, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill\u2064 was detained by Miami-Dade police near Hard \u2062Rock Stadium, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gil-gutknecht-a-look-back-at-the-game-film\/\" title=\"Gil Gutknecht: A Look Back At the Game Film\">heated discussions<\/a> regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-splits-with-progressive-groups-sides-with-cops-in-supreme-court-case\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Splits with Progressive Groups, Sides with Cops in Supreme Court Case\">police conduct<\/a> during traffic stops involving Black individuals. Video footage shows Hill forcibly removed from his vehicle, an incident that sparked outrage and\u2064 calls\u2062 for action from his \u2064agent, Drew \u200cRosenhaus, who demanded the\u2064 dismissal\u200c of the involved officers.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith discussed the incident, stressing that while \u2064the police&#8217;s use of force was unacceptable, Hill also had a responsibility to comply with\u2064 police directives during the encounter. Smith\u2063 highlighted the need for individuals to cooperate with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a> to potentially avoid escalation,\u200b even in unjust situations.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst this discourse, the officers involved\u2063 have faced suspension, prompting \u200ctheir legal representatives to demand a\u200d thorough investigation and reinstatement. The case continues to illustrate the complexities and sensitivities surrounding racial \u2062dynamics in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-associate-attorney-common-nominee-really-wants-to-eliminate-school-cops\/\" title=\"Biden Associate Attorney Common Nominee REALLY WANTS TO Eliminate School COPS\">law enforcement interactions<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Saying there is lots of room for blame on both sides, ESPN&rsquo;s Stephen A. Smith scolded Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill and the Miami police for a Sunday incident involving Hill.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Miami-Dade police detained Hill near Hard Rock Stadium. Video that has been released of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cop-involved-tyreek-hill-arrest-pushes-back-fights-reinstated-controversy-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a> showed Hill, who is black, being pulled out of his car and handcuffed after he was forced to the ground. The video has reignited the debate over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-new-footage-shows-tyreek-hill-begging-let-go-refusal-roll-window-doesnt-slide-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police tactics<\/a> in traffic stops involving black males, with Hill&rsquo;s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, calling for police to be fired, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/41208129\/tyreek-hill-agent-calls-police-officers-fired\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For me, personally, I believe the police officers that did that to Tyreek shouldn&rsquo;t be in that position &mdash; they should be let go,&rdquo; Rosenhaus said in a recent interview, later adding, &ldquo;That was horrendous how they treated him. They didn&rsquo;t treat him like a human being.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;When it comes to Tyreek Hill, we also can&rsquo;t let him completely off the hook based on the statement that was made by the police department.&rdquo; &ndash; Stephen A. Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JLunSXOANm\">pic.twitter.com\/JLunSXOANm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1833515811023024582?\">September 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, attorneys Ignacio Alvarez and Israel Reyes, who represent officer Danny Torres, are irked Torres was immediately shunted to administrative duties amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-officer-placed-leave-viral-tyreek-hill-detainment-situation-takes-next-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uproar<\/a> sparked by the video.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We call for our client&rsquo;s immediate reinstatement, and a complete, thorough, and objective investigation, as Director Daniels has also advocated,&rdquo; the lawyers said in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/dolphins\/2024\/09\/10\/tyreek-hill-police-officer\/75160068007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the blame game, Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WlHWDVyVOD0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed fingers<\/a> in both directions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the part that is missing. And it has to be said,&rdquo; Smith said, noting that he believes Miami police were wrong.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First Take reacts to release of body cam footage of Tyreek Hill&rsquo;s detainment\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WlHWDVyVOD0?start=570&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;But when it comes to Tyreek Hill, we also can&rsquo;t let him completely off the hook, based on the statement that was made by the police department in Florida,&rdquo; Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They said quote, unquote, &lsquo;He was uncooperative.&rsquo; We have a responsibility on this show, and any kind of platform that we have, to make sure we&rsquo;re doing what we can to save lives. To make sure that we&rsquo;re doing what we can to ensure that somehow, someway you get to live another day and fight that battle. We know how wrong they were. The police were excessive, no excuses. They should be ashamed of themselves, the way they acted. They just went overboard. Totally true,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s the problem: We all came on the air seeing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-michael-brown-to-makhia-bryant-meet-the-lawyer-whose-false-claims-fueled-a-generation-of-black-lives-matter-violence\/\" title=\"From Michael Brown To Ma\u2019Khia Bryant: Meet The Lawyer Whose False Claims Fueled A Generation Of Black Lives Matter Violence\">initial footage<\/a> in complete, unadulterated support for Tyreek Hill,&rdquo; Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You pull over, they tell you to roll down your window,&rdquo; Smith said, noting that when &ldquo;they pull me over, all my windows are down. My hands are on the steering wheel. That is not what Tyreek Hill did.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tyreek Hill had his window up. The officer bangs on, knocks on his window. He didn&rsquo;t bang on his window, he knocked on his window. You hesitate to pull it down. The first thing you say is, &lsquo;Don&rsquo;t bang on my window like that,&rsquo;&rdquo; Smith said, repeating the phrase.<\/p>\n<p>That was not all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prosecutors-announce-significant-development-tyreek-hill-abuse-probe-not-active-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hill<\/a> did wrong, Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He asked you for your driver&rsquo;s license. You hesitated to give him your driver&rsquo;s license. You said in the postgame conference, &lsquo;Hey, y&rsquo;all, what if I wasn&rsquo;t Tyreek Hill?&rsquo; What if you wren&rsquo;t Tyreek Hill? What would have happened to you if somebody that wasn&rsquo;t Tyreek Hill kept the windows rolled up, hesitated to roll it down, didn&rsquo;t give the license immediately when asked for it, and then hesitated to get out of the car when they told you to get out of the car? See, we got to be responsible,&rdquo; Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said that matching the police in doing the wrong thing is not the way to handle a situation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The point I&rsquo;m trying to make is this &ndash; in no way should the officers be excused for what they did,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I also am saying, &lsquo;Yo, Tyreek, yo, bro, you didn&rsquo;t deserve that. I&rsquo;m not implying that you did. But the police officers do have the power. When they pull up on you, and they tell you to roll down that window, and they tell you to give them your driver&rsquo;s license, and they tell you to get out of that car, that&rsquo;s what you gotta do,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Smith criticized both Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill and the Miami police regarding an incident that occurred on Sunday. Hill was detained by Miami-Dade police near Hard Rock Stadium, and footage of the event showed him being pulled from his car and handcuffed after being forced to the ground. This video has reignited discussions about police conduct during traffic stops involving Black individuals, with Hill&#8217;s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, calling for the officers involved to be dismissed. Rosenhaus stated in a recent interview that he believes those officers should not hold their positions due to their treatment of Hill, which he described as inhumane.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging wrongdoing on the part of the police, Smith emphasized that Hill also bears some responsibility for his actions during the encounter. He noted that while it is clear that excessive force was used by law enforcement\u2014something they should be ashamed of\u2014Hill&#8217;s behavior contributed to the situation as well. Smith pointed out that when stopped by police, one should comply with requests such as rolling down windows and providing identification promptly.<\/p>\n<p>Smith argued against matching poor behavior with more poor behavior; while he does not excuse what happened to Hill, he stressed that individuals must adhere to lawful commands from officers when confronted in such situations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2339416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Stephen-A.-Smith-to-Tyreek.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5851,32328,37014,32150,40469],"class_list":["post-2339415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-espn","tag-police-officers","tag-sports-commentary","tag-stephen-a-smith","tag-tyreek-hill"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Stephen-A.-Smith-to-Tyreek.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}