Tyreek Hill, Mike McDaniel address Miami-Dade Police traffic stop | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

here's Tyreek Hill from NBC Nightly News talking about the incidents of Sunday morning have you seen what the police Union has said about this no I haven't so the police union says you're driving leading up to this traffic incident quot uh put quote others in great risk of danger so they're accusing you of driving in a dangerous manner okay and then they say in the aftermath you're saying you were cooperating please un says you were not cooperating right sounds like you very much dispute what the police Union is say I mean you know everybody has their own their own version you know and I feel like they do that you know to kind of protect you know um the officer which is right you know you got to have you know your teammate back you know but I feel like at the end of the day you know um if you if you like roll up on somebody all hostile knocking on their window and they already had got their ID you know what I'm saying ready for you it's not like I said you not getting my ID you not getting my ID you know it was one of those situations was where it's like here go my ID sir you know and I let back up my window he said let it down I let it down then that's when it went from Z to 10 the other officer came in just pulled me out see I mean we saw the video that's not factually accurate that's not how it went and it wasn't S I mean he wasn't as differential during the stop as he's leading us to believe there and he didn't put his window down and he did put it back up and they told him to put it down and it didn't come down so that's the thing one version the other version and the truth and there's a lot of gray and the truth and that's what we need to get an agreement by both sides they have to own their role in this come together and find a way to turn it into a positive and I think the key is what what Tyreek just said he expects the union basically have their teammates back and I think when you look at these situations what if the teammates come in on both sides and say hey probably could have handled this a little bit better hey you probably could have done this hey you probably could have done that then you have an opportunity now to come in and say all right this is what we can talk about but I I agree with what you just said if both sides come and say hey everybody has their own version of perspective of what happens then both sides walk away they go back because I thought as soon as the police Union came out and said that which they usually always do they come out and support the officer with a fact or something in a in a protocol or some kind of training thing that as you watch it you're like I mean I guess if you're going to try to like Circle it back on and whip it around this way and that way instead of saying like let's take this situation and say how could it better and again I think when I look at this it feels like right now both sides go back into their corners and say hey this is my version in my version this happened to me it was wrong and other person would say in my version this was wrong so it it doesn't look like a win-win I thought Kus Campbell I thought the way he spoke about it after the after the situation I thought was as balanced as I've heard anybody talk about it like hey he said my father used to teach me and and tell me when somebody's getting stopped by the if you can come over and be a peacemaker and kind of calm down both sides in the situation and find Common Ground he said because majority of cops are good people they're trying to get back they're trying to do the right thing and somebody else is maybe having a bad day or they're going through something and there's a a dispute or there's something going back and forth finding common ground between those two people can be the best way to exit so maybe Kus is a guy like you said former Walter Payton Man of the Year maybe he's a guy could get involved in this and help this situation he's done a ton to work in in multiple communities so it'll be interesting to see how it all plays out and to the point of the police Union doing the predictable thing as Tyreek Hill accurately said they're going to support the members of the Union even when they're in the wrong that's what they do the flip side is the Dolphins issued a statement last night after that body cam footage became available and they said this doing what we would expect them to do we are saddened by the overly aggressive and violent conduct directed toward di kill Kus Campbell and John us Smith by police officers before yesterday's game it is both maddening and heartbreaking to watch the very people we trust to protect our community and use such unnecessary force and hostility toward these players yet is also a reminder that not every situation like this ends in peace as we are grateful this one did what if I wasn't Tyreek Hill is a question that will carry with resounding impact that's the Dolphins position but again that obscures the police position obscures where they were clearly in the wrong the Dolphins position obscures the fact that Tyreek was not as cooperative and compliant as he could have been at the outset both sides have some blame here and maybe the police have more I'm not trying to parse out I'm just saying it's not as black and white as you as people always it's easier we process it we move on you're right you're wrong let's move on it's not like the People's Court with judge wner there's a lot of situations that linger because everybody's a little bit wrong everybody is maybe a little bit right there's a a percentage balance that you know maybe never gets properly assessed but that's kind of where this is and I think that that you know your instincts are right here we got to find a way to get everybody to come together and operate off the same sheet of music and have a set of facts that they agree to and not fight and argue about that how do we make this a positive step one come together now before we move on Mike McDaniel and this was before the body Camp footage came out this was yesterday his press conference talking about the situation he was very emotional and it is worth your time to listen and hear how Mike McDaniel addressed the situation here it is it's been hard for me not to find myself more upset um the more I think about it um and that's because of you know my teammates and trying to put myself in that emot or in that that situation that they've described um emotionally uh and then knowing more than that I think the the thing that ums me up honestly to be quite Frank is uh knowing that I don't know exactly I don't know what that feels like you try to put yourself um if I'm CL Campbell and I'm 38 years old um and you you're