Dolphins' Tyreek Hill Calls for Police Officer Danny Torres' Firing: 'He Gotta Go'

Miami Dolphins star receiver Tyreek Hill is calling for a police officer involved in the now-viral traffic stop prior to Sunday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars to be fired.

While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Hill made it clear that he believes Miami-Dade police officer Danny Torres deserves more of a punishment than being placed on administrative duties.

"Gone. Gone. Gone. Gone. Gone. He gotta go," Hill said. "In that instance right there, not only did he treat me bad, he treated my teammates with disrespect."

The Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation, which promotes diversity and equality of job opportunities in the NFL, released a statement on Wednesday saying it "strongly condemns" the actions taken by Torres and the other police officers involved in Hill's traffic stop:

Torres was one of the several cops at the scene when Hill was pulled over for speeding nearly three hours before Sunday's game. Body camera footage released on Monday showed Torres forcibly removing Hill from his vehicle, handcuffing him while kneeling on his back and forcing him to the ground.

Hill's teammates Jonnu Smith and Calais Campbell arrived on the scene after seeing the wideout in handcuffs, and Smith was issued a citation while Campbell was briefly handcuffed as well before all parties were allowed to move on.

Hill's comments on Wednesday echo the statement released on his behalf by his attorney, Julius Collins, demanding that Torres be relieved of his duties.

"Each action that a law enforcement official takes is governed by standard operating procedures," the statement read, per ESPN's Marcel Louis-Jacques. "We are of the opinion that the officer's use of force was excessive, escalating, and reckless. We are demanding that the officer be terminated effective immediately."

The police union that works with the Miami-Dade PD released a statement earlier this week saying that Hill was "uncooperative" with officers during the traffic stop, which led to the escalation of the incident. Louis-Jacques noted that attorneys representing Torres released a statement on Monday calling for their client's "immediate reinstatement" and calling the decision to place him on administrative leave "premature."

Hill added Wednesday that he is still taken aback by how he was treated by the officers on Sunday.

"It's shell-shocking," he told reporters. "It's crazy to know that officers would do that with the body cams on. What would they do if they didn't have body cams on?"

Hill is hoping that the situation could lead to more accountability on all sides to avoid future incidents like this.

"This could be a learning tool for everyone," he said. "Civilians, police… we hold [ourselves] accountable and get better."