going to work and then uh the the what whatever personal innocence that you have relative to you know he's never never had you you're you're a gigantic um strong just miraculous man that has done right and all way shapes and forms and and you know there's there's just elements to that that's that's very triggering super proud of teammates being teammates um and uh super super proud of of um our guys understanding the the civic responsibility of a platform and and intending to do right by it could follow up on that we've heard all summer how close this team has been to see two not just teammates but new teammates and John and Clay has stop and come to his Aid I got to imagine that's pretty powerful coaching moment it's what you hope great stuff from Mike McDaniel and this just one of those things that really can help a team come together are the artificial ways that coaches and players try to do it and then there are the things that just happen this is something that happened nobody wanted it it would have been better if it hadn't happened but it's a way for the Dolphins to come together and it is a way for the Dolphins to come together with the police if they can just find a middle ground on how this thing unfolded if they can set aside the predictable circling of the wagons and come together in the middle there's a lot of good that can come out of this Devin and people often ask they look at Mike McDaniel and they're like I don't understand it he seems he seems quirky seems goofy seems like a nerd like how do players respect that and like watching that press conference is why like to go to the press conference and and easily speak about Tyreek Hill and and Kus and only hit and jnu and only hit their character who they are as people that's one thing but the fact that he openly goes and says like I don't know what they'll ever feel like as you honestly what what he's saying as a black man being pulled over and being stopped by officers like having a coach go out there and and being willing to go in the media at your press conference and talk about that like guys understand that guy cares about me as a person and that to me is like the biggest thing of like you know reporter ask him you know John new and Clair or new them like that goes outside of the scope of just being a teamate that's hey we're in here every day we're working like yes we work but we all have we're fathers we're husbands like we ultimately know our goal is to raise our kids the right way be in our homes so when those two guys stop they're not thinking about Tyreek Hill the guy that's GNA go score 80 yard touchdown they're stopping because they know what it means to be stopped by a cop as a black man in America and everyone can go and look at the statistics and all that but every person who's ever been stopped and you're a young black man and you know for Tyreek Hill driving an expensive car like there's fear usually that goes off right away that's why I said when I get I roll down all of my windows right away to make sure that I'm not viewed as a threat so I I have to say big credit to Mike MCD to be willing to go out there and and get emotional and speak about the difference of maybe when he stopped and how he feels and to ultimately say like it crushes him to know like he can't ever be in that situation he can't think about what it feels like for Tyreek Hill to be in that situation or CL Campbell to knowing he doesn't have to stop he can drive by look out his window and keep going but to decide to stop and get out of the car knowing right away at his size when he gets out of the car instantly it makes somebody probably a little apprehensive seeing him come up to him but to go out there and do that I have to say Mike mcel to go out there right after the game not sit there and say you know what I'll give a short kind of comment on this and then I'll I'll wait for more information you hit you said it too this was before the body cam footage came out to just say you know what I'm going to go out there and I'm going to give exactly how I feel in this moment be vulnerable and say it I think that's why when you look at the Miami Dolphins as a team and how their players kind of go out there and play and what they think of him it's all built around his personality his character and what he displays to that team uh I I have a lot of respect for what he's done in Miami uh it's been it's been fun and cool to watch it and the bottom line Devon and I think we agree on pretty much everything we've said for the last 20 minutes or so about this but we absolutely AG on this reality it started off from the officer's perspective as a legitimate concern for his safety at some point it morphed into punishment how dare you not comply exact and that's when you're dragged out of the car that's when you're face down that's when you're made to be a public embarrassment and all of this stuff goes on because you failed to comply with the initial directive to keep your window down and you know we thought you were were kind of rude to us the way to react to that isn't you snap your fingers and say all right you've gone too far now you're going to get your punishment now you're going to get dragged out of the car now you're going to get embarrassed and we're going to make you feel a certain way on the ground because you weren't as compliant as you could have been that's where I think for me it went too far that whole thing could have been avoided but the consequence for not being as compliant as maybe they would have liked at the outset and putting the window up shouldn't be we're going to drag you out of the car exactly and exactly and do what happened that's that's the fundamental thing that needs to be addressed but there's still other layers in levels I think to get to the point where everyone's on the same page and I hope they find a way to get on the same page and and turn this into the biggest positive that it can be not just Miami Coast to Coast as we talk about it as others talk about it we can all learn a lesson from it on as a police officer or as a person behind the wheel how to properly fill your role Devin in those situations when they happen because they happen all the time driving down the road somebody's pulled over driving down the road somebody's pulled over it happens all the time yep I agree and there's plenty of good ones but how do we stop the couple times where this happens and it goes sideways what is the way to make sure it's just a a stop you did this wrong either get a ticket you don't get a ticket and everybody goes on their way and gets back to their homes safely because that's what it's about so I agree 100% with that amen hi it's Mike Florio thanks for watching PFT on YouTube hit subscribe for the latest news and Analysis from pro football talk